Yes, I built a house today and it was great fun. You can buy one in kit form from Pixie hall as well as other fab Christmassy stuff!
Category: chocolate
A Glimpse of my Easter day
Advent Calender
I found this link for a ‘Greener than thou’ advent calender and have adapted it by using some of my own papers.
Using toilet roll tubes to make an advent calender and put goodies in. what a great idea.
I’m decorating mine with crafty bits and stickers I’ve got around.
I’m putting a advent scripture in each of mine, so that each day we can read a little about the birth of Jesus…..
….and of course some choccies.
Now all I have to do is close up the ends and voila, I have my advent calender ready for 1st December. I’ll show you my finished calender then! 🙂
Chocolates
Holiday Chocolate Cake! (recipe)
As we are having a weeks break from work I decided to make us a lovely chocolate cake, usually made for special occasions, particularly for Keith’s birthday!
Mmmmm……it’s very nice
Recipe:
2 greased and lined sandwich tins
60z white flour (I use organic white spelt)
3 large tbs cocoa ( if you’re in the UK, Morrisons organic is lovely)
60z marg (I use dairy free spread)
6oz caster sugar (I always use unrefined)
3 free range eggs
1tsp baking powder
Walnuts, choc buttons or anything to decorate
Pre-heat oven 200C (gas 6).
With a wooden spoon cream marg and sugar together until creamy, then add one egg at a time with a little flour and mix well. Sift in flour, cocoa, and baking powder iinto bowl and fold in with a metal spoon.
Divide between the two spnge tins and bake for 20-25mins
Filling:
8oz icing sugar
4oz marg
Cream together in separate bowl and once cake is cool use half to fill the middle and half to smother on the top. Then decorate!
Keith’s Cake
Being an extra!
Just finished off Christmassy things….
Just finished off christmassy things…
truffles for us and to go with some Chrissy pressies….
and our Christmas fruit cake, we prefer something a little lighter than the traditional one ……and so I hope all of you have the best Christmas ever and a very peaceful new year! Thanks for looking in on my blog during 2010!
Chocolate Beetroot Brownies
First picking of our home grown beetroot
Hugh Fearnly-Whittingstall’s Chocolate Beetroot Brownies – no, honestly, they’re amazing ask Keith
Mmmm! with cream
Actually soya cream which has no saturated fat so stop frowning!!!