Welcome to the annual What Kate Baked Christmas Carol Service. You'll find your song sheets on your chairs. All together now...
Christmas Bakes (sung to the tune of Jingle Bells)
Christmas Bakes, Christmas Bakes,
Baking all the wayyyy....
Oh what fun it is to bake
On this cold and frosty day
Baking festive treats,
In a Christmas mould
To the party we go
Eating all the way
Timers on ovens ring
Making spirits bright
Oh what fun it is to bake a cake
(and eat it all tonight)
Christmas Bakes, Christmas Bakes,
Baking all the wayyyy....
Oh what fun it is to bake
On this cold and frosty day
O come all ye Bakers (sung to the tune of O Come all ye Faithful)
O Come, all ye bakers,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to the kitcccchhh-en
Come and behold it,
Its the Christmas Pudding!
O Come, let us eat it,
O come, let us-ss eat it,
O come, let us-sss eat it,
The Christmmmasss Pudding!
dTwelve days of (Baking) Christmas
On the first day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: a Christmasss ree-ci-pee
On the second day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: two mini mincemeat puddings
On the third day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: three gingerbread disasters
On the fourth day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: four Christmas Truffles
On the fifth day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: five CHRISTMAS CHUTNEYSSS!
On the sixth day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: six Mincemeat and Pear Muffins
On the seventh day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: seven stollen bites
On the eighth day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: eight slices of roulade
One the ninth day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: nine orange creams
On the tenth day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: ten squares of spicy treacle
On the eleventh day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: eleven peppermint creams
On the twelfth day of Christmas my greedy tum asked of me: twelve servings of mulled wine
Thank you. And please take to your seatts and now enjoy a slice of this Cranberry Roulade
Cranberry Roulade
175g plain chocolate, broken into pieces
175g caster sugar
6 eggs, separated
2 level tbsps sieved cocoa
For the filling:
300ml double cream
150g fresh or frozen cranberries
50g caster sugar
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/Gas Mark 4. Lightly grease a swiss roll tin and line with baking parchments.
2. Melt the chocolate slowly in a pyrex bowl over a pan of hot water.
3. Whisk the sugar and egg yolks until light and creamy. Add the cooled chocolate and stir gently until combined
4. Whisk the egg whites in a clean, dry bowl until stiff. Stir a spoonful of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture, mix gently and then fold in the remaining egg whites and the cocoa powder.
5. Spoon into the tin and gently level the surface. Bake for approximately 20 minutes until firm to touch
6. Allow the roulade to cool in the tin before turning out onto a large piece of baking parchment, dusted with icing sugar
7. Pop the berries and sugar into a small pan with 2 tbsps of water and heat gently for 10 minutes and allow to cool.
8. Whip the double cream and spread the cream over the roulade before adding the cranberries on top of the cream
9. Roll the roulade tightly starting with one of the shorter ends and using the baking parchment as guidance
10. Sieve icing sugar over the roulade to finish
Baker's notes...
- This roulade is inspired by Mary Berry's ultimate chocolate roulade. Again, apologies for stalking you Mary Berry and, erm, Happy Christmas*.
- Good Food magazine has a similar recipe, but using cranberry sauce
* I write this as though Mary Berry, THE Mary Berry reads my blog
You loon!
ReplyDeleteLove the baking carols!
Hahaha I really enjoyed singing Oh Come All ye Bakers! I also laughed perhaps too much at Lawrence the gingerbread man. He's clearly quite distressed at the sight of the property development.
ReplyDeleteI also think Mary Berry will forgive you for the stalking if you present her with the beautiful roulade.
Wow - this must have taken you ages! Happy christmas!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic post! And can I please take seconds on the roulade??
ReplyDeleteLove the carols and the roulade! :)
ReplyDeleteI cannot write for laughing!! LOVE this post and love you too, partner in tea time treats crime!
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas!
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Loving the carols, will be singing them while I bake this week! x
ReplyDeleteI am actually singing out loud and The Viking is staring at me in an odd way... ho hum xxx
ReplyDeleteHilarious! I love the idea of a baking carol service!
ReplyDeleteGreat roulade - I'm sure THE Mary Berry would be very proud of you, especially if you serenaded her with your special baking Christmas Carols at the same time ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour carol service is the best I've been to so far this year - err, perhaps the only one I've been to, but I did enjoy it. The roulade sounds scrumptious too. Your greedy tum has been exceedingly busy ;-)
ReplyDeleteSuch a cheery festive post! After having just been to a carol concert I am now feeling even more Christmassy AND love the idea of a chocolate & cranberry roulade x
ReplyDeleteHa ha great post!! You made me smile :-))
ReplyDeleteOh, you are adorable. Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteFantastic sing song . Lovely festive post. This has got me in the Christmas spirit.
ReplyDeleteEste blog é uma representação exata de competências. Eu gosto da sua recomendação. Um grande conceito que reflete os pensamentos do escritor. Consultoria RH
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