Twelve Days of Christmas
Day 7 – Christmas Quiche
Here’s a special something for your buffet table this Christmas – a thoroughly festive Christmas Quiche!
Day 6 – Honey Roast Nuts
Fancy something different to give as a gift? These honey roast nuts are just the job. Sorry to my friends and family, I’ve been munching on these myself – oops!
Ingredients:
300g peanuts
150g cashew nuts
90g pecans
80g honey
50g light muscovado sugar
30g butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
25g caster sugar
Plus:
1 tsp salt
20g caster sugar
Line a roasting tin or baking tray with non-stick paper or a reusable silicone liner.
Day 5 – Chocolate Reindeer
I have had so much fun making a herd of reindeer for Day 5 – I very much hope you’ll love these cheeky chappies as much as I do!
The body is a round ball Christmas tree chocolate!
You will need:
Ball/bauble christmas tree chocolates
Chocolate sugarpaste (Sainsburys)
White, red, orange and green sugarpastes
A little melted chocolate
Day 4 – Cranberry & Pistachio Snow Bites
How could you resist these for Day 4? A super easy recipe that’s really quick to throw together and of course they are just fab for gifts.
They’re not a fudge, but not a fondant either…imagine somewhere in between. Whatever the weather they are blooming lovely!
Day 3 – Christmas Tree Cookie Lollies
It wouldn’t be TPW 12 Days of Baking Christmas without a biscuit on a stick 😉
This year I’m going 3D for Day 3 with Christmas Tree Cookie Lollies!
You will need:
1 x batch of non-spread biscuit dough, recipe here
A set of graduated star cookie cutters (Lakeland have a set if you don’t already)
Day 2 – Christmas Pudding Chocolate Covered Oreos
Mmmmm! Christmas pudding shaped Chocolate Covered Oreos!
Now you can get specific chocolate oreo moulds that are a good deal smaller than the way I’m doing these. I don’t have one, my kitchen is bursting with equipment and I may be the recipient of an angry husband should any more essential bits and pieces make their way into our house!
Day 1 – Christmas Cakes!
Well today sees the start of The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas Baking Recipes – you’ll be treated to 1 Christmassy recipe/kitchen antic a day from now until the 12th December (that’s when I collapse in an authorised heap!)
Kicking off 2013’s run are ideas for your Christmas cake, with a new design added to the collection this Christmas.
Purple & Snowflakes Christmas Cake
This cake will work in all sorts of colour combinations – this year I’m drawn to all things purple but go with your own colour scheme if you’d prefer.
You will need:-
Modelling paste – purple and white
Snowflake sugarpaste cutters – large, medium and small
The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas
Yes! It’s that time of year again! Are you ready for The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas?
Here’s a look at previous years so you know which way we’re headed….
and, you know I love a fabulous competition don’t you?!
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!)
All the cake making instructions are here including how to split your mixture into different sized tins.
