66. and 67. Asian chilli jam and herby potatoes

Home Cooking Made Easy p229 and 145

Chilli jam and herby buttered potatoes are not a traditional pairing I admit, but I didn’t actually eat them together, I just cooked them at the same time.

62. and 63. Apple and blackberry chutney, and Chocolate fudge

Home Cooking Made Easy p222 and 226

I think everybody’s getting edible gifts this year, as I try to race through my recipes before New Year. So I made this chutney and fudge as a birthday present. Edible gifts are always well-received though I’ve found!

Christmas Cake

My Christmas cake this year was, again, made using Delia’s classic recipe. This version has pictures for every step, which is really useful. It makes a rich, moist, but not too crumbly cake. I’ll just share a few extra tips and show you how I decorated it.

Frohe Weihnachtsyeit! (that’s foreign for something)

For edible gifts this year, I had been planning to make some more Chocolate Baileys fudge, but for the sake of my readers, who have already heard about it, I thought I’d make something new – Lebkuchen.

Chocolate Baileys Fudge

I needed a birthday gift in a hurry and this little recipe used only storecupboard ingredients and took about 15mins.