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It's Christmas!

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  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    A lovely idea for gifts. Very small cakes do not take so long to cook. I have never made small cakes, I think I would wrap them in brown paper before baking to avoid them burning. I have seen baking programs on TV where empty tin cans were used to cook small cakes.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited October 2022
    The ones you get  pineapple chunks in might be a good shape
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    At last! Christmas puddings and mincemeat made. Just the final clearing up to do, then life can go back to normal.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Just to add to the mincemeat discussion, I used butter instead of suet last year. It was very nice and moist too. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    I looked at several recipes, some said to use brandy. some said to use rum, so I used both! Tastes good to me!
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    edited October 2022
    I've made Pam Corbin's mincemeat recipe a few times. No suet - it uses chopped walnuts which provide enough oil without adding any fat. I really like it
    PLUM AND RUSSET MINCEMEAT — Pam the Jam
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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