Marie Cookpad

  If you are looking for a fabulous dessert to finish your Christmas celebratory meal with I say look no further!  This wonderful Christmas Gingerbread Roll fits the bill on all counts! Not only is this really delicious but it is also very simple to make.   I am not sure what it is about those warm baking spices and gingerbread.  They go together with Christmas like peas and carrots!   The cake smells heavenly when it is baking . . .  the scent of Christmas  . . .  ginger and cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and a bit of ground cardamom for good measure . . .   I think Mary Berry herself would be very proud of the distinct roll I achieved, don't you?   Flavoured and sweetened with warm, earthy molasses and fragrant vanilla  . . .   That filling is lush and moreish  . . .  light . . .   Its simply whipped cream mixed with lemon curd  . . .  perfectly flavoured.   Not too sweet, not too tart . . .  j...

  I was checking through my archives and couldn't believe that I had not shared a recipe for a Traditional English Trifle with you.  After all these years I thought it was about time I did, so here we go!  Its not as hard to make as one would suppose actually.  Its really quite easy.   You can use slices of jelly roll for the bottom layer, if you wish, or even pound/Madeira cake, spread with jam.  What you want it a sturdy kind of a plain cake that will hold up well and absorb the sherry or fruit juice.  These get laid on the bottom of the dish. You can also use trifle sponges, which you would split and spread with jam. Myself, I prefer the cake.   You sprinkle that with the sherry/juice and let it soak in. On top of that goes a layer of fruit.  Some people use banana, or strawberries.  I have used drained fruit cocktail on occasion. My favourite thing to use are fresh  raspberries and blackberries if you can get them.   T...