Kerstkrans is a Dutch cake made for celebrating St. Nicholas Day. There are some traditional biscuits too, I made them and I’m going to share the recipe for those in a couple of days. You can read about St. Nicholas Day and traditions regarding this day on my lifestyle blog, ancaslifestyle. Krestkrans is made with
Category: Special occasions
Festive wreath doughnuts
I am thinking of Christmas bakes for a while now and I got a lot of fondant decoration tools to help me. While I was baking along the Bake Off I had the opportunity to use fondant and it was the push I needed. Now I’m more than happy to try to make interesting decorations
Chestnut and Brussels sprouts
I bought some Chestnuts because I really wanted to cook with them. I thought of a pie, but when I didn’t have loads of time I’ve ended up with a Chestnut and Brussels sprouts side dish for some vegan sausages. This recipe is vegan too and also delicious. I used only 3 spoons of oil,
The Gingerbreads
I wanted to name the post gingerbread biscuits because this is what I made. Then I saw how they looked in pictures; I thought The Gingerbreads is so much more appropriate. Bigger pictures with them are at the end of the post, make sure you meet them. Last year I’ve made Snowflake cookies with cinnamon
Picnic fit for a Queen
Great British Bake Off is over. This makes me a little sad, I loved watching the show and doing the challenges, seeing the bakers having their amazing moments and their struggles. I’m happy Candice won, she was pushing herself every time and taking risks. This year I got the chance of working with Tesco for
Boozy Panna Cotta with Dark Chocolate
With Valentine’s Day approaching I’ve made this heart shaped Boozy Panna Cotta with dark chocolate a couple of weeks ago. As I was away with work, I didn’t manage to post it until today. Sorry it’s last minute, but if you want to make an easy but fancy dessert and you don’t have any ideas,
Christmas menu 2015
This Christmas I asked my husband to take pictures of all the food so I can make a round up of what I cooked. The only two things I had no pictures of where the soup, panna cotta that hubby made and shop-bought Christmas pudding. I wanted to finish all the preparations fast and set
