Molehill Cake Wotchers! It’s been a while since I posted a cake recipe, so I thought I’d cheer up the chilly weather with a cakey treat. And it’s fabulous! I was initially a little conflicted a…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Molehill Cake

Chocolate sponge, a fresh, creamy filling, bananas.

A fresh-tasting dessert with hardly any Faff™

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Plum Pudding This pudding has a lot going for it: its fruity, spiced, zesty with candied peel, suet-free and thus vegetarian, less than 2 hours in the making/baking – and over 300 years old! I found this …

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Plum Pudding (c.1694)

A 300 year-old recipe for “An excellent Plum Pudding Hot or Cake Cold” (MS3082, @ExploreWellcome)

Two for one deliciousness. Baked not boiled.

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Puff Pastry Angels Wotchers! Time, this week, for some festive baking! If the mincemeat popcorn wasn’t enough to get you in the mood, these delightful pastry angels are sure to have you decking the halls with b…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Puff Pastry Angels
A roll of puff pastry and some jam for the filling.
A little white icing for piping.
With step-by-step photos!
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#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas More of a centuries-old Top Tip, really, found in one of the manuscripts held by the Wellcome Collection (@ExploreWellcome)

Brush your roast fowl with beaten egg-white to ensure a crisp, browned finish.

The chicken on the right had the egg-white glaze.

Gougères Wotchers! Remember that tutorial I put together for Choux Pastry? Well here’s a yum idea for taking things a little further than chocolate profiteroles – cheesey, savoury Gougères! You …

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Gougères

This version is a bit extra, but that makes them perfect as a starter or on a buffet.

Deliciously cheesey choux pastry nestled in buttery puff pastry, filled with a wonderfully cheesy, herby filling.

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Fat-free Mincemeat This recipe is adapted from Hannah Glasse’s 1747 recipe for Mince Pies for Lent. Nowadays, we traditionally make mincemeat far in advance of the festive season, so that it can mature in flavo…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Fat-Free Mincemeat

Based on Hannah Glasse's 1747 recipe, this mincemeat is bursting with all the Christmas flavours & is #SuetFree #FatFree and with #NoAddedSugar

Double your Mince Pie enjoyment by eating twice as many! 😋

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Sultan Cream Tart This tart is a pleasant change from round or rectangular tarts and has the added advantage of being able to be made in any size required, from small, serving just one person to large, serving eight…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Sultan Cream Tart

An elegant pastry case that you can quickly rustle up from ready-rolled puff and shortcrust pastry.

Spoon in some warmed mincemeat and top with brandy butter is my suggestion. 😋

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Chocolate Salami Wotchers! Here’s a fantastic no-bake-er which can be nibbled on for dessert, with coffee, with a pot of tea or a glass of something stronger. Rich dark chocolate, crunchy biscuit, juicy fruit…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Chocolate Salami

Another #NoBake suggestion for nibbling or gifting.

Crunchy biscuit and chocolate studded with nuggets of stem ginger.

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Snow Crisp Wotchers! Something a little different today, with a recipe that is simple, quick, delicious and easily made gluten-free. I came across it whilst browsing Chinese language food blogs (see the lengt…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Snow Crisp

Great for snacking during the holidays, great for gifting.

A cross between chocolate salami and nougat.

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Radnor Cranberry Tart If you have an extended social life in the run-up to Christmas, and sample nothing but mince pies throughout December, by the time you get to the 25th, what with the Christmas Cake and Christmas Pu…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Radnor Cranberry Tart
A fresh-tasting, palate-cleansing, sweet but not too sweet recipe from the Welsh Borders.
A wonderful way to end a meal.
Serve hot or cold, but always with a little cheese.

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Christmas Tree Cakes Wotchers! Week 3 of Festive Food and it’s a forest of sweet treats! The previous two recipes have, if I’m honest, been more ‘suggestions for tweaking regular recipes’ than a…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Christmas Tree Cakes

A cute alternative to all the heavily-fruited fare.

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#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Sultana Tarts
Simplify your mince pies whilst at the same time elevating them with some eye-catching designs.
Puff pastry + a little royal icing, split & fill when ready to serve.
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Caramel Popcorn II Wotchers! Welcome back to Part II of Caramel Popcorn, (Part I can be found here), in which we learn about zhuzhing our base caramel popcorn into glittering jewels for gifting and treats. There are,…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Mince-Pie Popcorn 😋

All the fun and flavours of mince pies, in a #GlutenFree form. Excellent for gifting or for keeping all to yourself 😏

Other flavours available across a bumper-fun double blog post!

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Mini Christmas Puddings Wotchers! Well, friends, I’m afraid it’s that time of year where we must turn our thoughts to next month’s festive season. As menu planning seems to get earlier and earlier each y…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Mini Xmas Puddings

All the fruity jewel-like deliciousness of a traditional Christmas pudding, suspended in a fresh lemon jelly.

#FatFree #GlutenFree

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Christmas Brioche Buns Wotchers! Look, I know it’s early, but I suddenly realised that if I don’t get started soon on Festive Food I’m going to run out of weeks. Also, people might want to plan ahead, p…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Decorated Brioche Buns

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Vegetarian Sausage Rolls Wotchers! Its getting close to that time of year when all the old favourite recipes are hauled out for an airing, and sausage rolls must be one of the most popular crowd-pleasers. Not everyone in t…

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Vegetarian Sausage Rolls

Tastes just like the original!

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Banyon Toat Pie This recipe is bonkers: bonkers name, bonkers method. I’ve spent ages trying to work out what, in the 18th century world of erratic spelling, the name is supposed to be, and drawn a blank¹. I…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Banyon Toat Pie from 1730

Aka Banniet Torte, a delicious mince-pie-like pie where the filling is separated by layers of wafer-thin crepes and doused after baking with an aromatic sauce.

#Showstopper

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No-Bake Christmas Cake Wotchers! A rich, fruited cake at Christmas is traditional: crammed with dried fruits, candied peel and spices, and liberally doused with alcohol, before being encased in the equally traditional ma…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas A No-Bake Christmas Cake in 15 minutes.

All the flavour, none of the Faff™

Can also be #GlutenFree

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Brussels Sprouts with Walnuts and Pomegranate Wotchers! I was looking for slow-cooker recipes for Brussels Sprouts the other week, and was very disappointed in what I found: the attractive photographs accompanying the recipes I found tended to…

#FestiveSeasonFoodIdeas Brussels Sprouts with Walnuts & Pomegranate

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