I've "discovered" Christmas cake only after moving to Ireland those many years ago. In Poland you would find a lot of different cakes baked for Christmas, but none could be called "the ultimate Polish Christmas cake", as it will hugely depend on the region of Poland, family traditions etc
This time from Tesco and by cook Mary Berry for Spiced ChristmasCupcakes. Unlike Delia's Christmas cake kit which I tried out a few weeks ago, the instructions give you the weights of the ingredients, which means I will be able to share them if you would like to try them yourself
Yup - it's AUGUST and I'm making Christmas cakes. It's got super straight sides and you won't see the paw prints on the base when you follow the easy tips at the bottom
½ cup mixed peel. Christmas is incomplete without the cakes. ¾ cup rum. There are lots of kind of cakes readily available in the market for the Christmas celebration
Christmas Pudding Cupcakes with Custard Icing – Recipe. In the meantime, I offer you this lovely Christmas recipe thanks to my friends at yorkshirepudd
Stir-up Sunday (the last Sunday before the start of Advent) is one of the quintessentially British Christmas traditions where the family gets together to make their Christmas pudding, and all get a chance to stir the mixture and make a wish
I have plenty more festive recipes coming up. I made this chutney and my Christmas cakes on the same weekend so the smells from the kitchen were amazing
I decided to make it again but adapt the recipe I had previously used and I swapped caster sugar for soft dark brown sugar to give it a richer flavour that could stand up to the Christmas pudding a little better
The chestnut and cranberry roast was my substitute for the Christmas turkey at my work Christmas party, it was like nut loaf and stuffing balls all wrapped up in one dish
I made some after our halloween party when we had lots of hotdog rolls left over and it reminded me of christmas pudding so I thought I'd take it a step further and give it a bit more yule tide pimping
The first time I made Christmas cakes, I rang my mum in a panic, I thought I’d ruined it already, but it turns out firstly, it’s supposed to look like that, and secondly, these cakes are quite resilient
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