Buy extra cranberries for the holidays for this lovely light and moist cranberry loaf. This loaf is super moist with a delightful sweet crust. I always keep an extra bag in the freezer so I can enjoy any time of year to add my colour to my tea tray. Scrummy … [Read more...] about Scrummy Cranberry Loaf
Christmas Desserts
Royal Baba au Rhum
The royal family has enjoyed this boozy French yeast cake since the 1600s. Baba Au Rhum/Baba Au Savarin – A Savarin is a yeast dough baked in a ring mold and soaked in rum syrup, the center hole brimming with pastry cream, creme chantilly, or fresh fruit. The dessert is a … [Read more...] about Royal Baba au Rhum
Light Egg Nog
Egg nog (or eggnog) means “egg in a cup” and traditionally is served in small cups, so you can save some calories simply by taking a smaller portion. Egg nog was a preferred holiday drink for English aristocracy who spent Christmas at country homes where estate dairies provided … [Read more...] about Light Egg Nog
Auld Man’s Milk, the Scots version of Egg Nog
In Scotland Christmas is a low key celebration with a build up to New Years, called Hogmanay, the biggest party of the year. In the late 1500s, the Scottish Reformation abolished Christmas, which lasted for 400 hundred years. Most Scots had to work on Christmas Day until the … [Read more...] about Auld Man’s Milk, the Scots version of Egg Nog
The Royal Family’s Incredible Yule Log
The Yule Log cake, or bûche de Noël as it is known to the French, is a delicious Christmas tradition. Essentially it is a rolled sponge cake decorated to look like a tree branch, with the added fun of adding meringue decorations such as mushrooms and/or holly sprigs and any … [Read more...] about The Royal Family’s Incredible Yule Log
