tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293547762241346547.post533150073897481668..comments2023-06-12T07:54:31.269+10:00Comments on The White House: homemade loveFionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17891827232542844719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293547762241346547.post-43604901957488647132011-12-22T00:45:01.458+10:002011-12-22T00:45:01.458+10:00So few people bother with any kind of Christmas ba...So few people bother with any kind of Christmas baking or baking at any time, it depresses me. I've never bought a cake for either Alex's or Sam's birthdays but I wonder if that's for my benefit or theirs' - will they remember that when they're older, realise that some effort and love goes into it and/or care?!<br /><br />I recently made almost 100 assorted biscuits and cakes for a school fayre only to discover at the end of it that my contributions hadn't been put out because they'd had too many so just put a few things at a time and restocked as necessary. They hadn't prioritised home-made over shop bought stuff, though, so I was absolutely furious. And they wondered why the cakes sale hadn't done very well - maybe the lure of a pile of Mr Kiplings wasn't that strong! Anyway, Sam's football team and their opponents enjoyed them the next day but I may not do do that again.<br /><br />At Christmas, I always make four small Christmas cakes - I keep one or two and give the others away to either friends or family. I also make an extra two small Christmas puds, usually as gifts or sometimes to put in the choir ha,per that we raffle at our Christmas concert. I also make mincemeat with the left-over 'stuff' and some kind of biscuit for the tin. jamie Oliver's orange and polenta biscuits are a bit scrummy but I might try your shortbread! Suspect we might be a bit shortbreaded out, though, as mum arrives tomorrow and she usually brings a tin of heart and star shaped shortbread.<br /><br />So glad you bake (that sound ridiculous!) - and with the boy of the house too. Sam likes a spot of baking still, I'm glad to say!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com