CHRISTMAS BAKING #4: THE BAKES OF CHRISTMAS PAST

Hello everyone and welcome back to the forth and final "Christmas Baking" post this December! If you haven't seen any of this years baking instalments so far, i will link them at the end of this post for you to catch up on. With that in mind for the final instalment i thought i would switch things up by doing something different, in the form of sharing a selection of the Christmas bakes from last years blogmas.

| gingerbread cupcakes two ways | click to bake |

First up we have probably one of the most traditional flavour when it comes to Christmas and that is gingerbread, last blogmas i shared this gingerbread cupcakes with two different ways in how to decorate/serve them. The first way was to simply bake/buy some little gingerbread men and place over top of the cinnamon flavoured frosting, the second way was to simply crush some gingerbread/gingerbread men up with a rolling pin before sprinkling over top of the same cinnamon flavoured frosting.

| frangipane mince pies | click to bake |

Next up is a twist on the ever so classic mince pie (which is a pretty big deal if you are from the UK at Christmas) and to me at Christmas i eat as many of them as possible, because they are simply so yummy. Usually the "lid" of the mince pie will either be a simple pastry lid or a pastry star, but i wanted to do something different so i added this yummy frangipane topping instead. If you aren't sure what frangipane is, it is basically an almond-like flavoured cake topping and i also share how to make that from start to finish too.

| hot chocolate cupcakes | click to bake |

Finally we have a cool spin with a classic drink that we all tend to indulge in during the Christmas/Winter months and that drink is a steaming cup of hot chocolate. So for last years blogmas post i shared this super simple hot chocolate cupcake recipe, complete with "whipped cream" style frosting, marshmallows and candy cane decorative straw, which really reminds me of the whole frozen hot chocolates you see in movies.

Catch up on this years "Christmas Baking" instalments...

| christmas baking #1: chocolate holly cupcakes | christmas baking #2: mincemeat, pecan and cinnamon crumble bars | christmas baking #3 carrot + gingerbread cupcakes |

Merry Christmas Everyone!

xo.