Christmas
Christmas Cake, Time to Bake!
Here is your friendly Pink Whisk reminder service to say it’s time to bake that Boozy Fruit into a glorious Christmas Cake (that’s if you haven’t done already!)
Time to Get Your Christmas On!
Yes, really it’s that time of year!
For those of you who’ve baked Christmas cake with me the past few years you’ll already know that I soak my fruit for a good length before baking it into a cake. Well now’s the time to mix it up (if you haven’t done already).
12 Days of Christmas 2012
So that’s really is it for another year – I hope you all have a fantastically Merry Christmas and I’ll be back sharing recipes again in the New Year x
Here’s 2012’s full recipe round up!
Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake
Gingerbread Giant Men & Sleighs
Cranberry Topped Bacon and Sausage Tarts
Chocolate Mincemeat Bear Claws
Christmas Tuiles and Lemon Posset
Christmas Recipe Videos – Persil
And you thought I’d finished?!?
I just wanted to share with you some Christmas recipe videos that I filmed for www.persildishwash.co.uk to celebrate the launch of their limited edition, Warm Spice Persil washing-up liquid and whilst they’re not up on their website yet I really wanted you to see them before I sign off for Christmas!
Day 12 – Christmas Scones
How about leaving something a little bit different for Father Christmas this year?
A Christmas Scone filled with cream would send him on his way just nicely!
Ingredients:-
225g self-raising flour
50g butter, cold diced
20g caster sugar
Day 11 – Cheese Oatcake Crackers
A lovely little addition to the Christmas Cheeseboard for Day 11 of TPW 12 Days of Christmas
Ingredients:
120g oatbran (cereal aisle in the supermarket)
160g porridge oats
salt and black pepper
85g flavoursome Cheshire cheese
50ml olive oil
100ml hot water
Day 10 – Carrot and Houmous Filo Rolls
Day 10 of the 12 Days and it’s something else for the buffet table – or for snacking on at lazy Christmas lunches
Ingredients:
3 sheets of Filo Pastry
130g grated carrot
100g houmous
30g butter, melted
Makes 12.
Preheat the oven to 180c (fan)/200c/Gas Mark 5.
Day 9 – Christmas Tuiles
Day 9 and today is a posh desert – Lemon Posset with Christmas Tuiles!
Ingredients:
2 egg whites, large
120g caster sugar
60g plain flour
55g butter, melted and cooled
Lemon Posset
Simple ingredients to make a delicious Desert!
Ingredients:
3 lemons, zest and juice
500ml double cream
150g caster sugar
Makes 4.
Chocolate Mincemeat
A brilliant way to sparkle up a regular jar of Christmas Mincemeat – turn it into Chocolate Mincemeat. And before you all turn your noses up at the idea, I was a real non-believer….until I tried it!
Ingredients:
1 x 411g jar of Mincemeat
1 1/2 tbsps cocoa powder
1 tbsp water
