Challenge: Handmade 2010 xmas

nat21luv

ooh ooh sarah3891 i'd love the recipe! do share !!

sarah3891

I think I got the link from this thread, or at least this site, but have saved so many now I can't remember :-) so thank you to whoever was the original poster!!

It's here: http://www.grouprecipes.com/79397/wonderful-homemade-lemon-curd.html/print and it's DIVINE!! xxx

midnightraven3

bathbombs seem tricky
and i have tried loads of recipes

i have 2 that i now use all the time
one gives a very smooth finish
one gives a slightly more rustic (but i prefer it) look

Bathbombs
INGREDIENTS300g Bicarbonate of Soda
100g Citric Acid
10ml Fragrance or Essential Oil of choice
Colour cosmetic liquid colour,

that is the more rustic one
and doesnt require any spraying spritzing etc, and thats where a recipe usually goes wrong!

to make smoother ones, cornflour is needed

so like 150g bicarb, 50g citric acid, 25g cornflour,
10ml fragrance, & colour if using

use cosmetic colour if you are
anything else risks staining, expecially on plastic baths (and skin:eek:)

i do add botanical ingredients if someone asks
they look so pretty
but in reality most people :mad: at petals, lavender buds etc sticking to them, the bath, the towels & clogging the drains

dizzytina

Wow you lot have loats of great idea's. I popped on here back at page 3 or 4 and now i have come back you are already at page 14!!!. i need to keep up. Midnight those jelly baby soaps are so so cute would you be able to share the instructions with us? My little girl would love me to try and make some for her. I would also love to try and make normal looking soap bars? where do i begin and what kind of moulds will i need?

Right I'm off to read up properly as i have just skim read the previous pages....I'll be back!!!

midnightraven3

soap making

well you can use a few methods

melt & pour
cold processed
hot processed

gosh where to start:rotfl:

i shall give you a link for each

m&p
http://www.teachsoap.com/mp.html

cold
http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/coldprocesssoapmaking/ss/sscpsoap.htm

hot
http://www.candletech.com/soap-making/hot-process-soap-instructions/

its like any hobby
you need to buy everything to get you started, so can work out expensive (and addictive) if you are only wanting to make a few pieces

i use anything & everything i can as molds
soap molds, silicone molds
but i also use things like single scoop ice cream tubs to make trifle soaps

sorry to post links, but you can digest that at your leisure rather than me spout it all off:rotfl:

CLARABEL

hiya

i too want to make lemon curd, but am worried about it not lasting, most recipes say it keeps a few weeks. are we too early for xmas? can it be frozen????


xx clara. xx

pinkflop

Hi,

I have been an avid reader of this thread and have got some fab ideas but not yet posted!

I got a ton of strawberries from sainsburys last night for a bargain 10p a punnet and some cheap vodka from aldi. Just wondered if anyone had made strawberry vodka before and if so, what recipe you used?

Many thanks

midnightraven3

i always make my christmas lemon curd the week of christmas
so the recipient has a couple of weeks to use it

gingerandrubarb

pinkflop wrote: »

Hi,

I have been an avid reader of this thread and have got some fab ideas but not yet posted!

I got a ton of strawberries from sainsburys last night for a bargain 10p a punnet and some cheap vodka from aldi. Just wondered if anyone had made strawberry vodka before and if so, what recipe you used?

Many thanks

Hi yes i've made strawberry vodka/liqueur before, i plan to make fudge or humbug vodka this year, ive never made those before but the recipe i use is

“Hull enough perfect strawberries to fill a preserving jar or wide necked bottle. !!!!! each berry a few times with a cocktail stick and pop into jar or bottle. Add caster sugar to come about a third of the way up the jar and top up with vodka. Seal and keep in a cool dark spot for 3 to 6 months. Strain thru muslin and re-bottle. ENJOY!!”


1.Clean and Hull the strawnberries, pricking them a few times with a needle or toothpick
2.Fill a preserve jar or other glass bottle/jar with the strawberries coating them in caster sugar until about a third is filled with strawberries coated in sugar.
3.Top up with vodka
4.Shake daily for the first week and keep in a cool,dry cupboard

*i usually leave it for a few months, some people leave it for around 6 months, so probably best to get started asap in time for crimbo*

:T

pinkflop

Fantastic!!!! Thanks!

On my way to the kitchen right now!!!