Treats to share with the Family

Hey guys, I haven't posted for a while and I know many of you are wondering what on earth am I doing!!!!! Seeing that I haven't posted since Christmas I will share some of the stuff that I have been creating and recreating up till today.  

This was something I ofcourse decided to give a go for Christmas, yes my amazing gingerbread house which I was extremely excited about, because it was the first time I made one and it tasted and looked like a million dollars. 

I simply used a template for a gingerbread house that I found online and followed a simple recipe I found online as well. If you would like more information and advice on the gingerbread house, please leave me a message in the box below and I would be more then happy to share this with you. :) 

Another treat that I made for the family was this dessert tower, which was the dessert for our Christmas Day lunch. 

All you need is :-  

Styrofoam cone

baking paper

Cake board

Glue, something like nutella or buttercream to stick the cone to the board. I used nutella for this recipe. 

Toothpicks

Any fruit that you like I used strawberries and cherries

Ferreo Rocher 

I made macarons from scratch, which are really tricky but you could also use Adriano Zumbo ready to bake macarons which tastes amazing and are really easy to make. 

Method: - 

Use the baking paper to cover the cone. You want to make sure that you stick the cone to your cake board before you start to add the fruit. Depending on what fruit and chocolate you are using start to skewer them using the toothpicks. What you want to do is start at the bottom of the cone and work your way up. As you start at the bottom you will see some gaps that form, but dont worry this is something you can fill in later with extra fruit. 

Once you have completed covering your cone, you can stick the extra chocolate you have around on the cake board. Also add the macarons or any other biscuits that you like to give more texture and structure to your amazing dessert tour. I served this with extra nutella as a dipping sauce for the fruit. All you have to do is just heat the nutella up slightly to make it more like a sauce. This really is what entertaining is about. Having everyone sit around and dunk into their own dipping bowls of nutella. Enjoy these special moments with family and friends. :) Ciao Ciao and much love CC :)