Christmas cakes, cookies, etc etc

[collette62]

Hey everyone, havent posted a question in ages but a lot of people will probably think that im thinking ahead but as you know halloween is in approx 1 month and a half away, I would love it if some people could post their halloween treats (deserts) and christmas treats (deserts) recipes down below so that I can master a few before halloween! Also your probably thinking Christmas recipes? And that christmas is away far away but I am on this every once in a blue moon so at least I can come back to this when its christmas time but for now im just looking halloween recipes but if you do have christmas ones feel free to leave them down below!

If you share your recipes ill share mine :-P

[nungate]

For Halloween get yourself a bsic recipe for biscuits and use Halloween cookie cutters - Lakeland have a nice selection and there is quite often a recipe or two in their catalogue. Lakeland also have a good website. You could also make simple little sponge cakes (fairy cakes etc) and decorate them in an orange icing and use bits of licorice or something dark to make Halloween faces on them or use a black icing and draw spider web patterns on top of orange icing. As for Christmas recipes, can you post sometime around Halloween asking for Christmas recipes? By then I'll be thinking about Christmas and have my recipe books to hand.

[boxtops]

LOL, I haven't had my summer holidays yet!

[nungate]

You're making me feel guilty Boxy - I've already started my Christmas shopping! Have some presents already for wrapping, just have to persuade best beloved to go into the attic to fetch me down some rolls of wrapping paper! I do hope you're going somewhere nice

[boxtops]

Going to sun, nungate, but not for several weeks yet.....

We have cut back a good deal on Christmas in past years (by agreement with our ever expanding family) so we don't buy many presents at all now. I still have enough cards left over from previous years that I won't need to buy any this year.... and sorry collette, I don't bake so I can't offer you any recipes for either season!

[diddlydo]

Why on earth would anyone of sane mind be thinking about Halloween and Christmas in AUGUST???????

[AliceTickband]

for halloween make a simple victoria sponge cake but colour the sponge green. sandwich together with seedless raspberry jam. using melted chocolate dribbled from the end of a metal spoon create a spider's web on top of the cake. use big marshmallows, not the little ones you can get, and attach 8 short liquorice strands (I usually use liquorice wheels and cut them up and eat the sweet in the middle as cook's perks) to the bottom of each marshmallow with melted chocolate and place each one somewhere on the web. dribble some more chocolate on top of the marshmallows to represent eyes and a smiley mouth.

our children and now our grandchildren think this is a fab cake.

[gingejbee]

Correction: The rather pointless irrelevance (other than as a commercial opportunity) that is Halloween is on October 31st - that's 10 weeks or two and a half months away.

[collette62]

Thank you for your recipes! And for the people in understanding that I would like to master a few before Halloween! As I love baking and perfecting them so thank you! :) I probably won't start until maybe late September, early October before I start trying them out but thank you! Also Christmas no Im not really thinking about it atm but im hardly ever on this and if I have them down below now, I will know that they are always here! Thank you nungate & alicetickband!!!!! :) Made my night and the other people thats your opinion!