December 2015
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Recipe – Italian Meringue Icing
If you do not want to use cream cheese style icing for your red velvet cake then you can use this Italian Meringue Icing which is a very light buttery type of icing that taste delicious with red velvet cake. It is a little bit more work, but worth it! You… Continue reading
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Christmas Traditions
The final Christmas blog of the year will reflect on Christmas traditions, comparing them side to side with Britain and the United States. You may have heard of writing letters to Santa and popping them in the mail here in the US, and the United Kingdom does it as well, only they burn their letters… Continue reading
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Recipe – Red Velvet Cake
Red Velvet cake is basically a chocolate cake with red coloring so you can use a Betty Crocker cake mix or use the chocolate cake we made earlier in the year and add some red coloring. You can also use a tub of Betty Crocker Cream Cheese style icing or you can make an icing… Continue reading
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Christmas Stocking Stuffers!
It’s almost Christmas! The mad dash to get last minute preparations, gifts, and stocking stuffers for loved ones will only get even madder! Many of us still have to get a Christmas tree, wrap gifts, and buy some stocking stuffers! In my family, gifts are mostly for the children but if there is enough in… Continue reading
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Christmas Dinner
When you have a holiday dinner, what is traditional at your table? For my family, it’s pretty similar to the food at Thanksgiving, except we have a ham and sometimes a turkey (with some delicious stuffing) since I have a sister who refuses to eat ham (thank the teacher in high school who scared her… Continue reading
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Recipe – Christmas Cake
Now I realize a lot of you will not be making your own Christmas cake, it seems to be a British tradition at Christmas, some people do and some do not, I think every household in the UK who make their own cake will have their own recipe for Christmas cake. I always make my… Continue reading
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Winter Survival II
I’m hoping you have enough hot drinks to get you through the winter, whether it is tea, hot chocolate, or hot cider (spiced or not). The weather is finally starting to catch up to us so it’s a good time to start talking about enjoying these foods! The simple porridge/oatmeal: A popular and healthy breakfast… Continue reading
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Recipe – Domino Biscuits
Whilst the children are at home on holiday from school get them baking these domino chocolate biscuits, which are quite easy to do especially if you have a rectangle cutter. I do not have one so had to do it by hand! You can make about 24-30 biscuits with this mixture. … Continue reading
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Recipe – Rich Jam Pasty
This is so easy to do and taste really good with tea. It makes about 10 if you cut them big and more of course if you cut them up smaller. Oven 180 C 350 F Gas mark 4 A greased or lined baking sheet 8 oz Self Raising flour 4 oz butter a… Continue reading
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