With the festive season upon us, nothing less than a seasonal theme would do for the Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club’s December event. You would be forgiven to think that we might have been in danger of ending up with all Christmas cakes. Not so! ‘Santa’s Grotto’ got everyone’s inspiration going and there were ever more…
Month: December 2013
Seasonal Christmas lunch menu Saturday 14 December 2013
This menu was sure to be a fitting way to welcome the festive season in. A complimentary aperitif with canapés got things off to a warming start. The canapés, inspired by my ‘Chef for a Day’ experience at The Box Tree in Ilkley, included beetroot macaroons filled with goat’s cheese & beetroot mousse and muhammara…
Christmas Afternoon Tea 7 December 2013
It’s an old cliché but Christmas seems to come round faster and faster each year. It’s knocking on the door yet again and there is no better to get the festivities underway than with another Christmas themed afternoon tea. Savouries will include the return of walnut & Roquefort biscuits that have received rave reviews from…