And the next half hour was spent in awe of Mary as she demonstrated tips and tricks to make delicious mini brownie cupcakes and a suitably festive mincemeat frangipane tart (both of the recipes can be found on the Taste of Christmas website)
I filled between the sponge with this luxury mincemeat, laced with port and packed with fruit. Jane used a MaryBerry recipe to make her Ginger & Treacle Traybake
