Christmas pudding

DON'T BE SHY - SAY HI!

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO MY SITE I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE RECIPES THAT I HAVE SOURCED AND RESEARCHED. BELOW YOU CAN MAKE A COMMENT AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU OR JOIN THE MAILING LIST. By adding your email address you will automatically be added to my members list which I will use only to send you regular updates. YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK, PINTEREST HAVE FUN COOKING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. CELIA

Please get in touch, always happy to hear your thoughts, successes (and I am sure not often your failures) looking forward to hearing from you soon. Celia

Christmas Day - Turkey , Beef, Goose, Stuffing, Starters and sides.

STARTERS Potted Stilton PREP: 15 MINS COOK: 2 MINS plus 2 hrs chilling EASY MAKES 1 LARGE RAMEKIN 200g Stilton, rind removed,...

There is still time to make your christmas pudding, cake and mincemeat

Christmas Pudding Preparation time overnight Cooking time over 2 hours Serves Makes 2 x 1.2 litre puddings Lesley Waters’...

Diabetic - Chocolate & berry mousse pots,christmas pudding, mince pies and christmas cake

Eating at Christmas is part of the fun, and there’s no need to completely miss out on certain foods. But a healthy diet is important for...

Nut Free - Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, Roast fillet of beef,Sausage, sage & onion stuffin

Hot toddy fruitcake PREP: 20 MINS COOK: 3 HRS plus overnight soaking MORE EFFORT CUTS INTO 12 SLICE For the cake 200ml hot,...

Gluten free mince pies, sausage rolls, chocolate log, mincemeat, Christmas pudding and Christmas cak

Crumble-topped mince pies - Gluten Free 125g unsalted butter, chilled and diced 200g gluten-free flour(Doves Farm as a suggestion), plus...

STIR UP SUNDAY

Stir up Sunday is the last Sunday before Advent and because the dating of Advent varies a little from year to year, it can fall anytime...

follow me

Anchor 1

CONTACT ME

COOKING TIPS

You do not have to be stressed at Christmas if the idea of cooking for family and friends is just all to much you can buy everything you need at most supermarkets, just pop in the oven no preparation sit back and enjoy a glass of champagne (you can either ban all from your kitchen so they think your amazing, or tell them that it all comes from whichever store you choose so you could spend more time with them. NO SHAME IN THAT.

Whole herbs and spices last longer than crushed or ground versions

moliere-food-quotes-one-should-eat-to-li

Test freshness of herbs by moving some around in your hand and sniffing to see if spice gives off flavorful aroma

Generally speaking 1 cup fresh herbs = 1/3 cup dried as the dried spices have more intense flavor

ProfilePictureQuotes.com-1q2_food_quotes

Decorating your cake

use gingerbread Christmas trees, a house and hearts (you’ll need about 15 hearts for the outside). To decorate, mix 300g fondant icing sugar with enough water to make a thick icing, transfer to a piping bag fitted with a fine nozzle. Decorate however you like, then leave to dry. Place the trees and house on top of the cake and push the hearts into the icing.

Only one tin?

If you have just 1 x 20cm cake tin, you can easily divide the cake mixture into three and bake the sponges in batches. Work in metric measurements as they are easier to scale down for this recipe, and write the new measurements out before you start, so you don’t get mixed up halfway through.

A little bit about me ..Celia Loves Wine , Fast Cars and Travel and Any Thing New.

Rock Music and Jazz, the Classics and Bocelli, In love with Commissario Montalbano - alias Luca Zingaretti (more about him later)

Needles and Threads ,

A Challenge, Dancing in the Rain, A Cool Glass of Beer, All Thing Shiny & Sparkly , Mad Hats and Mad Shoes