Welcome to the fifth "A Dash Of Ginger Festive Five" post! It's Christmas Eve, you guys!!! I'm so excited for Christmas tomorrow. I'm my family's resident baker and I'm often in the kitchen at Christmas so I thought that I'd share some festive recipes with you for you to try out over the festive period. Since Christmas is a time for overindulgence when it comes to food, I thought that some cupcake recipes and a festive drink recipe would be the perfect fit. So, without further ado, here is my first ever recipe post!
Gingerbread Cupcakes (makes 12) Ingredients List.
- 125g butter
- 100g sugar
- 2 medium sized free range eggs
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla essence
- 125g self raising flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons black treacle
12 Gingerbread Cupcakes (makes 12) Method.
- Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius and put paper cases in a 12 hole muffin tray.
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Add the vanilla essence.
- Fold in the flour, the ginger, the cinnamon, the nutmeg and the treacle.
- Put the mixture into the paper cases and cook for 20 minutes.
- Leave to cool.
- Enjoy!
Orange and Cherry Christmas Morning Muffins (makes 12) Ingredients List.
- 125g butter
- 100g sugar
- 2 medium sized free range eggs
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla essence
- 125g self raising flour
- The zest of 1 orange
- 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
- A tub of glace cherries
- Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius and put paper cases in a 12 hole muffin tray.
- Cream the butter and the sugar together.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Add the vanilla essence.
- Fold in the flour.
- Fold in the orange zest and the cinnamon.
- Put the mixture in the paper cases.
- Put two or three glace cherries on the top of each muffin and sprinkle an extra bit of sugar over the top.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Leave to cool.
- Enjoy!
Orange and Cherry Christmas Morning Muffins (makes 12) Method.
White Chocolate and Peppermint Hot Chocolate (serves two) Ingredients List.
- 2 cups of milk
- 12 squares of white chocolate
- 2 peppermint candy canes
- Whipped cream/squirty cream (optional)
- 2 handfuls of mini marshmallows (optional)
White Chocolate and Peppermint Hot Chocolate (serves two) Method.
- Pour the milk into a small saucepan and warm over a low heat.
- Add the broken squares of chocolate in small amounts and stir until melted. Repeat until all the chocolate has been used up.
- Continue to heat the mixture until the milk/chocolate mix is hot.
- Pour the milk/chocolate mix into two mugs.
- If you are using the cream/marshmallows toppings, add those on top before hanging a candy cane over the side of each mug so that it sits in the hot chocolate.
- If you aren't using the toppings, simply hang the candy cane over the side.
I hope that you've enjoyed this post with the very first recipes post on this blog.
Are you going to try out any of these recipes? Which one do you most like the sound of? Would you like to see more posts like this? Do you have any comments or suggestions for future posts? Let me know in the comments.
I hope you're all having a magical Christmas Eve! Thanks for reading.
Have an exceedingly good day!
GingerSnaps xxx
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