Archives for the month of: December, 2011

Mince Pies 2011

December 26, 2011 //
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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 just used all the tiny cutters I could find to make different tops, but we all decided the tree was our new favourite. I prepared them all on Christmas Eve then put them in the oven yesterday afternoon so everyone could eat them hot.

Categories Christmas, Pastry, Pie

Christmas Pudding Part 2

December 26, 2011 //
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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 so many creams, butters and sauces to have with it and I naturally opted for the one with Baileys. Everyone especially enjoyed eating it with our new spoons with puddings on them.

Categories Christmas, Pudding

Merry Christmas!

December 26, 2011 //
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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.

Categories Cake, Christmas, Grandy

Ash’s White Chocolate and Raspberry Muffins

December 24, 2011 //
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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 vague and I had to tweak it a little, lowering the oven temperature etc. They turned out pretty good with big bits of gooey raspberry and chunks of chocolate. I hope a certain Australian enjoys them!

Categories Chocolate, Found, Muffin, Raspberry, White Chocolate

Sprinkle Snowflakes

December 24, 2011 //
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As if I hadn’t made enough biscuits already, I decided to make these snowflakes. They are pretty small and can definitely be eaten in two bites. The snowflakes are decorated with silver royal icing and covered in white sugar sprinkles.

Categories Biscuits, Christmas, Royal Icing, Snow, Sprinkles

Found. Christmas Cookies Video

December 21, 2011 //
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As well as the gift boxes for the clients I also made cookies for a Christmas video. For the full experience visit www.found.co.uk/christmas/merrychristmas/

Categories Biscuits, Christmas, Cookie, Found

Found. Christmas Cookies

December 21, 2011 //
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Back in November I was asked by Found to do some baking for them for Christmas. Based on these cookies I made back in the summer, they asked me to create some gifts for clients. It was decided that I would spell out in letters MERRY CHRISTMAS then the clients name in their logo colours, followed by LOVE FOUND. In total I think I made around 470 cookies and I loved making every one. Especially mixing all the colours for the different clients and matching the sprinkles. I chose the purple boxes and filled them with purple tissue and jumbled up the cookies inside. I finished them off with silver ribbon and a printed Polaroid of what the cookies were meant to spell out. I really enjoyed spreading some Christmas cheer with my baking so thank you very much to Found for the opportunity.

The full sets of client cookies… Read the rest of this entry »

Categories Biscuits, Christmas, Cookie, Found