Daffodil Christmas Cake
Jump to Recipe Christmas is an extremely hectic time of year for everyone, but no more so than if you are hosting a crowd. Fortunately there are many recipes which you can prepare well ahead of time…
Cranberry and Orange Jam
This beautiful dark pink, delicious sweet, fresh jam is bursting with cranberry and orange flavour and balanced with some tart cooking apples. Quick and easy to make, it works perfectly as both an accompaniment to turkey, as…
Mince Pies
Nothing tastes like Christmas quite like traditional mince pies. The lightly sweetened buttery pastry encasing spicy, citrusy vine fruits provide the perfect texture and flavour combination. Serve with a cup of tea or warm with cream or…
Sticky Date Cake with Brown Butter and Condensed Milk
Rich, sticky and loaded with dates, prunes, dried vine fruits and warming ginger, this wonderful cake is incredibly moist and bursting with flavour. The condensed milk guarantees the sticky texture, and browning the butter adds a nutty…
Frangipane Mincemeat and Apple Slice
This fabulous festive slice is made up of a layer of crispy, buttery, homemade pastry, topped with spicy mincemeat, fresh grated apple and finished with a layer of moist, nutty, light frangipane.
Ginger and Dark Chocolate Brown Butter Cookies
These Ginger and Dark Chocolate Brown Butter Cookies are a celebration of the timeless and classic, festive flavour combination of dark chocolate and ginger. Browning the butter, takes these cookies up a notch by deepening the flavours…
Baked Pears with Marsala Wine and Cinnamon
Soft, melt in the mouth pears baked with cinnamon in Marsala wine and sweetened with Muscovado sugar. Serve with crème fraîche, fresh cream or vanilla ice cream and you have an outstanding winter dessert which you can…
Slow Cooker Christmas Mincemeat
Christmas is just not Christmas without mince pies and, generally speaking, the better the mincemeat the better the mince pies! This wonderfully easy homemade mincemeat is quick to prepare and is easily cooked in the slow cooker.…
Christmas Spice Mix
Christmas Spice Mix is a delectable and comforting combination of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, allspice, coriander, cardamom, powdered anise, nutmeg and mace; not only does it taste divine, but the whole house will smell amazingly of Christmas when…
Bread Sauce
This buttery, creamy sauce, primarily made from bread and milk, but infused with flavours from onion, cloves, bay and nutmeg, is an absolute classic accompaniment for roast turkey or goose and a must at Christmas. I neither…