At long last the best 25 days of the year has arrived for baking. I have been waiting to bake lots of Christmasy goods, but have been holding back till the 1st December. FINALLY this day has arrived and I have been able to make one of the many cakes and bakes on my list of cakes and bakes to make in the next 25- 24 days not including Christmas, although I will probably be baking something even then!
From my very long list of things to bake I picked to bake mince pies first as they are a classic after all and everyone in my family loves them. The recipe I settled on was Jamie Olivers' mince pie recipe. It suggested that I add marzipan into the filling and I will defiantly try that next time. However even without the marzipan these mince pies went down a storm in my house. I can now honestly say that its beginning to smell a lot like mince pies in my house. Is it in yours?
Hi Ayeisha, Did you make your own mincemeat? Its really easy, and much nicer than shop bought. I always make mine a year ahead and let it mature but even if you made it in November it would still be good for December mince pies.
ReplyDeleteNice blog and nice pics. good luck with achieving your ambition.
Noo i didn't think of that in advance! next year I will defiantly make my own mince meat! thank you (:
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