Christmas Bake Off - ideas please!

crumblepie

Look at Aldi's recipes on their website.

I've made the mincemeat muffins and the mincemeat christmas cake. The mincemeat could be laced with brandy before using in the recipe and the frosting could be used to decorate the top of a cake.

There's another one on there with a marzipan filling which I haven't tried yet.

browneyedbazzi

I did a black forest trifle for Christmas a couple of years ago and it went down a storm - it was a bit like a huge version of the black forest gu pots you can get in supermarkets with boozy cherries, chocolate cake, a mascarpone cream and topped with chocolate ganache.

It looked and tasted gorgeous - you could do a big one in a nice glass trifle dish or individual ones in little ramekins, depending on what works for you.

takethatfan1978

http://www.candis.co.uk/all-recipes/extras-recipes-christmas-2009-recipe-tricky-bits-and-last-years-christmas-recipes-white-chocolate-and-raspberry-gateau-step-by-step/

This is nice and very easy to make. I have made it a few times for work and it always goes down well

Simo429

In the december sainsburys magazine there are some superb mincemeat and brownie pies.

Chris25

I'd try & discover what the judges particularly like first before planning


gingerbread house feeds the child in all of us

vikki_louise

I would make this http://www.thatcutelittlecake.com/2011/12/how-to-make-meringue-tower.html I would serve with strawberries and cream to make a fancy Christmas eaton mess
The blog has other beautiful Christmas themed things to make

sooty&sweep

Hi
How about sticky toffee pudding ? BBC food has a good easy recipe. The sauce is easy as its a mixture of muscavado sugar, butter and cream melted together. I serve it with icecream.
Jen