December 2011

Mince Pies 2011

I seem to have started my own tradition of making mince pies on Christmas Eve, mostly because I always run out of time earlier in the week. This year I used Waitrose filling and Bill Granger’s pastry which you can see how to make here. Last year I just did stars but this time  I pretty much

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Christmas Pudding Part 2

Back in November I did a post about the making of our Christmas Pudding and yesterday we finally got to eat it. We poured a load of brandy on top and lit it while it was still warm. We had

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you all! Hope everyone had a lovely day. Here are a few photos from our day including our new decoration and a yummy cake my Grandmother made.

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Ash’s White Chocolate and Raspberry Muffins

I had a request for white chocolate and raspberry muffins for someone in Lauren’s office who is leaving. I’ve never really made muffins or really used these flavours so it was a new challenge. I chose this Nigella recipe to follow. It was slightly

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