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  I was recently send some really nice Tala Baking things to help with my Christmas Baking.  Normally I like to put these things to use before I show them to you so that you can see how well they work, but I am running out of time and I do want you all to have the opportunity to go out and get some of these products to help you with your own Christmas baking if you can and so I am going to tell you about them now.  I can say with authority however that I have never had a Tala Utensil yet that I did not like, or that did not perform impeccably or live up to it's promise! This is the Tala Letterpress Cookie Set.  With this set you can make personalised cookies with your own message.   Set contains three spring loaded cutters.   There are one each of a heart, star and scalloped rectangle, along with a letterpress stamp, 7 pre-set words / phrases and 2 sets of alphabet letters in a bag. Perfect idea for a special gift, placesetting of for fun with childre...

   Yay, its the first of December and do you know what that means????   The Mincemeat Fest can begin!  I refuse to eat a mince pie until the first of December, even though the shops have been full of them for at least 2 months already.  Mince pies are a Christmas thing and I will not entertain anything Christmas until at least the first of December!  When I was a child I did not like mincemeat at all.   They actually put meat in mincemeat back in Canada you know, and I did not like it one little bit . . . the mincemeat over here doesn't have any meat in it at all and is a lot tastier to my way of thinking.  Mince pies are like tasty little spiced raisin and currant pies, with some mixed peel and candied cherries thrown in for good measure.  I quite like ADORE it now. Of course you can make your own and I often do.  The recipe I like to use is Delia Smith's, which you can find here .  It's the best in my opinion.  Sh...

Be Inspired by the Great British Bake Off With the final of the Great British Bake Off still in the forefront of our minds, many of us are going to miss our weekly fix of bread, cake and pie making. But just because this year’s series has ended it doesn’t mean that we can no longer enjoy the thrill of baking up a storm in the kitchen. You could even try to make your own Sue Perkins jokes to really feel in the GBBO mood. Now to decide what to bake… Learn Your Skill All of us have a love for different foods and that doesn’t just begin and end with the eating. Experiment with recipes for a variety of breads, cakes and pies to find what you really enjoy baking. If you want to specialise in cakes then maybe try wedding cakes, cupcakes or crazy creations! If you enjoy every aspect of baking and seem to have an all-round flare then you can start to experiment which is all part of the fun. Recipes to Try There are thousands upon thousands of recipes to try out and many of these can b...