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Alasdair on December 21st, 2009

Finally, it’s time to decorate the cake!  It’s only been two months but now is the moment we’ve been waiting for, it’s time to finish it in advance of the main event … the eating! First thing you need to do is turn your cake onto an appropriately sized cake base or plate, I use [...]

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Alasdair on December 19th, 2009

The Christmas Sweetie tree is one of the those Christmas traditions that I recall from my own childhood, although when I say tradition it may have been only one!  Still it’s something, an idea, that’s stuck with me for the last 25 years or so. It’s a simple enough thing to execute and, if you’ve got [...]

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Alasdair on December 17th, 2009

Christmas is almost upon us and we should be looking to decorate the cake in within the next few days, I suspect that I’ll be aiming for Monday, although only so I can get a post up here, otherwise I might be inclined to leave it for a couple more days and either do it [...]

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Alasdair on December 2nd, 2009

A little post about making marzipan and a reminder that your cake needs fed … The world’s best Christmas cake … ever! – Part 1 can be found here.  It’s not too late to begin, but you do need to get a move on now … there’s feeding to be done! Feeding the cake is [...]

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Jolene on November 28th, 2009

  You’ll need: printer paper sharp needle sharp scissors 6″ x 4″ piece of felt 36″ of 6 stranded embroidery thread stuffing Stitches used: Blanket Lazy Daisy Instructions: Click on the pattern below and print and cut it out.  It’s sized to A4 so you’ll need to make sure your page size is set to [...]

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Jolene on October 22nd, 2009

These Christmas tree ornaments are so easy to make I couldn’t resist posting a little how to. You’ll need: Pencil Thick Cardboard or Mountboard Scissors or Craft Knife Old Book Pages Paintbrush PVA/White Glue White Acrylic Paint Water Glitter UHU Glue Button Embroidery Needle Thread What to do: Using your pencil, draw a five point [...]

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