The gorgeous Vanessa Kimbell has come up with this lovely idea of ‘Let’s make Christmas’ and I have just emailed her my recipes for boozy Christmas drinks, that can be beautifully bottled and decorated to be given as gifts. Please check out the links below for more gorgeous recipes and…
Masala Tea
I love Indian food, I love Chai Tea and I love Masala Tea, I love the richness of this fabulous culture and I love the family values, something I think we could learn so much from in this very cold and busy modern world. I love the thought of the…
20 minute ‘blitz & blend’ Mincemeat
For those of you that thought my Delia mincemeat recipe was rather long winded, fiddly and basically you just do not have the time to faff around making homemade mincemeat, when you can just pop to the shops and buy a jar…. here is the simplest recipe ever, very quick,…
Homemade Mincemeat
Its hard to think about Christmas in early November but if you love to bake at Christmas I am afraid you have to be prepared. The Christmas cake needs baking and feeding with booze, mincemeat needs time to mature and develop flavour and sloe gin needs weeks to be perfect…
I love all things baking related.
Everyone can bake, you only need a few basic pieces of equipment, but if you love baking and I mean really love baking it really takes over your life, I think about baking 24/7, I watch every programe I can, read every magazine, have a vast collection of cookery books…
Chocolate Sour Cream Fudge Frosting
Now here is the recipe for the chocolate sour cream fudge frosting for Luca’s Birthday cake, the recipe is also from ‘Baked in America’ and the frosting recommended in the book to compliment the cake. Of course you can use it on any cake you wish and it would be…
Toffee Apples
I love this time of year, not just because I love Autumn, but also because there is so much to look forward to, Halloween, Bonfire Night, Christmas, all great excuses to bake lots of lovely goodies to eat and even better, lots of fun with the kids. My lot may…
Great British Bakeware by George Wilkinson
There is a lot of talk about food air miles, supporting your local farmer, producers, bakers and I am all for this, with the Great British Bake Off and Jamie Olivers new show Jamie’s Great Britain, there is so much to be said for British Cooking. Cooking is now fashionable,…
Bloggers Choice Awards 2011
Followers of my blog will know that now and then I have problems with a rather nasty back condition and when I can’t bake and I am stuck in bed I still think about food 24/7, I cure my itch to bake by watching food shows, reading cookery books and…
Christmas Cake Poll 2011
Please check out my Facebook page for my Christmas Cake Poll and help me decide which cake I should make this year. The winning cake I will bake, blog and let you know how it all went & tasted. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sugar-Spice/153417948084546
