On the sixth day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Coconut and Passionfruit Cakes.
Although not Christmassy in flavour sometimes it makes a nice change to indulge in something fruity and these are certainly delicious – they look to me like snowy peaked mountains too! Continue reading
On the fifth day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Individual paper cup christmas cakes! Perfect for a gift, for school fairs and all sorts x
I know we’ve made Christmas cakes already but these are so cute I couldn’t resist adding them in to the 12 days of Christmas. As an alternative to baking in teeny tiny tins Christmas paper cups are just the thing. Continue reading
On the fourth day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Parmesan and Poppy Seed Crackers – perfect for your cheeseboard!
Makes 24 thick crackers.
Ingredients:
300g plain flour
2tsp baking powder
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp onion salt
115g butter
2 tbsps vegetable/sunflower oil
2 tbsps poppy seeds
130ml water
30g parmesan cheese
Begin by adding the flour, baking powder, sugar and onion salt to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse to mix them up well. Continue reading
On the third day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Christmas Pudding Fudge
Of course you can make any flavour you like and I’ll show you how!
Just a word of warning – it’s hot, very very hot please don’t burn yourself and keep the kids well out of the way.
Ingredients:
1 x 397g tin of condensed milk
150ml milk
450g Demerara sugar
115g butter
100g Christmas Pudding
To start you need a big pan, bigger than you think, and a sugar thermometer. Continue reading
On the second day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Father Christmas Cookie Lollies (and if you’re not singing – why not?)
You will need:
1 batch of Vanilla Sugar Cookie Dough
Lolly sticks
Sugarpaste in peach or pink, red and black (or a black icing pen)
White edible ribbon (Renshaws) or white sugarpaste
Royal icing
Pink lustre dust for the cheeks (optional) Continue reading
On the first day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me (singing please!)…..Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake.
Hurrah! For me, Christmas starts on the 1st December, I have to be held back until today before festooning everything in sparkles and fairy lights because I’m a Christmas nut! So anyway, the website is the same, today starts The Pink Whisk’s 12 Days of Christmas, one Christmassy bake or project a day for the first 12 days of December – like an advent calendar but with only 12 (think 24 might just finish me off!)
Here are last years recipes to peruse for a taste of things to come.
The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas 2010
Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for another Christmassy treat x
So Day 1…. ideas for decorating your Christmas cake.
Hopefully your cake is maturing just nicely, its time to get it decorated so you can get on with doing other things in December, like your present wrapping and Christmas do’s! Continue reading
You will need:
1 x Cake, marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste, instructions on how to here
Sugarpaste, white and dark blue
Small sugarpaste star cutters and medium star cutters
Edible cake sparkles in white Continue reading
You will need:
1 x Cake, marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste as per the instructions here
Sugarpaste in red, white and green
Chocolate sugarpaste (or regular sugarpaste coloured brown)
Royal Icing Continue reading
You will need:
1 x cake marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste, instructions on how to here
Green, white and red sugarpaste
Round fluted cutter
Edible red glitter
Steak knife
To create the two shades of green, take equal amounts of the green and white and knead together until fully combined. You should now have a dark green and a complementary paler green. Continue reading
Lots of lovely traybake recipes were submitted for The Pink Whisk November Challenge Here they are in all their glory! But first, the winner of November’s Challenge, chosen at random is…..
S’more Brownies by Hef’s Kitchen
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