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!)

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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).

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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

 

Elf Cookie Lollies

Salted Caramels

Gingerbread Giant Men & Sleighs

Cookies in a Jar

Cranberry Topped Bacon and Sausage Tarts

Chocolate Mincemeat Bear Claws

Toffee Popcorn

Christmas Tuiles and Lemon Posset

Carrot and Houmous Filo Rolls

Cheese Oatcakes

Christmas Scones

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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!

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Lemon Posset

Simple ingredients to make a delicious Desert!

Ingredients:

3 lemons, zest and juice

500ml double cream

150g caster sugar

Makes 4.

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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

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