A Little Bit more Christmas Baking

9/12/2021

The first of the season Mince Pies and a Swiss Roll for the Seniors Lunch Club

Christmas Baking for the Seniors Lunch Club

The first batch of mince pies, using home made Mincemeat (vegan) and a Swiss Roll for those who don't like dried fruits. This is what we ate as cake last week, when I also made the Gingerbread Houses as part of the table display for the Lunch Club.

Have a look at my recipe for home made mincemeat, November this year, and for mince pies, December last year, if you want to know how to make them. They really are so much nicer than shop bought ones.

I made a Chocolate Swiss Roll - sort of a Yule Log - in December last year and a plain Swiss Roll, like this one with home made jam, in April this year, so please have a look in the archive for the recipes if you're inspired. I will make this Swiss Roll again soon to serve as the cake basis for my Christmas Trifle - it seems to work better than making pieces of sponge and spreading them with jam, and does look lovely in a glass bowl.

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Just to note: all these recipes have been cooked and photographed by me, in my kitchen. I have used no tricks to change the appearance of the food and you could eat all the meals in this blog right off the plate!

Update December 2021: thank you to all those who follow my blog or on Facebook or Instagram. I'm going to have a pause from putting recipes on three times per week, to allow me more time for writing my book The Family Way and its sequel, The Way Home about women's lives in the First World War. I will still put recipes on the blog as they come up and if I make something special.

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I was excited to have been interviewed by Becky Want on BBC Radio Manchester's Breakfast Show in April and talked through a couple of my recipes. Check out the blog archive for Gnocchi Napoletana (April 2021) and Tikka Mushrooms (November 2020) and the Summer of Six section of my website for 3 course menus for our 6 person garden parties.

I'm also excited to feature in the Open Up Magazines for Chorlton (June) and South Manchester (July) - see the feature on garden party menus and my recipe for Pastel de Nata.