Time to feed the Christmas Cake...

Greedy things Christmas Cakes; they do like a little drinky. So it's time to bring out the brandy:
use a skewer or cocktail stick to make some holes in the surface of the cake and drizzle in a couple of tablespoons of brandy. Wrap the cake up well again and pop it back into its cool dark storage place until next week. 

And next time, turn the cake over so that you feed it from the bottom too - that way you'll be sure to have a lovely moist well fed cake.

Three weeks to Christmas Day - hurrah!!!

Kitchen Capers with Gill!

Time for the latest fantastic issue of Creative Crafting magazine with my new feature, "Kitchen Capers with Gill".

So, grab and coffee and take a break with the mag. This issue I've broken down Christmas Lunch to make it less of a mountain to climb with some tips, a time plan and lots of delicious recipes. And there are loads of other articles and makes for you to get into the festive spirit.

Read and enjoy!

Kitchen capers and my new persona...

I got a little bit overexcited writing my latest article for Creative Crafting magazine. Well it being the Christmas issue, what coukld I do but write all about the biggest, best and possible most stressful food event of any home cooks calendar; The Christma Lunch. As my editor put it "more of an essay than an article!".

I love how Anna (the editor) brings my articles to life, and when I saw my article preview this afternoon I thought it looked fantastic. Especially as I now have a new persona as the magazine's chief cookery writer.

So a drum if you please as I introduce "Kitchen capers with Gill"

Look out for the Christmas issue of Creative Crafting magazine, coming soon to a laptop near you...