Regardless of the time of year I love gingerbread but to most people it has strong connections with the festive season. I’ve definitely been enjoying a glut of gingerbread products on the shelves at the supermarket and Bespoke Foods’ new Gingerbread Man promises lots of edible DIY fun. The Gingerbread Man kit contains all you…
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John Lewis gingerbread men
We thought we’d finish off our Christmas shopping today so visited Brent Cross in the hope that a mid-week shop would be quiet. We were wrong and it was very busy. Big Brother visited the (free) Santa’s Grotto and we have a rather sulky photograph to show for it. While we were there I picked…
Pepparkaka Figurer (Ginger Cookies)
I can’t resist looking round the food section at Ikea as I’m a fan of Swedish food. On our last visit I spotted they were selling Pepparkaka which I just had to try for myself. Each packet contains 8 pepparkaka or gingerbread biscuits, 4 x hearts and 4 x stars, for a very reasonable 90p….
Gingerbread truffles
I can’t help but pop into a Hotel Chocolat whenever I walk past one. On my last visit I snapped up some of their gingerbread truffles, all in the name of research for this blog you understand. The pack contained six truffles, a super soft milk chocolate truffle with yummy gingerbread flavours of cinnamon, ginger…
Hearty Gingerbread Porridge
I’m a big fan of Dorset Cereals products and was really excited when I heard they were launching a seasonal porridge. It’s only available in Waitrose (or online) so it took a while to get my hands on some but it was worth the wait! Made with barley flakes as well as the usual jumbo…
Gingerbread house finds
According to Wikipedia, The Gingerbread Boy made his first print appearance in the May 1875 issue of the (American) St. Nicholas Magazine. I’ve been trying to build up my library of gingerbread books this week and found two lovely story books on eBay to add to my collection. The first was this vintage copy of…
Lottie Shaw’s Seriously Good Yorkshire Parkin
I’ve never tried parkin before but knowing it was some kind of ginger cake was happy when offered some of Lottie Shaw’s Seriously Good Yorkshire Parkin to try. It’s described as “a ginger cake predominantly baked using oatmeal and a perfect blend of syrup and black treacle”. It contains no artificial life enhancing ingredients but…
Felt half eaten gingerbread man
Christmas crafting is in full swing at the moment. I’ve been meaning to make a felt half eaten gingerbread man from Elsie Marley’s pattern for ages and finally got round to it this week. I love the vintage ric rac and used snowflake brads for his buttons. I think it turned out rather well and…
spicy ginger crunchy cookies
We were recently offered some spicy ginger crunchy cookies from the award-winning bakers Kent & Fraser to try.We’re huge fans of anything with ginger in and I have to admit these cookies didn’t last long. Each pack contains deliciously crunchy biscuits made with decent chunks of stem ginger. The taste is lovely and spicy but…