Egg Nog Chocolate bark

Egg Nog Chocolate Bark

There are certain flavours that scream Christmas – gingerbread, cinnamon, nutmeg, cranberry and of course egg nog. Last year I made chocolate bark for the first time as part of my edible Christmas gift hamper. It was extremely popular, so I wanted to include some again, but much like with the fudge, I didn’t want…

Eyeball Cookies

Eyeball Cookies

These iced sugar cookies are given a spooky touch by adding a eyeball rice paper topper. I used a cookie cutter shaped as a rugby ball/American football on the basic sugar cookie recipe below. After the royal icing set, I popped the rice paper topper on top. If are artistic and have the time, you…

Candy Corn Cookies

Candy Corn Cookies

I am gearing up for Halloween, and my Halloween themed baking starts off with some Candy Corn Cookies. For these, I have used my basic Sugar Cookie recipe. I also added a squirt of honey to try and replicate the flavour of candy corn. Ensure that you use gel or paste food colouring, and not…

Unicorn Poo

Yes, that’s right – Unicorn Poo. I have a couple of nephews that are visiting for this weekend. It is my sister’s birthday and we are going to have a birthday tea, To amuse my nephews ( and myself if I am honest), I have decided to make some brightly coloured biscuits, in the shape…

zebra cookies

Zebra Biscuits

With some Amazon vouchers I received from a generous family member for Christmas, I decided to use it as an opportunity to snag a couple of new baking books. I had recently seen an advert for the celebrity Great British Bake-Off book, I remembered that I had been meaning to pick up their books for…

Pretzel, Butterscotch and Chocolate Chip Cookie

Sometime ago, I ordered some Nestle’s Butterscotch morsels online, just because they sounded gorgeous. But to be honest, I was not sure what to do with them so they have been sat in my cupboard for a bit. I had some pretzels left over from Christmas and thought why not combine the two along with…