It’s not an entirely Christmas book, but is that necessarily a bad thing? There’s a broad range of recipes, with lots of combinations I think would be popular throughout the year. However, I think with baking books particularly, it’s useful to see exactly what’s in the book, to avoid duplication elsewhere. It breaks down as follows:
Cupcakes: tea and digestives cupcakes; Crunchie cupcakes; Malteser cupcakes; Toblerone cupcakes; pink lemonade cupcakes; Liquorice Allsorts cupcakes; rum and raisin cupcakes; apple crumble and custard cupcakes; blueberry cupcakes (shown in the photograph); cinnamon cupcakes; Irish coffee cupcakes; eggnog cupcakes; s’mores cupcakes; Maraschino cherry cupcakes; red bean cupcakes; bread and butter cupcakes
Large Cakes: rainbow cake; salted caramel cheesecake; apple and butterscotch yule log; chocolate and coconut layer cake; Christmas Pavlova wreath; pineapple and coconut cake; pain d’epices bundt cake; Christmas pudding cake with mulled wine icing; Jaffa Cake cake; clementine cake with Greek yoghurt icing; chocolate and white chocolate roulade; marjolaine cake; walnut streusel cake
Cookies: chocolate caramel cookies; triple chocolate cookies; mince pie cookies; Oreo chocolate chip cookies; Smarties cookies; spice Christmas or Linzer cookies; Fresh mint shortbread biscuits; brandy snaps; Earl Grey almond and white chocolate biscotti; ginger sparkle cookies; raspberry and pistachio thumbprint cookies; Speculoos biscuit tree decoration; Speculoos cookie butter; gingerbread sausage dogs
Loaves and Slices: sticky toffee loaf; natural red velvet load; spiced fruit loaf; rocky road slice; salted caramel brownies; cheesecake brownie; Florentine blondie; orange marmalade slice; cherry ripe slice; pumpkin slice; pistachio and raspberry loaf
Pies and Tarts: Christmas trifle with caramelised peaches; banoffee pie; chocolate peanut butter pie; chocolate marshmallow pie; mint and white chocolate pie; dark chocolate and fresh mint truffle tart; Boston cream pie
Free From: GF vanilla cupcakes; GF quinoa cupcakes; chocolate vegan layer cake; GF honey and almond cake; GF spiced honey loaf
Edible Gifts: caramelised nuts; savoury nut mix; sweet and salty popcorn; mint coconut ice; salted caramel truffles; Christmas pudding rum balls; peanut butter and banana dog cupcakes (yes, for dogs!!); dog Christmas cake (again, for dogs!!); meringues; tutti frutti nougat; popcorn baubles; gingerbread house; caramel apples
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