Lauren Gemmell

Food, Fitness, and Technology

Month: December 2012

Christmas Cake: Iced

In the run up to Christmas I did eventually find the time to ice my cake, but only just enough time. In the end I went for a very simple Christmas tree decoration.

Iced Christmas Cake

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Christmas Leftover Fried Rice

This is a recipe I first made at the start of December but it is so perfect for Christmas leftovers that I wanted to leave posting it till now.

Christmas Leftover Fried Rice

Using leftover turkey (or maybe even ham), rice, a couple of eggs and some Chinese 5 spices you can whip up a very quick taste Christmassy dinner.

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Christmas Cake: Feeding the cake

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while.

Every couple of weeks I have been feeding my Chocolate Christmas Cake with Amaretto.

Feeding the Christmas Cake

Of course I can’t tell you much about how it tastes, but it smells wonderful – deep, rich and christmassy. Every time I unwrap the cake the aroma fills the kitchen.

Feeding the Christmas Cake

Tomorrow I will ice the cake, however I still haven’t quite decided on how to decorate it, my options so far on this iced Christmas cake pinboard.

Then once I have taken like a billion photos, I will chop it up and eat it.

I’ll let you know how it tastes.

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