Archive for December, 2009
Almond Bread
Ingredients
3 egg whites
1/2 cup castor sugar
1 cup plain flour
125g almonds
240 g glace cherries
Method
Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, beating will after each addition, until all sugar is disolved. Fold in sifted flour, whole almonds, and cherries.
Spread into a 25cm x 8cm bar tin, lined with baking paper.
Cook in an oven for 30-35 mins (180ºC) or until just firm. Cool out of tin.
When cold, wrap in alfoil and put aside for one or two days. Using a very sharp knife, cut bread wafer thin and put the slices onto a baking tray. Bake in a SLOW oven for 45 mins, or until crisp (not too dark- just starting to colour).
Makes about 40.
Thanks for visiting my site again! keep checking back for more updates!
Mini Christmas Puddings
Ingredients
1x Fruit cake (home brand or the like)
1x Orange juice concentrate (1 2L mix) -> You’ll only use PART of this (maybe half?) so go easy when adding this.
Smidge of Rum/Scotch/Marsala something similar
white chocolate drops
red and green glace cherries
STEPS
Crumble the fruit cake into a large bowl. Break it down as much as possible.
Add alcohol if desired (this recipe ISN’T cooked, so don’t add this if you’re serving to kids).
Slowly add the orange juice concentrate, mixing it in as you go (you won’t need the whole container, and you DON’T want it runny/too much juice!). The consistancy you want is wet enough to join the cake back together again, but not so wet that it’s really sticky on your hands…Make sure you mix it up well with a fork so that everything’s covered. Feel free to use your hands.
Using a teaspoon, spoon out some of the mixture and roll into a small ball.
Lay the Christmas puddings out onto a tray. Cool in the fridge to make them harder.
Melt the white chocolate and cut up the glace cherries into quarters (possibly less- depends on what you like).
Using the back of a teaspoon, take some white chocolate and dab it onto the top of a christmas pudding. Add a green and red cherry bit to the top (so that the cherry sticks on to the white chocolate).
Chill again and serve!
Gingerbread House
The other day I decided to make something that I’ve always wanted to make, but have never really had the motivation to try. This Christmas however, was different. I made the gingerbread house that I’ve wanted to make, thanks to awesome instruction of at The Red Deer. You can view them there too.
Building the walls...
The roof was the hardest...
Since I’ve made mine I’ve seen a few friends make them. It’s interesting to see the different way people make them and the decorations they use.
All decorated!
close up...
More photos are on my facebook…
