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Easy Chocolate Yule Log Cake. This classic Yule Log Cake is a tender chocolate sponge cake filled with mascarpone whipped cream and covered with whipped chocolate ganache!

Easy Chocolate Yule Log Cake

It’s delicious, festive and made completely from scratch! What is a Yule Log Cake? Burning a yule log is a Christmas tradition that dates back before Medieval Times. People would carefully select a Christmas tree, bring it into their home and place the largest end into the fire. The whole tree would be burned and keep the fire going for the day. Easy Chocolate Yule Log Cake. Hazelnut meringue cake. Food & Wine. The Best Christmas Cake. Strawberry Pavlova recipe. Meringues with Vanilla Mascarpone Cream and Lemon Curd - Meringue Recipes. This recipe is from the Delia Online Cookery School with Waitrose See Perfect Egg Whites For the meringues place the egg whites in a large clean bowl and whisk them until they form stiff peaks (it's very important, though, not to over-whisk the egg whites because, if you do, they will start to collapse).

Meringues with Vanilla Mascarpone Cream and Lemon Curd - Meringue Recipes

Now start to whisk in the sugar, about a tablespoon at a time, whisking after each addition until all the sugar is in. Now all you do is spoon 8 heaped dessertspoons of the mixture on to the prepared baking sheet, spacing them evenly. Italian Christmas Pudding Cake. This recipe is my own but at the same time a conflation of a couple of Italian Christmas must-haves: the glorious, fruit-studded panettone and crema di mascarpone, which is best described as tiramisu without the Savoiardi biscuit layer, and sometimes with pieces of chocolate stirred through the mascarpone mixture.

I have brought in a cassata element, which means I add, along with the chocolate, some crumbled marrons glaces (though any candied or dried fruits could do) and chopped pistachios. The pomegranate seeds I tumble over the top at the end are there for their beauty as well as to add a further seasonal touch but, importantly, are thought to bring luck and should therefore be an indispensible part of the Christmas table.

If you would like to make this cake without the uncooked eggs, then simply omit the eggs and caster sugar. Then whisk 50g/½ cup icing/confectioner's sugar into the mascarpone and double/heavy cream carrying on with the recipe as normal. Instagram Images. Éclair roll recipe - BBC Food. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.

Éclair roll recipe - BBC Food

Lightly grease a baking tray and line it with baking paper. Put the water, butter, sugar and salt into a pan. Put it on a medium–high heat and just barely bring to the boil. The sugar and butter need to dissolve. Once the butter and sugar have dissolved, turn the heat down and drop the flour in quickly in one go. Jamie Oliver Amaretto Chocolate mousse.

Lemon Pavlova. Luxury Christmas desserts - BBC Food. Chocolate and Salted Caramel Amoretti® Yule Log. 44 Easy Christmas Dessert Recipes. Yule Log. Christmas Puddini Bonbons. Christmas Creme Brulee. Alternative Christmas desserts - BBC Food. Christmas Gingerbread Cake - thestayathomechef.com. Christmas Gingerbread Cake - thestayathomechef.com. Mint Chocolate Cake. Filed under: Chocolate Cakeson December 3, 2018 One of my favorite things about cooler temperatures is all things mint (or peppermint).

Mint Chocolate Cake

We add that glorious flavoring to hot cocoa, to brownies, to cookies, and most definitely to cakes! 44 Easy Christmas Dessert Recipes. Ultimate Christmas Pudding. I don’t deny it: there is something unattractively boastful about calling one’s own recipe “ultimate”.

Ultimate Christmas Pudding

But having soaked my dried fruit for this pudding in Pedro Ximénez – the sweet, dark, sticky sherry that has a hint of liquorice, fig and treacle about it – I know there is no turning back. It’s not even as if it’s an extravagance: the rum or brandy I’ve used up till now are more expensive and do the trick less well. This is sensational. I love the same fruits, too, steeped in the magic liqueur, but this here is the Queen of Christmas puddings. It has to be tried, and clamours to be savoured. I know that many of you, tradition be damned, are resistant to Christmas pudding, and I do understand why. Make & mature Christmas cake recipe. Best ever boozy cake recipes. Whether you love a cooling G&T or a pint of Guinness as your tipple of choice, we have a sweet treat to fit.

Best ever boozy cake recipes

These boozy bakes have an extra kick we can't resist and they're perfect for a grown-up celebration. Different drams can bring out the best in other ingredients such as chocolate, zingy citrus and aromatic coffee. Food Network UK. Chocolate Salame. Cappuccino Pavlova. 26 Best ever Christmas desserts - olive.

Amaretti trifle Trifle is a classic Christmas Day dessert, but if you fancy mixing it up a bit, why not make this boozy version?

26 Best ever Christmas desserts - olive

It’s got everything: nuts, fruit and cream. It’s perfect for feeding a hungry crowd. Black forest cheesecake bombs These black forest cheesecake bombs are fun and original. The Hairy Bikers' Christmas pudding fondant recipe. THIS is a great pudding for when you have people over, as all the work can be done in advance.

The Hairy Bikers' Christmas pudding fondant recipe

Then all you need to do is pop the puds in the oven just before you are ready to eat them. Ingredients (Serves 6) 50g mixed dried fruit 1 tsp mixed spice 2 tsp ground cinnamon 2 tsp ground nutmeg. Best ever Christmas baking recipes - olive. Best ever Christmas baking recipes - olive. BBC Food - Recipes - Spiced orange cake with Christmas pudding ice cream. Good Food Channel. Ingredients 500 g plain flour, sifted 2 pinches salt 125 g unsalted butter, softened 15 ml baking powder 200 g unrefined caster sugar a few drops vanilla extract a few drops almond extract 30 ml dark rum 1 large lemon, finely grated zest tsp cardamom seeds 2 tsp mixed spice 50 g suet 125 g currants 125 g raisins 125 g almonds 40 g chopped mixed candied peel 250 g crème fraîche, or thick greek-style yogurt 2 large eggs, beaten 250 g natural-colour marzipan To finish 25 g melted butter icing sugar, sifted Method 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Easy Christmas. 100 Christmas Desserts. 60 Make-ahead Recipes for Christmas. Food - Recipes : Soft chocolate nougat (torrone molle) After-dinner mint cream. Festive dessert. Chocolate Mousse Recipe. Method There’s one really good reason to make this – chocolate!

Chocolate Mousse Recipe

It’s what makes the world go round, especially for my girls, they’d go mad for this. You can make it a few days before then just pimp it up with the accompaniments at the last minute. This is also a good one to do with the kids, as they can get involved in all the prep. Place the dark chocolate and a tiny pinch of salt in a heatproof bowl and sit it over a pan of gently simmering water, making sure the water doesn’t touch the base of the bowl. Meanwhile, separate your eggs so you have the whites in one bowl and the yolks in another. Once the chocolate has melted, carefully lift the bowl out of the pan. Just before you’re ready to serve, give the mousse a lovely dusting of cocoa. Chocolate orange & cranberry red velvet bombe. 100 Christmas Baking Recipes : Food Network UK. Chocolate & cherry Christmas pudding. Drain the cherries in a sieve over a bowl. Cut them in half.

Peel the pear, then grate it coarsely.In a large bowl, combine the cherries, pear, the raisins, sultanas and brandy. Stir well and cover with clingfilm.Heat in the microwave on high for 3 mins, then leave to cool for 5 mins to let the fruit plump up. What to make on Stir-up Sunday. Stir-up Sunday is a centuries-old annual tradition in which cooks spend the last Sunday before Advent 'stirring up' their Christmas pudding.