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Marzipan

Marzipan

Recipes from Coastal NZ, Sweet

Stollen with Marzipan baked into its Centre One of my favourite Christmas foods is marzipan, which is something I grew up with in the UK and is intimately connected with my ideas of Christmas along with turkey, fruit cake, Brandy butter and cardamon- and...
Feeling Christmassy yet? Get baking!

Feeling Christmassy yet? Get baking!

Recipes from Coastal NZ, Sweet

If you are anything like me, you’ll be feeling a bit behind with your Christmas preparations… but with food, it is never too late to start cooking and eating!   Wow! What a busy year 2019 has been… But whether you make mince pies on Christmas afternoon and eat...
So close… and yet so far

So close… and yet so far

Building my Dream Home

You know when something is so close you can almost taste it? Christmas is just around the corner now (one more sleep!) and the Christmas tree is up (check), the presents have been wrapped and sent off to various parts of the world (check), the Christmas cards have...