Twelve Days of Christmas
Festive Lights Cake
You will need:
1 x 8” Christmas cake, marzipanned and covered in white sugarpaste
A black edible ink pen (available from Lakeland, Amazon here or your local Hobbycraft)
Sugarpaste in festive colours (red, blue, yellow and green)
A little royal icing
A piping tip or a small round cutter.
The Pink Whisk curated sale at Joss&Main Today!
I love hunting down beautiful baking equipment and kitchen accessories and I’m always on the look out for something a little bit different. I couldn’t resist the opportunity when Joss & Main approached me to work with them on a festive baking sale!
Don’t Miss my Joss & Main Sale!
Just a quick pop in and out to let you know of another exciting project I’ve been working on behind the scenes just recently! I am pleased to say that I am the guest curator of a festive baking sale at Joss & Main this Thursday 13th November at 11.00am.
How to Make Dumplings
…and a Horseradish Dumplings version too
It gets to the depths of winter and I’m always in real need of a good something to cheer me up. A hearty beef stew and dumplings is just the thing! I’m guilty of not putting recipes on the blog because they seem to easy for anyone to be interested in but maybe you need some cheering up too, if so get yourself a batch of dumplings on the go….
12 Days of Christmas 2013
Here’s The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas Baking Recipes round up for 2013!
The winners of the places on the Baking Masterclass have been chosen and everyone has been notified directly – if you want to have a look at who the lucky 12 were then they are displayed on the competition apps just here
Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake
Christmas Pud Chocolate Covered Oreos
Day 12 – Potato Skins – Festive Style!
Festive Potato Skins are the last recipe in my 12 Days run. Ideal for feeding hungry children, adding to your buffet table or for using up any Christmas dinner leftovers. These can be done easily with smaller potatoes too if you have lots to feed.
Day 11 – Meringue Mince Pies
Meringue topped Mince Pies for Day 11
This idea came from Shirley via facebook and I’m so pleased it did – a great twist on the traditional mince pie!
Ingredients:
1 x batch of Mince Pie Pastry – recipe here
Mincemeat
2 egg whites, large
115g caster sugar
Silver ball sprinkles (optional)
Day 10 – Brandy Butter
Stop, hold on, before you switch off thinking you’re not keen on brandy butter! I wasn’t either, until I made my own! Wow what a revelation I can’t believe I’ve been missing out all this time!
Two versions from me, a brandy butter and a Baileys butter too.
Day 9 – Toffee Pecan Roulade
Who loves a Toffee Pecan Meringue Roulade at Christmas?
This is the perfect dessert to make ahead and store in the freezer. Just right for whipping out, defrosting and serving up in a flash.
Ingredients:
5 egg whites, large
2 tsps cornflour
225g light muscovado sugar
40g pecans, chopped
250ml double cream
Day 8 – Choc Cherry Panettone
Dark Chocolate and Cherry Panettone for my Day 8 recipe – made in a cupcake/muffin tin.
Make them now and stash them in the freezer! This one’s a long slow one, very little hands on to be done and plenty of get on with other stuff time – now that’s my kind of recipe!
