This year I haven’t made my usual Christmas Cake or a Dundee Cake so, with just a week to go until Christmas I have decided to use a trusted recipe from Delia Smith for a last-minute Christmas cake that has mincemeat in it. I actually came across a few other recipes using mincemeat in Christmas cake […]
This year instead of the traditional iced Christmas Cake I have decided to make Dundee Cake. It is still a rich fruit cake, but instead of using marzipan and royal icing to cover it there is just a layer of blanched almonds laid in circles on the top. This is a traditional cake too and […]
Christmas is less that 12 weeks away, so now is the time to start on things like Christmas Puddings and Christmas Cakes. These can be made well in advance and the flavour develops and gets richer as they are left to mature. I did a three part video for Christmas cakelast year so I wont […]
I was reading some Waitrose Magazines and came across a very enticing, and simple, recipe for Pine Nut and Sesame Seed Dunkers. Dunking, for those who don’t know, is dipping a biscuit or cookie in tea or coffee. In the UK we love to dunk our biscuits, so this seemed like a great recipe to […]
In preparation for making mince pies, just before Christmas, I have made my own mincemeat. I actually posted this recipe on my blog two years ago, but today I have done it again, this time with a video. Some may wonder why I have posted this on a baking blog. But of course, it […]
As we approach the Christmas Holidays it is time to think about what we will be eating. In the UK we do love our traditional Christmas Cake. So, although I have posted this recipe on my blog before, I am going to be making my Christmas Cake. This needs to be done in advance of […]
I wanted to try Stollen, since I have never eaten it. So I had a look around and found a Delia Smith recipe for Waitrose which seemed quite easy. It was different to other recipes, in that it didn’t seem to need any kneading of the dough. I also watched the video and everything seemed […]