The Art Of Baking

Need a treat to serve this holiday season? How about simply homemade and budget-friendly? If that's what you're aiming for, then I have two recipes that will surely impress anyone of your guests. Firstly, I have a classic treat that is great at any time of the day and pairs well with a hot beverage. It's also a very simple recipe to make and can be easily made ahead of time. Meaning you can easily bake them fresh on the day you need them. A spiced ginger wafer is a nostalgic European cookie that can take many forms. This particular recipe has a combination of ginger, cloves and cinnamon. When baked it becomes a crunchy, buttery wafer similar to gingerbread. Then to make it extra special for the holiday season you can easily drizzle each wafer with melted white chocolate and let set. From there they can be placed on a serving dish or can be chilled when ready. Though don't forget these wafers can also be a great foodie gift. Jus...

Need a last-minute gift idea? What about some homemade baking? A treat is a splendid idea to show your  friends and family how much you care. So, join me and see what you can make this holiday season.   So, to get you started, I have a super simple recipe for all the foodies you know that are peanut butter and chocolate lovers. They are called fudge puddles and they are the cutest treat to display in a Christmas tin.   All you really have to do is take a basic peanut butter cookie recipe, even your favourite will work. Then you bake each cookie in a mini muffin tin, indent each center, and pipe the center with chocolate, fudge filling. Then to top it all off we sprinkle each with sliced almonds and serve when cooled. In the end, you have a buttery peanut butter cookie with a rich, creamy chocolate filling.     So go on and try out this recipe. Just think it's a budget-friendly treat that is simple to prep and can also be easily made ahea...

  The holidays are nothing without a beautiful marble yule log to showcase this Christmas. Therefore to celebrate with family and friends,how about creating your very own yule log? Using Nordic wares exceptional cake pans.All you require is a simple and delectable yellow cake recipe as well as your own imagination. So how about it? Well you're probably questioning yourself. How can I create this unique marble appearance? Well it's actually quite easy! It's simply dying half of the cake batter with a cocoa mixture. Followed by forming a pattern of each color of batter in the pan along with alternating with each layer. Lastly you have, the best part of swirling the colors to reveal a exquisite pattern. Once  completed,  you can decorate anyway you wish such as a simple dusting of icing sugar for a winter wonderland effect.Its really as simple as any other cake;however this one becomes a very decadent dessert.   So be certain to serve this lovely swirled cake th...

 Do you aspire to design your very own Winter Wonderland this Christmas? Well, your certainly in the correct place because I have here, three very authentic recipes that would be a great addition to anyone's holiday display.  So,how about a collection of 3D Christmas Tree Cookies that are prepared with a simple sugar cookie dough that would be lovely with a gingerbread house,a village and even a winter forest .Now if you desire something a little different there is also snowflake spiced cupcakes that can be easily constructed into tiny igloos for a north pole display.However,if these concepts are not your cup of tea.Then I know you definitely cannot resist a 3D Christmas Tree Cake, can you? This exceptional Christmas tree is made with a simple moist spice cake recipe along with using a special 3D Christmas tree cake pan.Even writing about it gets me energized!       Now I know these recipes may sound taunting;however trust me on this that ...