Quick query about making my own Christmas Cake

Spendless

Have you tried your local £1 shop for tins? or failing that other cheaper shops if you have them eg BM, Home Bargains.

EvieSaver

Thanks for the idea about the cellophane. If I can't find any tins then this does look really pretty and I'll do this instead.

Many thanks for the help everyone.

VJsmum

Hobby craft do cake boxes too. I am not far from you, in Tamworth, and ours definitely does - in varying sizes.

THIRZAH

Lakeland do cellophane bags with a holly pattern.

zippychick

Ive merged this with our christmas cake thread

If you check the first post in this thread it is like a huge Christmas mega index

Zip

JillS_2

squishyclaire wrote: »

As this is a Christmas cake thread, I thought I might also ask for a little bit of advice. I am making hampers this year for pressies and have been making jams and chutneys for the last three weeks. I saw a site on the internet that suggested that you could make a mini xmas cake in a small baked bean tin. I thought this would be a good idea because some of the people I am making hampers for are on their own. Has anyone tried anything like this (or am I the only insane one!) or does anyone have any suggestions of how to make a little cake without going to a major expense buying specialist tins?

If you're making little cakes for 4 people you could cook in a square tin and then cut into 4.

AlwaysHappy

Well, I pride myself on an organised freezer. However, last night instead of grabbing peppers to defrost, my oh grabbed some cooked butternut squash. I only noticed this morning and now I dont know how to use it - I hate waste. Ideas would be very welcome. Many thanks.

Sambucus_Nigra

Roast it and have it with whatever you are having tonight. I roast mine in chilli and olive oil with cumin.

Allegra

BNS risotto ?

http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/recipe-butternutsquashrisotto.html?opt=rdinner
http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/recipe-butternutsquashrisottovegan.html?opt=rdinner (the second link is my favourite)

Or a nice tart:

http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/recipe-bnstarts.html?opt=rsnack

lizzyb1812

Soup?

Onions, garlic, bns, stock, bit of curry powder, S&P, blitz