Until about five years ago I could never be bothered to make my own mincemeat. Why go to all that trouble when you can buy it readymade in jars? It was when my late mother in law told me that making your own mincemeat was so easy, that I thought I might as well give…
Tag: Christmas
Panforte- The Great British Bake Off Christmas.
Friday 22nd December 2017. Panforte is a traditional Italian delicacy which is usually eaten with coffee after a meal. It is full of dried fruit, nuts and spices and baked in the oven on rice paper. A little piece goes a long way as it is very rich. I had tried some Panforte one Christmas…
Florentines- The Great British Bake Off Christmas.
Friday 22nd December 2017. Yet another new favourite from The Great British Bake Off Christmas book. I love Florentines but have only ever made them once before. They’re another perfect treat to make for foodie gifts at Christmas as well as handy for having around for visitors who don’t like mince pies! I don’t know…
The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Lebkuchen Cookies.
Friday 22nd December 2017. I love spicy and aromatic Lebkuchen cookies. My mum used to buy a special packet of them every year at Christmas from Sainsburys. The biscuits were small and in traditional shapes like trees, stars and hearts covered with a crisp royal icing and sprinkles. When I moved up to Yorkshire I…
The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Tunis Cake
Friday 15th December 2017. I must admit I hadn’t a clue what the origin of a Tunis Cake was. Mary Berry had made one on one of her and Paul Hollywood’s original Great British Bake Off Masterclass programmes from a couple of years back. I remember having a go at making one myself after seeing…
The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Peanut Butter, Popcorn and Chocolate Fudge Torte.
Monday December 11th 2017. Gosh, this seems like a long time ago now but the last two weeks before Christmas were so busy. I didn’t have time to get updated with my blogging. Anyway, here we are just after Christmas and I’m sat on the sofa typing this feeling like a beached whale. I haven’t…
The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Luxury Fish Pie.
– SundayDecember10th2017. I was never really keen on fish until I met my husband. As a child I had several experiences with badly cooked fish. This was mainly from my Nana Margaret, my Dad’s mum who was a hopeless cook. I remember the time I threw up when we were on holiday in Scarborough as…
The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Caramelised Onion and Stilton Tart.
Thursday 7th December 2017. I love making pies, quiches and tarts but I always worry about the fat and calorie content in the pastry and the fillings. But nothing beats a homemade pie or tart, especially on a cold Winter’s evening. I had planned out the meals to cook for this last week but forgot…
The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Vanilla and Chocolate Button Cookies.
Wednesday 6th December 2017. Yesterday was full on at work and I came home with a thumping headache. I couldn’t face cooking anything for dinner, so we ended up at the chippy. The sooner I could sit down and switch off last night, the better. Today was a different story. I was home earlier from…
The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Jamaican Gingerbread Loaf.
4th December 2017. Today being a Monday I really struggled to get out of bed this morning. I’d had a good night’s sleep until something woke me up at 4.30am. That was it, I was wide awake for an hour. The alarm was due to go off at 6am but of course I drifted back…
