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C H R I S T M A S H H E A V E N E A V 2015 E N Entertain 2 in style 0 1 5 Get the party started with classic bakes and puddings FESTIVE Perfect presents! BAKING Whip up edible bakes for all your loved ones... Gingerbread truffles Celebrate Christmas with Hot cocoa reindeer Spiced panettone must-try seasonal recipes IRRESISTIBLE SWEET DELIGHTS TO WOW THE FAMILY Creative gifts Tempting desserts Family treats Drinks 44 00 33 11 00 55 00 55 66 55 00 22 Stained glass White chocolate & Fig & anise Festive 7777 99 window biscuits pistachio rose ring mille feuilles gin cocktails 2015 PRICE £5.99 I N T R O D U C T I O N Welcome... It’s that time of year again folks and I for one am as excited as ever! Sure, the summer was great and yes, Easter always offers that promise of spring and a few bank holidays, but nothing ever comes close to Christmas. Just saying the word makes you think of friends, family gatherings, family embarrasments, great nights out, recovering nights in, log fires, the hope of snow or just the enjoyment of putting a smile on someone’s face. But for some, and I confess to fall into this bracket, it’s the allure of fantastic seasonal food that curves my mouth upwards. And, because it’s Christmas, we can eat what we want and when we want it – that’s my modus operandi anyway! We have plenty for you to choose from in this issue as well. From fabulous Christmas bakes and wonderful puddings, to family treats and festive drinks, there is something for everyone. We have some lovely ideas for foodie gifts to wow your loved ones and some adorable biscuits to brighten up the little person in you. If you are stuck for ideas as to what to put under the tree for a keen baking enthusiast, turn to page 8 to find a selection of kitchen goodies perfect for the time of year. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the magazine as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together. All that’s left to say is Merry Christmas everyone! Nick Gregory Deputy Editor Christmas HEAVEN2015 3 C O N T E N T S Christmas B A K E S P12 Chocolate hazelnut P14 Cinnamon-sugared P15 Mince pies dacquoise with figs blueberry bundt P16 Plum Danish P18 Mincemeat cupcakes P19 Black bun P20 Panettone P22 Christmas cookie tree P22 Gluten-free mince pies P23 Gluten-free Christmas P24 Naked berry P26 Triple berry P28 Mincemeat slices ring cake celebration cake Christmas cake P28 Chestnut and orange P29 Christmas mini cakes P30 Rudolph’s carrot cakes P30 Chocolate & cherry cake P31 Iced rosette ginger cake syrup baklava P32 Jaffa orange cakes P34 Chocolate honeycomb P34 Mincemeat muffins P35 Friands P35 White chocolate and biscuit cake pistachio rose ring P36 Cinnamon wreath P37 Vanilla and P38 Nordic ginger biscuits P38 Anzac biscuits with rye cardamoM knots P39 Peach and pine nut cake P39 Lemon drizzle loaf P40 Clementine polenta cake P41 Belgian slice P41 Plum tart Christmas D E S S E R T S P44 Butterscotch P45 Gluten-free chocolate P46 Christmas pudding with devil’s delight Christmas pudding tropical fruit and rum P48 Classic Christmas P49 Roasted figs P49 Spiced cranberry and P50 Orange liqueur pudding P51 Raspberry truffle torte pudding with triple sec apple crumble Christmas 4 HEAVEN P52 Ginger and P52 Baked Christmas P53 Red berries and cream P53 Pecan apple mug P54 Spiced apple strudel bourbon trifles pudding cheese mug crumble crumble Find your perfect present for friends, family and loved ones in our Christmas gift guide on page 8... P55 Rum babas P55 Christmas bread and P56 Fig & anise millefeuille butter pudding P58 Pink grapefruit P59 Tipply trifle P59 Christmas pudding P60 Eggnog bread pudding P61 Peppermint arctic roll cheesecake ice cream with cinnamon caramel sauce Gifts & T R E AT S P66 Christmas pudding P68 Cinnamon stars P69 Chocolate, gingerbread P70 Snowflake treats macaroons and apricot truffles P71 Coconut snowballs P71 Chocolate and cherry P72 Brigadeiros P74 Rosemary sea salt P76 Coconut and cranberry canneles caramels macaroons P77 Caramel fudge P77 Almond truffle biscuits P78 Christmas muffins P78 Pistachio and cranberry nougat P79 Goats’ cheese and P80 Brandied chocolate P82 Chocolate and vanilla P84 Black and white cookies P84 Chocolate-covered raspberry truffles truffles pinwheels spice cookies ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆D r❆ink s❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ P85 Anise cookies P92 Christmas gin cocktails ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ P86 Cookie houses P88 Mini nut bars P93 Sparkling rum cocktail P93 Festive whisky cocktails ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ Christmas ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ H❆EAV E❆N 5 ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ C O N T E N T S H E A V E N P94 Hazelnut hot chocolate P94 White chocolate eggnog P95 Orange dream P96 Christmas punch P96 Champagne velvet hot chocolate Anthem Publishing Ltd, Suite 6, Piccadilly House, London Road, Bath BA1 6PL Tel +44 (0) 1225 489985 Fax +44 (0) 1225 489980 Family SENIOR EDITOR Sally FitzGerald [email protected] T R E AT S ART EDITOR Kai Wood P98 Brownie mountain P100 St Clements cake pops DEPUTY EDITOR Nick Gregory [email protected] AD SALES REPRESENTATION Adrian Major Major Media Sales [email protected] Tel +44 (0) 1453 836257 COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Simon Lewis P101 Christmas pudding P102 Festive gingerbread P102 Rudolph’s fairy cakes [email protected] whoopie pies ACTING MARKETING MANAGER Verity Travers [email protected] MARKETING EXECUTIVE Deirdre Attinger [email protected] CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jenny Cook [email protected] P103 Cinnamon churros P104 Birdseed brittle P106 Hot cocoa reindeer treats EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Paul Pettengale [email protected] MANAGING DIRECTOR Jon Bickley [email protected] PRINT Polestar UK Print Ltd, 1 Apex Business Park, Boscombe Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 4SB P107 Peppermint white P107 Gingerbread biscuits P108 Almond treats chocolate crispy treats Tel +44 (0) 1206 849 500 DISTRIBUTION Marketforce (UK) Ltd, The Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU Tel +44 (0)1582 678900 SUBSCRIPTION ENQUIRIES anthem.subscribeonline.co.uk Call UK 0844 848 8425, P108 Mincemeat twigs P109 Chestnut cups P110 Jewelled biscotti Europe & World +44 1795 419 854 USA – Call Toll Free 800.428.3003 Calls to 0844 numbers cost 7 pence per minute plus your company’s charge. P110 Stained glass biscuits P111 Coconut snowballs All content copyright Anthem Publishing Ltd, 2015, all rights reserved. While we make every effort to ensure that the factual content of Christmas Heaven is correct we cannot take any responsibility nor be held accountable for any factual errors printed. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or resold P111 Pistachio Christmas P112 Spiced blueberry P114 Snowmen macaroons without the prior consent of Anthem Publishing Ltd. Anthem Publishing trees panettone recognises all copyrights contained within this issue. Where possible we acknowledge the copyright holder. Christmas Heaven is a trade mark owned by Anthem Publishing. Christmas 6 HEAVEN Renshaw IT’S THAT WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR! Advertorial And it’s a great excuse to have a little cake craft fun, so why not experiment with a big splash of colour. From delightful Christmas cakes to teeny fun festive bakes, it’s so easy with Ready to Roll icing and marzipans from Renshaw. Why not try your hand at crafting a show-stopping festive table centrepiece, its only a few simple steps away. Decorate star-shaped biscuits in a variety of coloured icing and layer up to resemble a tree, in no time at all you have created something quite special. To ring the changes, and make the decorations extra tasty, colour up some natural marzipan with a drop of gel colouring and use this in place of the icing. For more teeny bakes, little cake toppers are ideal. Simple snipped Christmas trees are easy to achieve just follow the steps below. Apply the same technique to cup cake tops and you too can create the tear and share Christmas cake featured in the advert. Our Ready to Roll Icing range now has over 30 colours Find them all online direct from Renshaw or through your usual sugarcraft stockist E L CELEBRATING CAKE FOR GENERATIONS B A E www.renshawbaking.com L N AI LI V N Join the conversation A O Festive Cook’s Measure Tala £15 www.johnlewis.com Everything Stops For Tea Tea Towel Floral Rolling Pin The Dot Com Gift Shop £4.95 Laura Ashley £28 www.dotcomgiftshop.com www.lauraashley.com.com Christmas G I F T G U I D E Looking for a little gift inspiration? Here’s a selection of gorgeous products Kenwood covering every budget that your Barcelona K Mix Kenwood £499 fellow baking fans will adore... www.amara.com Smeg Kettle Smeg £89.95 www.johnlewis.co.uk Great British Bake Off Cookie Cutter Set The Great British Bake Off £6.49 www.lakeland.co.uk Christmas 8 HEAVEN 2015 Anti-Gravity Pouring Cake Kit Lakeland £9.98 www.lakeland.co.uk Floral Pastry Worktop Saver Laura Ashley £15 www.lauraashley.com Recipe Card Holder Cath Kidston £16 www.cathkidston.com Ice Cream and Fancy Cake Wooden Board The Dot Com Gift Shop £29.95 www.dotcomgiftshop.com Digital Scales Cath Kidston £20 www.cathkidston.com Mixing Bowl Mason Cash £19.99 www.lakeland.co.uk Christmas Icing Set Tala £35 www.talacooking.com The Baking Journal By Magma Published by Laurence King £12.95 Christmas HEAVEN2015 9 to visit our Head online new look website today! Love Gluten-Free Heaven and Free-From Heaven magazines? You can now enjoy free-from recipes and information all month long – even once you’ve read your magazine from cover to cover – with our new look Free-From Heaven website. www.freefromheaven.com features essential information on gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free and vegan diets, plus exclusive features, product directories, your experiences, weekly giveaways and much more! Head online now to join our free-from community! JOIN US ONLINE FOR Essential information on free-from diets Weekly giveaways The best free-from recipes Share your experiences! For all this and much more, go straight to www.freefromheaven.com XH04.FFH web Ad.FOR PRINT.indd 106 01/10/2015 15:02