It’s that time of year again… And OH HOW I LOVE IT! Christmas is all of my baking dreams come true, a reason to be decadent and delicious and make ALL of the bakes. Last year I hosted a blogging event each week in the run up to Christmas called Festive Food Friday. This year I’ll be hosting it again but with my friend Kerry from KerryCooks.com. Two (baking) heads are better than one and all that jazz.
For you my fabulous recipe hunting readers, it means each Friday you’ll be able to pop back here to find a whole selection of festive food suggestions from around the web. For my bloggy pals, it’s a place to share your festive recipes each week and enjoy out little Christmas community.
All recipes will also be pinned to our whopping giant Festive Food Friday Pinterest board which is packed full of inspiration (and has over 400,000 followers!).
First things first though. Would you look at these cupcakes? Seriously, don’t you just want to BITE THEIR LITTLE EARS OFF they are that stinking cute? (Just me?) I’m always short on time at Christmas, but festive baking is one of my favourite parts of the season. These are a great compromise as they are super quick to decorate and you can make everything from scratch or cheat, and buy the components ready made and just assemble them.
They are a great rainy day activity with children, but look impressive enough for adults and kids alike. My method and top tips for making them are at the bottom of this post.
So! Fancy showing us what festive food love you’re feeling this week? Here’s how it works:
- Tag any festive food or drink photos with #festivefoodfriday.
- Each week Kerry and I will pick some of the most mouthwatering/funny/calorific and repost them.
- You can follow me @tamingtwins and Kerry at @kerryedwards. Please say hello!
Blog Linky
- Please add the badge below to your post. (Just highlight the bit in the text box and pop it in the HTML of your blog post.)
- Link up your festive season food or drink posts using the widget below. They can be recipes, round ups, drinks, meals out, anything that’s inspiring to festive food lovers.
- Old and new posts are welcome.
- You can add up to 5 posts each week if you’d like.
- We will pin all of the posts added to the Pinterest board, which has over 400,000 followers.
- The linky will be open until midday Tuesday the following week.
- Please visit and comment on at least 2 of the other posts that have linked up, per post that you add. Spread that Christmas cheer! This really helps to make the community.
- If you follow us on Twitter and tweet a link mentioning @tamingtwins and/or @kerrycooksblog and #festivefoodfriday, we will RT them.
- Each week we will write a round up on one of our blogs, linking to every post linked from the week before (this will include a photo from your post – please only enter if that’s okay).
- Please spread the word, the more the merrier!
Can’t wait to see what festive makes and bakes you have in store for the last Festive Food Friday. Don’t forget to share on Instagram too by using #festivefoodfriday.
In the meantime.. Here’s my super simple method for making Polar Bear Cupcakes.
- Pack of 12 Ready made cupcakes or fairy cakes (or homemade of course)
- 400g Tub of ready made buttercream icing (or homemade of course)
- 200g White chocolate
- 36 White chocolate buttons
- Chocolate icing pen (from the cake decorating aisle)
- Grate your white chocolate. (I'm super lazy so I just blitz it in the food processor.)
- Take a cupcake and coat the top completely in the icing using a palette knife.
- Roll the cupcake around, icing side down, into the grated chocolate.
- Decorate with chocolate buttons and the icing writing pen to give your polar bear a face.
Are you feeling festive at all yet? What’s on your ‘to be baked’ list for the coming weeks?
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