Chocolate Peppermint Layer Fudge

Happy Christmas Eve everyone! It’s the season to be jolly, and part of that means there’ll be a ton of leftover chocolate hanging around. Perfect for making this easy peasy fudge recipe! This makes a very smooth, chewy fudge that is a rich treat! And bonus -it’s easy to make and absolutely delicious! Went down a treat in my household.

Side note, I’m notoriously terrible at fudge, and using marshmallows to bind it all together is a genius step. If you have left  it to the last minute to plan your Christmas dessert - I can suggest this as a quick, easy and quite impressive sweet treat!

If you don’t like minty chocolate (you’re a monster) you can always leave the extract out. Or substitute 150g of the dark chocolate for a terry’s chocolate orange and make orange flavour. The possibilities are endless with this amazing base recipe.

Lussekatter

So, I’m a little late to the party on these buns. These are traditional Swedish buns flavoured with saffron, and they are served on St Lucia’s day – December 13^th.

The name translates as Lucia’s cats – which doesn’t really seem to make a lot of sense. I read somewhere that they are meant to represent a cat’s face with the two raisins as eyes, but another source said that they represent curled cat’s tails.

Who knows. Anyway, they’re tasty and sweet and a little out of the ordinary Christmas fare for the UK, so I think they’d make a welcome addition to any table.

Marzipan In Blankets

Let's start a Christmas bake countdown!

If you have any Europeans in your life (especially of the German or Scandi persuasion) they will be all over this. It’s basically gingerbread wrapped around a big old chunk of marzipan.

As all good German Christmas cookie recipes go, this makes about a million little morsels and you won’t be disappointed. The spice mix is the one I return to again and again, you will recognise it from my spiced cupcake recipe. It's versatile, warming and deeply flavoured and one of my favourite ingredients in my pantry!