One of my favourite Christmas songs is 'Christmas Wrapping' by
The Waitresses. One of the lines is ‘But all this year's been a busy blur’ and
that is how 2015 seems to have gone!
Treat Petite for December garnered lovely festive entries
and thanks to those of you who took the time to enter.
Caroline at Caroline
Makes made festive lollipops in the shape of Santa, coloured red and white
with some candy melts.
Claire from Foodie Quine made candy
cane rocky road which looks very tasty indeed. And she brought an
interesting insight into the origins of the not so humble candy cane too!
Next up it was my turn and I made festive
pretzels covered in candy melts. They really seem very popular right now
those candy melts!
Kate, The Gluten-Free Alchemist, made gorgeous wee individual
Christmas Cakes, made with the help of a gluten free cake mix. The red and
green fondant parcel icing really topped them off!
Ros, The More Than Occasional Baker, brought us a savoury
twist with spinach,
tomato and mushroom frittatas. The colour of red and green come bursting
through and I love to see savoury entries here on Treat Petite.
Kat, my Treat Petite co-host made Stollen
muffins. These were bursting with true festive flavours and I really wish I
could have tried one! Must try the recipe next year…
Caroline at Caroline Makes also brought us Chocolate
Christmas Tree Cakes with a Mincemeat centre. Need I say more? These were
made in a brilliant Christmas shaped silicone mould and just look so
Christmassy!!
Angela over at Only Crumbs Remain made rugelach
with a sweet mincemeat filling. The tender pastry made with cream cheese
certainly would make these a tempting Christmas treat!
Shaheen over at Allotment 2 Kitchen had lots of festive
treats to choose from and she went with these great Vegan
Oreo Wreaths. They look brilliant!
Claire, the Foodie Quine, also entered these Party
Ring Christmas Wreath Iced Biscuits. Taking that classic biccy, she added
some icing and sprinkles to make them all festive like. Such a simple,
effective idea!
Lastly, Caroline at Caroline Makes had some leftover
gingerbread cookie dough left over and made these cute edible
tree decorations. They probably wouldn’t have gotten as far as my tree and
ended up in my mouth instead!
A huge thanks to everyone who took part this month and keep
an eye out for Kat’s January Treat Petite theme.
And from me I’d like to say farewell for a while. You may
have noticed my posts have been getting more sporadic of late. There is good
reason!
We are moving house in a couple of weeks and I won’t have
time to carry on with the blog for the time being. So, I have decided to take a
short hiatus whilst we move and settle into our new home. I will be back, just
not sure when. So thanks for being part of the Cakeyboi adventure for the past
few years and I hope you will come back to see me when I re-join the crazy
world of blogging!
Good luck with the move, and please come back!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a fantastic round up Stuart. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and will have an even better New Year.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the move (sounds very exciting) and hopefully you'll be back soon. Enjoy your new home! xx
Thank you so much for hosting and Best wishes for the New Year and the move.
ReplyDeleteI hope the move goes well and that the new place is everything you want it to be. Don't stay away too long. Have a very fine New Year.
ReplyDeleteHope all goes well with the move. Good luck x
ReplyDeleteAnd just when I found you...from one sweet tooth to another, sweets always help with the needed energy for moving.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the move Stuart, enjoy your new home and look forward to seeing you back blogging :)
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