Apart from my xmas cakes which are now happily cooking away

[lucysmam]

what else can I do with the ground mixed spice I purchased specifically for them?

It has a good date on it so will do cakes for another 2 years but still . . . it'll just sit there if I don't know what else it's good for

Cheers

[expatinscotland]

i put it in banana loaf, mixed dried fruit muffins, parkin/spice cake, mincemeat, apple sauce/apple cobbler, etc.

[Habbibu]

expat - you know about cook-in-advance cakes - can you help out here please?

[lucysmam]

oh, well in that case it'll not just sit in the cupboard after all. Thanks expat

[expatinscotland]

nae bother, hab! done.

need to get off my erse and go and make these banana flapjacks.

[CherryChapstick]

Christmas puddings.
Carrot cake.
Apple crumble.
Next years cakes.

[lucysmam]

banana flapjacks . . . now I know a little girl who would love them! I'm guessing you mush up banana & add it to flapjack mixture?

never thought of using anything other than cinnamon in a crumble, will try that this week with the apples that I got today.

[expatinscotland]

that's all you do. just mash two overripe bananas and add them to the mix. i only use 150g of butter when doing that because the bananas add extra moisture .

[lucysmam]

brill, I'm going to make some for my lo this morning in that case