Food already? What to make?

[DragonsAreReal]

Am going blackberry picking tomorrow to make bramble jam for DM nan and grandma and me :D

Am also making my (nontraditional jamaican black cake) christmas cake to give it a trial run this weekend. You can feed it more rum and port for month and months but you can also eat it hot out the oven and it's just as nice. The fruits have been soaked for months anyway.

So my plan this year is to do DM, nan, grandma and me a hamper just pondering what else I can really do.

Don't need replies unless you want to chat or suggest anything, just feel like making a christmas food list really!

you need to make this bad boy!

I'm doing it again this year!

I'm going to make [[http://therecipecritic.com/2012/10/slow-cooker-cinnamon-almonds these]] to gift along with a bottle of homemade Christmas pud vodka.

No one in the family likes Christmas pudding (although they'll knock back the vodka like no-ones business!) so I usually make a christmassy cheesecake for pud on xmas day. So far I've done baileys, chocolate orange and white chocolate and raspberries so need to come up with something new this year (suggestions welcome!)

Made my jam today, didn't quite pick enough blackberries so added apples and then nectarines from the fruit bowl until the 2kg. Never made jam before but the left overs out the 4 jars is amazingly nice.

I like the idea of flavoured vodka but I know my dm has already bought me a bottle of glittery gold cinnamon flavoured Smirnoff ;) lucky me! And there isn't really anyone I could gift that to.

The nuts look amazing! Been googling other but recipes to I am so doing that this year!

Also thinking prezzies and me ideas could do a roasted nut, popcorn and chocolate sort of mix up bag. Or DIY graze boxes with that sort of thing in.

What about a ginger bread cheesecake? Or a black forest something.

Black Forrest type of etons mess. With kirsch soaked cherries and ginger bread bites as well as mirangue (sp) and drizzled melted chocolate.

Ooh! Love both of those ideas, especially the gingerbread cheesecake! Will start suing about with recipes soon to perfect by Christmas.

I love making my gingerbread house too (holy shit I'm three recipes away from joining the WI aren't I!)

Those nuts look great.

I've got a kit to make a house but out of Chocolate rice crispie cakes not gingerbread!

Went to a restaurant in Devon and had a Jamaica ginger cake cheesecake - ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh it was good...... about half cake to half cheese....

Pottering, my alcohol knowledge is pitiful - how do you drink the Christmas pudding vodka?

After extensive research I can confirm the best thing to serve Xmas pud vodka with is ice cream soda. Delicious!

Was in homebase today and they had lots of cute little bottles for under £2. Think there about 1/4 ltr bottles so got four for vodka gifts. then I'll make another litre just for me

Ice cream soda! Good god alive. Sounds divine. You'd be horribly sick at the end though wouldn't you?

Haven't been yet but I do tend to ration it as I only have one bottle to last the whole of December!

star that cheesecake sounds delicious! I wonder if it would work in trifle as I love ginger cake and custard? Mmmm

I normally buy the Aldi gingerbread house, it looks nice but tastes vile chocolate crispie version sounds nice!