OS Christmas Support thread & timetable

Tashja

That is wonderful thank you.

I have measured the tin across and it is 8.5" so will use the 8" recipe - is that right. I think I very vaguely remember you might measure diagonally across the tin ???

Think I will be using the Delia recipe - there are no walnuts in that one and I prefer less nuts

Thank you so much Hun

T xx

Chris25

The recipe for the 8in square is the equivalent of a 9 in round one. That seems to be the best one - it might just come out not quite as high

Tashja

Might have to give it a go this week and see how they turn out. I am aiming to make the cakes in early October so I have a bit of time to perfect the recipe and method !!!

Thank you for all your help hun

T xx

pigpen

My 2 littlest girls are reading the studio cards book and want the tree up.. NOW!!!!!!!! ARGH!! lol

pigpen

Tashja.. I'm making this one up for my stepdad .. I am doing him a 1947 hamper as that is when he was born..

The Ministry Of Food Christmas Cake. 1947.
Preparation time twenty minutes. Cooking time two and a half hours. Quantity: One cake.
Four oz (115 g) margerine. Three oz (85 g) sugar, preferably soft brown. Two reconstituted dried eggs (or fresh eggs). Three level tablespoons of warmed golden syrup or treacle. (Warm the syrup, then measure it to avoid waste.) Eight oz (225 g) plain flour. One pinch salt. Half level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda. (Do not exceed this amount.) One level teaspoon ground cinnamon. One level teaspoon mixed spice. One pound (450 g) mixed dried fruit. Three tablespoons cold well strained tea.
Line a seven inch (18 cm) cake tin with greased grease proof paper. Pre-heat the oven to 150 degrees centigrade (300 degrees f), gas mark 2. Cream the margarine and sugar. Gradually add the beaten eggs, then they syrup or treacle, sift all the dry ingredients together, then add to the creamed mixture with the fruit and tea. Spoon into the cake tin and make a hollow in the centre so that the cake will stay flat on top. Bake for two and a half hours or until firm to the touch and the sides have slightly shrunk away from the tin. Cool in the tin. When cold, remove from the tin; store in an airtight container.
Mock Marzipan. 1947.
Preparation time: ten minutes. No cooking. Quantity: enough to cover top of seven inch (18 cm) cake.
Two ounces (50 g) margarine. Two ounces (50 g) caster or icing sugar (sifted). One to two teaspoons of almond essence. Eight ounces (225 g) plain cake crumbs.
Cream the margarine and the sugar with the essence. Add the crumbs and knead the mixture. Roll out.
Christmas food must be traditional, it must be the best we can provide, but above all it must be colourful!

Crazy of me I know.. I was going to do it last year as it was his 60th (30th December).. but a year late isn't bad lol. I got him a cheese and wine hamper last year instead.. this year was a toss up between a 60's hamper and a 1947 one.

My mother I have absolutely no idea what to get her!

I have to put in a whopping order for named pencils and other stocking filler things online so I'll be getting cracking on that later and hopefully paying it off next month!

kindlesgirl

nicki wrote: »

Right, XMAS 2008 :

This will be our first Christmas without Ex here, not looking forward to it at all ATM.

Niki, I'm sure it will all be ok on the day - we went through this 2 years ago and the kids were fine - they did have GPs around to help and saw ex on Boxing Day - I thought that having to do traditonal things would be difficult but actually we made new traditions for us and realised that actually most of what we did I'd initiated anyway - so we didn't miss him at all!!

wendywitch

I tried to read this thread from the start but had to give up for now, it is so long! I've nearly finished buying my presents and have a list of exactly what I still need to get including making my homemade gifts which the girls and I make for my Aunties/ extended family as we "only buy for the children now" so I think my girls have to give something back.
I tend to leave my daughters to the last minute now as they tend to change their minds. I have told them they aren't getting loads of stuff this year as they haven't used half the stuff they got last year! Their birthdays are September and November which doesn't help.

DdraigGoch

I am still ploughing my way through my Christmas preparations, today I put all the presents bits away - there is a lot more there than I thought, but that turns out to be quite handy as it will save me from going out and buying waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much stuff - again!

I have succumbed to YET another present for DH. I know that I have spent up to my limit [£25], but but but ....... I found a magazine rack which has a table top on it, in solid wood and reasonable looking enough to fit in with our room, in a charity shop for £6, so I bought it. Shall have to knock £6 off someonelse's present now, or at the very least be very imaginative over 6 other presents! LOL

My spreadsheet is looking promising, I have even started a set of calculations on behalf of my son - he seems to be getting into the MSE way of Christmas. All I need now is to snare DH and DD and life will be sooooo much easier.

Best of luck everyone
DG

moanymoany

Here's a dozen or three patterns.

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/scarves.php

The site also has loads of other free patterns as well.

Tashja

Hi all

Well I have started wrapping - was going through all the goodies we got from the car boot the other day and realised that I had bought DS 2 Pirate Of The Carribean figures. They were BNIB and only 50p each so have got them wrapped and away

Also went in to Morrisons yesterday and they had some georgous mugs/cups on buy 3 for price of 4, so have got the mugs for the Hot Chocolate Hampers I am doing for people and got one to go in my Aunties hamper - hers is an Oils and Smellies Hamper but this mug was pink with a kitten on it so it suits her perfectly.

Got a lot of the stuff for FIL hamper too - he has a monkey hamper because he is monkey mad

Off to make some lists - want to start the card list ad also I am arranging DH's 30th party so loads to do there too !!!

Ohhhh - sorry 1 more question - I want to do little brother and SIL a Christmas Cake but they don't like fruit cake - would sponge do or would that be a disaster ???

T xx