A lovely family video. Thank you so much for sharing. I also started a bottom draw when I got engaged in the early 80s. Still have many things from that bottom draw that I still use over the years. No bottom draws today! Young people have most things when they get married. Dishwashers, freezers you name it they have it. They don't know how lucky they are today. Oh my giddy aunt I sound just like my mother 🤣🤣xx
I’m a Canadian with Ukrainian roots and I have made a Christmas pudding for 20 yrs. I make a rum sauce and the white sauce and we just love it, very rich but soooooo good, today you taught me how to ice the Christmas cake, thank you !
Bottom drawer! Haven’t heard of that in years. You made it all look very easy, professional looking though. Love your grandchildren’s antics during the video, they are hilarious!
My mum worked at Metal Box in Nottinghamshire for many years. She worked in the factory along with two of her sisters. She also had the same flour sifter. She also used to put sixpences in the Christmas pudding. Memories are wonderful.
I am 77 lived cooking but never made either a Christmas cake or pudding. I will save this vudro and make it next year, perhaps in a square tin so I can cut it in four then gift it. Thanks Helen. HB
I so enjoyed watching you ice the cake. I've not made a cake for the last few years as we never seem to eat it. I used to love it when my grandchildren were small but they are all grown up now or living in other countries. I'm going to watch you make the pudding xx
This takes me back decorating the Christmas cake with my mother, she used to use royal icing, we made snow peeks and all the decorations we could fit on lol! 🎅🌲🎄xx it’s not a Christmas cake without the marzipan best bit I love it! Xx
Hi Helen, enjoyed your video,brings back memories of the bottom drawer. Lovely to see Hattie and Billy hope everyone’s wishes come true. Thanks again x
Wow that's a blast from the past about putting things away in your bottom drawer 😳. Is it even a thing any more 🤷♀️. Both the cake and pudding look lovely. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Hi 👋 Helen I remember buying things for your bottom draw how things change your cake looked lovely I hope Christmas pud is a hit it looked great the grandkids are growing very quickly 😊
Nice to see you and the family baking/decorating, don’t have the inclination to do it myself, no patience, but it reminds me of my big family at Christmas all mucking in, happy memories ❤
Oh Helen how can it be so satisfying to see you doing christmas "things"! Easy you say, well everything is in the eyes of the beholder. My cake would not be that nice, my thumbs is in the middle. Loved the way Rob mad a stir in the middle of his working with essentialls. Thanks Helen for keeping us feeling good.❤
Lovely cake Helen. I do think anyone that makes food in front of a camera are very brave, so much can go wrong, however never on your videos!! Thank you Helen. Lovely Grandchildren. Take care xx
I remember when I was a child,a long time ago (I’m 79) my mom would make the marzipan out of ground almond,sugar,egg whites,and I suppose a little salt,and of course royal icing.I just love marzipan,I can’t even trust myself with it,I will eat the whole thing.I seem to remember the plum pudding being steamed in the old copper,in the kitchen.Icing sugar has cornflower in it to stop it sticking together.
The cake looks good I more or less decorate in a similar way with stars and ribbon, I used to do lots of fancy piping but now struggle to squeeze the piping bags and I think the stars look effective, I buy our pudding. always nice to see your lovely grandchildren, they will break some hearts in the future x
Used to make a square Christmas cake, and almond paste for the top rather than marzipan. Haven't for years but you make everything appear so easy because you take your time (despite saying you're impatient, as am I)!
I did as well back in the day it has a more gentle flavour. I also had a square tin. Then made Royal Icing. It became too easy to buy one ready made later...Hv a great Xmas. 😊
Lovely cake and pudding, looked scrumptious. Bottom drawer.....love it.. i had so many pirex dishes with red flowers on and candlewick bedspreads, oh and fibreglass curtains 😅.(memories) Lovely to see the family too.TTFN XX
I don’t think fermented jam will hurt you,just taste a bit off.The only thing I think is it’s best to use a new jar,as one you have been digging into could have bacteria in it,then it would go moldy.
Lovely very, very nostalgic for me, we always had the icing forked up and the decorations, same every year. Wonderful, and also making a wish with the stirring of the pudding. ⛄️🎄🦌
This was a fun video! Your Christmas cake looks beautiful...like one from Betty's. A ribbon would look very pretty. Your grandchildren are so cute and look like they are not shy on camera.
Good memories of baking with our Mams. Made the Marzipan and the Royal icing. Mam made 2 cakes. One for Christmas and one for New Year. Also another 2 later, one for St. Patrick's Day and one for Easter.
I just have to tell you that my black scarf has just arrived from Black and I just LOVE it. Thank you for recommending it. I have just arrived in Hampshire from Yorkshire. Looking forward to exploring around Winchester.
Hi Helen, funny you should talk about metal box, I used to work in Baker Street in London I worked for Marks and Spencer in their head office and metal box was the last block from us. I always made my cake the end of September and every couple of weeks I used stick little holes in the bottom and put some brandy in it, then about 2 December I would marzipan it and my hubby used to ice it on Christmas Eve he loved to do that.❤️❤️
My brother in law worked for Metalbox at Wantage for a few years! My sister was a teacher at the Wantage Secondary School during the time they lived locally.😊🐝
Hi Helen, that was so opportune as I had made my Xmas cake (first time) and had bought the marzipan and icing sugar from Lakeland Plastics and had no idea how to go about doing the cake, so thank you and tomorrow I can go ahead and finish the cake, although I don’t possess a blow torch. Nice to see Billy and Hattie again performing in the background 🤣and Katie has gorgeous hair.🏴xx
Lovely video Helen I luckily do know about boiling the apricot jam I doubt a Christmas cake would last long enough to ferment I have never made a Christmas pudding though because none of them eat it, I on the other hand love it and yours looked delicious, Billy has got so tall you might want to remind him that this video is on the internet forever lol he will hate it when he’s 15 upwards and it’s shown around the family. ❤❤
I absolutely love Christmas cake.My daughter always made a beautiful one.Life has got too busy with careers, children etc.I buy M and S one.Im the only one eats it and i do.🎄🎍🎄🎍
I used to make my royal icing and as you say decorate it with peaks so it looked like snow and put lots of ornaments on it the children used to love it. Now I buy a small one for my son and I the rest of the family don’t like Christmas Cake.❤️❤️
Hello Helen, billy and Hattie are getting so tall,both good looking children. This is my second Christmas with your channel love watching all your videos especially your Christmas cooking ones.
Hi Helen , haven’t made my cake yet 😮, but just going to make a light fruit cake , I just love marzipan & icing , so I like royal icing best 😋. But that was interesting watching you marzipan the cake . Used to make a pudding , but not now 😂. I also had a bottom drawer 😂.
Everything looked great - last Sunday (Nov.26) was Stir-it-Up day, although I've never made a Christmas Pudding either! Not a big thing here in the US, so I usually just buy a small one from the British store, and make some Brandy Butter. Christmas cake (decorated) is also not a thing, and the fruitcake here in the US is usually filled with lots of candied cherries and pecans, and undecorated. Made me home sick!
Nice the family was there to help lcan just imagine your home just traditional Christmas how wonderful all the best and happy memories regards Lesley in anglesey 👍🙋🦴🐾💐🌲⛄🥧🥂🍾🎉
Helen you can warm your marzipan in Micro wave for a min.ish to warm it will make it easier to use . That is right about the jam you have been luck, I have iced wedding cakes etc for many years . Hope this helps And yes 'Bottom draw 'do they still do this????
Thanks Helen enjoyed the video. As a child used to love being in the kitchen with my mum making the Christmas puddings.She always left them until the last minute to make..We would stir and make our wishes too. Lovely Christmas memories. I really love the top you have on where is that from please?
Helen, just out of interest, how much marzipan and fondant icing did you buy. My "first time made" Christmas Cake is an 8 inch and I have got 500g of marzipan and 1kg of fondant icing. The marzipan says to cover a 6 inch cake, so thought if you had the same amount, then I would be ok. Your cake and pudding looked fantastic, hope my cake comes out as well
I used to think the marzipan was the best bit. I once went to a wedding where the marzipan was deeper than the cake. Yummy. Sadly I am now allergic to nuts and marzipan is now ‘off’.
Hi Helen great video. How do you store the pudding after slow cooking it. Looked great and nice and moist. Missed a few videos as just got back from the uk. A lot of catching up to do. Thanks as always.
Cake looks great ,Billy has got so tall,lovely to see you all having a stir of the Christmas pud 🎄Helen does the glass dome over the cake keep it fresh for a long time?
Hello liked how you iced your cake etc. I presume the marzipan and icing dough were readymade or did you make both yourself? Here, we make both of these things at home which is rather tedious and time consuming needing expertise to get it done right. I wish we could get this readymade stuff here ....Oh to be young again !! ....and have all the energy to make it for Christmas 😂😂😅 ... after retirement..I feel its hard ... blessings for your channel Helen!! luv Andrea ..India
Did you put water in the slow cooker or just the bowl. The first year I’ve made mincemeat out of the leftover fruit from my cake making lol. I make my cake pretty much the same way as yourself as I’m no baker either xx
Good Morning, this is a random request for your help, could you PLEASE tell me the make of your air fryers I remember you talking about one ( not ninja) that was very good, thank you sooo much.xx
Hi Rhonda, I'm using the two Ultenic ones that I was given. I have a Ninja, but thb I never use it now. I'll link the video here. xx. This is the double but they make a single drawer one too. ruclips.net/video/HLr8gefS31E/видео.htmlsi=XW5DHbLUYxHQsdTl PS: In the video I refer to mozarella it is halloumi! eek! xx
Is it possible to place the camera somewhere where we can see the worktop and what's going on. Can see you ok but not the worktop. Hey ! You saw my comment ! Thats better. Great helen. Thanks so much.
A blast from the past 🤣 I’m older than you but haven’t heard anyone mention ‘the bottom drawer’ for years…love it, thank you x
Showing my age! haha xx
Same 😂😂😂
The grandkids are too cute! Billy is such a character! Just love Hattie’s hair! I really enjoy these cooking videos!
Thank you very much xx
A lovely family video. Thank you so much for sharing. I also started a bottom draw when I got engaged in the early 80s. Still have many things from that bottom draw that I still use over the years. No bottom draws today! Young people have most things when they get married. Dishwashers, freezers you name it they have it. They don't know how lucky they are today. Oh my giddy aunt I sound just like my mother 🤣🤣xx
Haha, we all do that xx
I’m a Canadian with Ukrainian roots and I have made a Christmas pudding for 20 yrs. I make a rum sauce and the white sauce and we just love it, very rich but soooooo good, today you taught me how to ice the Christmas cake, thank you !
Sounds lovely.
Thank you very much xx
Bottom drawer! Haven’t heard of that in years. You made it all look very easy, professional looking though. Love your grandchildren’s antics during the video, they are hilarious!
Haha, they think so! xx
Hattie & Billy are so polite, a credit to you and their mum. ❤ Thanks for a great video x
Thank you very much xx
My mum worked at Metal Box in Nottinghamshire for many years. She worked in the factory along with two of her sisters. She also had the same flour sifter. She also used to put sixpences in the Christmas pudding. Memories are wonderful.
We had a Metal Box in Carlisle and I have the lovely black, gold and red Chinese Emperor biscuit and tea caddy tins!
That's lovely xx
I used to have those xx
Lovely tradition.Really super fun grandchildren taking part.🎉😃
Thank you very much xx
I am 77 lived cooking but never made either a Christmas cake or pudding. I will save this vudro and make it next year, perhaps in a square tin so I can cut it in four then gift it. Thanks Helen. HB
Good idea xx
I so enjoyed watching you ice the cake. I've not made a cake for the last few years as we never seem to eat it. I used to love it when my grandchildren were small but they are all grown up now or living in other countries. I'm going to watch you make the pudding xx
Hope you enjoy xx
Your Christmas cake is beautiful. I can tell you’ve done it for years and are a pro!!
Haha, that's very kind, but not true xx
Thumbs Up for another lovely video Helen, great to see all the family together ❤ Jo
Glad you enjoyed it xx
Hi Helen, there’s something so relaxing about watching someone bake! The cake and pudding looked delicious xx
Glad you enjoyed it xx
There is nothing you can't do Lady H. Lovely job. 😊
Haha, there really is!
Thank you xx
Great video Helen, I learnt so much. Loved seeing Hattie, Billy, Katie and Rob (hope all your wishes come true!) xx
Thank you very much xx
This takes me back decorating the Christmas cake with my mother, she used to use royal icing, we made snow peeks and all the decorations we could fit on lol! 🎅🌲🎄xx it’s not a Christmas cake without the marzipan best bit I love it! Xx
Thank you very much xx
Both the cake and the pudding looked good,lovely to see all the family xx
Thank you very much xx
Hi Helen, enjoyed your video,brings back memories of the bottom drawer. Lovely to see Hattie and Billy hope everyone’s wishes come true. Thanks again x
My pleasure, thank you xx
Wow that's a blast from the past about putting things away in your bottom drawer 😳. Is it even a thing any more 🤷♀️. Both the cake and pudding look lovely. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Probably not, showing my age xx
Hi 👋 Helen I remember buying things for your bottom draw how things change your cake looked lovely I hope Christmas pud is a hit it looked great the grandkids are growing very quickly 😊
They are.
Thank you xx
Nice to see you and the family baking/decorating, don’t have the inclination to do it myself, no patience, but it reminds me of my big family at Christmas all mucking in, happy memories ❤
Thank you very much xx
Well done Helen a lovely looking cake and pudding. I’m sure i could smell it. Xx
Thank you very much xx
Oh Helen how can it be so satisfying to see you doing christmas "things"! Easy you say, well everything is in the eyes of the beholder. My cake would not be that nice, my thumbs is in the middle.
Loved the way Rob mad a stir in the middle of his working with essentialls. Thanks Helen for keeping us feeling good.❤
My pleasure, thanks for the support xx
Love the kids playing in the background. 😀
Cheeky things that they are! haha xx
A lovely vlog, the children are so full of fun x
They are indeed xx
Lovely cake Helen. I do think anyone that makes food in front of a camera are very brave, so much can go wrong, however never on your videos!! Thank you Helen. Lovely Grandchildren. Take care xx
More luck than judgement! I just keep it real xx
I remember when I was a child,a long time ago (I’m 79) my mom would make the marzipan out of ground almond,sugar,egg whites,and I suppose a little salt,and of course royal icing.I just love marzipan,I can’t even trust myself with it,I will eat the whole thing.I seem to remember the plum pudding being steamed in the old copper,in the kitchen.Icing sugar has cornflower in it to stop it sticking together.
Good memories xx
The cake looks good I more or less decorate in a similar way with stars and ribbon, I used to do lots of fancy piping but now struggle to squeeze the piping bags and I think the stars look effective, I buy our pudding. always nice to see your lovely grandchildren, they will break some hearts in the future x
Thank you very much xx
What is the source of your seeming endless creativity and energy? I just buy the cake from my baker. 😮 My bad. Never enough marzipan!
Haha, just take each day at a time and tick the jobs off one by one xx
Billy was having a great time! You iced the cake beautifully
He was. He's growing up fast, thank you xx
Ahhhh I’m starting to feel Christmassy,loved the video ❤😊😊😊
Jolly good xx
Used to make a square Christmas cake, and almond paste for the top rather than marzipan. Haven't for years but you make everything appear so easy because you take your time (despite saying you're impatient, as am I)!
Thank you very much xx
I did as well back in the day it has a more gentle flavour. I also had a square tin. Then made Royal Icing. It became too easy to buy one ready made later...Hv a great Xmas. 😊
Loved seeing your gorgeous grandchildren Helen ❤
Thanks so much xx
Love your shirt. Your cake as well 😊
Thank you very much xx
Lovely cake and pudding, looked scrumptious. Bottom drawer.....love it.. i had so many pirex dishes with red flowers on and candlewick bedspreads, oh and fibreglass curtains 😅.(memories) Lovely to see the family too.TTFN XX
Thank you very much xx
All looks delicious. I've not made a cake for years, makes me want to make one xx
So easy xx
Thank you for sharing Helen….love your dress!
Excellent tip about the jam-guess I’ve just been lucky in the past. 😊x
I don’t think fermented jam will hurt you,just taste a bit off.The only thing I think is it’s best to use a new jar,as one you have been digging into could have bacteria in it,then it would go moldy.
Me too! haha xx
A lovely video Helen, picked up a few tips as well. Love seeing the children and Katie. I bet Rob wished that the decorating was finished x
Yes, I think we all knew what his wish was! haha xx
Everything looks lovely Helen. Your grandkids are the sweetest 😀
Sometimes! xx
Hi Helen, totally enjoyed you finishing the Christmas cake and pudd. Look forward to the next. Xx
Glad you enjoyed it xx
Lovely very, very nostalgic for me, we always had the icing forked up and the decorations, same every year. Wonderful, and also making a wish with the stirring of the pudding. ⛄️🎄🦌
Thank you very much xx
This was a fun video! Your Christmas cake looks beautiful...like one from Betty's. A ribbon would look very pretty. Your grandchildren are so cute and look like they are not shy on camera.
They are not! They love it
Thank you very much xx
Thank you once again xxxx…this is getting me more in the spirit 🎄
My pleasure xx
Love your advice Helen and you have daring grandchildren. Love from Chico, California.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thanks so much xx
Good memories of baking with our Mams. Made the Marzipan and the Royal icing. Mam made 2 cakes. One for Christmas and one for New Year. Also another 2 later, one for St. Patrick's Day and one for Easter.
Lovely memories.
My mum used to make about six and still makes three or four for the family xx
Thank you for sharing the cake looks very professional 😊
Thank you very much xx
I just have to tell you that my black scarf has just arrived from Black and I just LOVE it. Thank you for recommending it. I have just arrived in Hampshire from Yorkshire. Looking forward to exploring around Winchester.
Have a lovely time, Winchester is fab xx
Hi Helen, funny you should talk about metal box, I used to work in Baker Street in London I worked for Marks and Spencer in their head office and metal box was the last block from us. I always made my cake the end of September and every couple of weeks I used stick little holes in the bottom and put some brandy in it, then about 2 December I would marzipan it and my hubby used to ice it on Christmas Eve he loved to do that.❤️❤️
Good memoriex xx
My brother in law worked for Metalbox at Wantage for a few years! My sister was a teacher at the Wantage Secondary School during the time they lived locally.😊🐝
It's a small world xx
Great video, Helen, loved seeing your family. Cake and pudding turned out beautifully, well done 👏 ❤
Thank you very much xx
I look forward to hearing how they turn out and thanks for the tips
Fingers crossed xx
A pudding full of wishes! Well done with the cake decorating, I am sure it will taste as good as it like OKs.🤥
Thank you very much xx
I’m going to ice my Christmas cake next week. When I was young my dad used to to make our cake and also did royal icing on it.
I think everyone did back then. xx
Hi Helen, that was so opportune as I had made my Xmas cake (first time) and had bought the marzipan and icing sugar from Lakeland Plastics and had no idea how to go about doing the cake, so thank you and tomorrow I can go ahead and finish the cake, although I don’t possess a blow torch. Nice to see Billy and Hattie again performing in the background 🤣and Katie has gorgeous hair.🏴xx
They love it. xx
The Billy and Hattie are just lovely helen❤the cake looks great❤
Thank you very much xx
Great video Helen. It was a real family effort wasn't it!😄. You didn't seem your normal self - hope you are ok 👌
I'm fine thanks. Just tired xx
Fab blog that pudding looks good mmmmm the cake is lovely to I don't like a lot I fiddly stuff on ❤❤❤❤
Thank you very much xx
They both look so good! X
Thank you very much xx
Yummy! 😋
Thank you xx
Lovely video Helen I luckily do know about boiling the apricot jam I doubt a Christmas cake would last long enough to ferment I have never made a Christmas pudding though because none of them eat it, I on the other hand love it and yours looked delicious, Billy has got so tall you might want to remind him that this video is on the internet forever lol he will hate it when he’s 15 upwards and it’s shown around the family. ❤❤
Haha, he's such a character I don't think he'll mind xx
I absolutely love Christmas cake.My daughter always made a beautiful one.Life has got too busy with careers, children etc.I buy M and S one.Im the only one eats it and i do.🎄🎍🎄🎍
I love it xx
I used to make my royal icing and as you say decorate it with peaks so it looked like snow and put lots of ornaments on it the children used to love it. Now I buy a small one for my son and I the rest of the family don’t like Christmas Cake.❤️❤️
Hello Helen, billy and Hattie are getting so tall,both good looking children. This is my second Christmas with your channel love watching all your videos especially your Christmas cooking ones.
Thank you Joan, I appreciate the support xx
Thank you for the support, I appreciate it xx
I usually let the marzipan dry out but maybe I don’t need to. Lovely cake.
I don't think you need to with fondant icing. I never have anyway xx
Hi Helen , haven’t made my cake yet 😮, but just going to make a light fruit cake , I just love marzipan & icing , so I like royal icing best 😋. But that was interesting watching you marzipan the cake . Used to make a pudding , but not now 😂. I also had a bottom drawer 😂.
Good times xx
Everything looked great - last Sunday (Nov.26) was Stir-it-Up day, although I've never made a Christmas Pudding either! Not a big thing here in the US, so I usually just buy a small one from the British store, and make some Brandy Butter. Christmas cake (decorated) is also not a thing, and the fruitcake here in the US is usually filled with lots of candied cherries and pecans, and undecorated. Made me home sick!
Ah, glad you enjoyed it xx
Nice the family was there to help lcan just imagine your home just traditional Christmas how wonderful all the best and happy memories regards Lesley in anglesey 👍🙋🦴🐾💐🌲⛄🥧🥂🍾🎉
Thank you very much xx
Wish we in Canada could get packaged icing like yours for the icing. I made your Christmas cake recipe last year and it was delicious.
Thank you very much xx
Helen you can warm your marzipan in Micro wave for a min.ish to warm it will make it easier to use . That is right about the jam you have been luck, I have iced wedding cakes etc for many years . Hope this helps And yes 'Bottom draw 'do they still do this????
Bottom drawer - I don't think so.
I have been lucky.....I know where to come for any tips xx
Loved watching…. So do you freeze the Christmas cake and pudding until Christmas Day?
No, they are so rich they can be stored easily xx
Thank you… you have given me the courage to try them this year❤
I cooked my christmas cake in the slow cooker this year never done that before. Looks OK.
Fingers crossed xx
I went gold for my stars on mine, a bit of Dubai bling!
Fabulous, well done xx
@@Helenmaryjo no option to upload a photo though! Boo
@@sarahrichardson9898 I know, it's a shame isn't it. You could tag me on Instagram though..... xx
Thanks Helen enjoyed the video. As a child used to love being in the kitchen with my mum making the Christmas puddings.She always left them until the last minute to make..We would stir and make our wishes too. Lovely Christmas memories. I really love the top you have on where is that from please?
Thank you, it's from M and S many years ago xx
Hi Helen. Enjoying your cake decorating. Just wanted to say how lovely you look in the striped dress. ❤
Thank you so much xx
Well done to all the mixers hope their wishes come true
So do I.
Thank you very much xx
Lots of great tips, who'd have known you had to boil the jam eh?
I never, but when I said it to Mum she said "of course" haha xx
Helen, just out of interest, how much marzipan and fondant icing did you buy. My "first time made" Christmas Cake is an 8 inch and I have got 500g of marzipan and 1kg of fondant icing. The marzipan says to cover a 6 inch cake, so thought if you had the same amount, then I would be ok. Your cake and pudding looked fantastic, hope my cake comes out as well
I think you'll be fine, just use plenty of icing sugar and roll it out thinly. Good luck. You'll have loads of icing. xx
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Lizzie x
I used to think the marzipan was the best bit. I once went to a wedding where the marzipan was deeper than the cake. Yummy. Sadly I am now allergic to nuts and marzipan is now ‘off’.
Oh what a shame. xx
Better get my skates on - haven't made my cake yet xxx
There's plenty of time xx
Hi Helen great video. How do you store the pudding after slow cooking it. Looked great and nice and moist. Missed a few videos as just got back from the uk. A lot of catching up to do. Thanks as always.
Welcome back.
I just store in a cool dark place xx
Cake looks great ,Billy has got so tall,lovely to see you all having a stir of the Christmas pud 🎄Helen does the glass dome over the cake keep it fresh for a long time?
I think the icing does that but the dome helps a little xx
Hello liked how you iced your cake etc. I presume the marzipan and icing dough were readymade or did you make both yourself? Here, we make both of these things at home which is rather tedious and time consuming needing expertise to get it done right. I wish we could get this readymade stuff here ....Oh to be young again !! ....and have all the energy to make it for Christmas 😂😂😅 ... after retirement..I feel its hard ... blessings for your channel Helen!! luv Andrea ..India
Yes, we are lucky enough to have all of these things to make life easier. We just take it for granted until it's pointed out. Thank you xx
Did you put water in the slow cooker or just the bowl. The first year I’ve made mincemeat out of the leftover fruit from my cake making lol. I make my cake pretty much the same way as yourself as I’m no baker either xx
Water half way up the side for the pudding and topped it up before I went to bed. xx
I might have missed it but did you let the marzipan dry out before putting on the final icing??
No, I never have.... xx
I have always let the marzipan dry for a day or so before icing it
I never have, it's never been a problem xx
Good Morning, this is a random request for your help, could you PLEASE tell me the make of your air fryers I remember you talking about one ( not ninja) that was very good, thank you sooo much.xx
Hi Rhonda, I'm using the two Ultenic ones that I was given. I have a Ninja, but thb I never use it now. I'll link the video here. xx. This is the double but they make a single drawer one too. ruclips.net/video/HLr8gefS31E/видео.htmlsi=XW5DHbLUYxHQsdTl
PS: In the video I refer to mozarella it is halloumi! eek! xx
@@Helenmaryjo Hi, thank you so much, I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas,stay safe, xx
Thanks for interesting video. I was told you have to let marzipan dry out for a day before icing. Any thoughts?
I think with the fondant icing it won’t matter,but with royal icing you would need to dry it,or the royal icing could melt.
Is it possible to place the camera somewhere where we can see the worktop and what's going on. Can see you ok but not the worktop. Hey ! You saw my comment ! Thats better. Great helen. Thanks so much.
Hiya I watched Helen & had no problem seeing what she was doing :)
Noted! x