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Flaming Xmas Pudding

I love pouring a splash of brandy or rum over the Xmas pud and setting it alight. Then covering in custard and brandy cream. Pure xmas indulgence! 🎄 

My Christmas selection boxes 2021

 I loved baking all my treats for this year's Rawbaking Xmas selection boxes.  Thank you to everyone who ordered. Enjoy your treats!!

Christmas Yule Log

I have always wanted to make a yule log and am so glad I did. Why did I take so long to make one?!!  What a delight. A light chocolate sponge, filled with creamy chocolate butter icing.   Sprinkled with icing  sugar and topped with a bit of holly. It's so festive!!

Glitter xmas shortbread

Just organising my Xmas shortbread shapes! I do enjoy making shortbread and there is something lovely about cutting the dough into various Xmas shapes. 

Christmas cake finished!

A classic Christmas cake. A rock hard old fashioned royal icing,  a layer of marzipan and apricot jam on top of a rich, booze infused fruit cake. Gorgeous!!!

Christmas Pudding by Rawbaking

The Christmas pudding originated in the 14th-century  originally known as “frumenty”, which bears little resemblance to the dessert we know today.  Overtime, it was thickened with eggs, breadcrumbs, dried fruit and beer or spirits were added – and came to resemble something a bit more like a sweet pudding. I use an old recipe given to me by friend, whose grandmother gave it to her. I put brandy into my Xmas pud and leave to `mature' overnight before slow cooking for 5 hours. Here are 2 of my Xmas puds before they are cooked. The smell of brandy and mixed spice in the air is delicious!