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Rudolph-the-Red-Nosed-Reindeer Christmas Cake
“The piece de resistance” Rudolph is an original cake design planned and constructed by Mum and I. He stands 44cm tall and his body is made from a rich fruit Christmas cake, with chocolate antlers/ears, chocolate tail, and chocolate covered candy canes for the legs, chocolate eyes, and a marshmallow covered in red […]
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Chocolate Christmas Pudding Truffles
These truffles are very simple to make and are a great way to use up any left over Christmas cake. The mashed up Christmas cake base of these truffles gives them a close textured fudge-like consistency, (just like cake-pops) and when covered in chocolate the Christmas cake tastes delicious. We used Whittaker’s 50% […]
“Mum’s Delicious Christmas Cake With Butterscotch Sauce and Cream”
Mum said this should be called “Mum’s Delicious Christmas Cake With Butterscotch Sauce and Cream”. This title is very descriptive and true, and sums it up nicely, so that’s what the title will be. In fact it was so good, that the photo above represents how fast we ate it (and cleaned the plate). […]
Christmas Cake Icing, Almond Paste Recipe, and Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes”
Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes” This is a companion piece to the blog I posted in December called “Mum’s Christmas Cake Recipe”, and is also linked to the blogs “Christmas Cake Recipe (CT’s)”, and “Christmas Cake Recipe (Uncle Charlie’s)”. Here I am describing how to make the Almond Paste (marzipan) and apply the royal icing, […]
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