Bake the best festive desserts with our queen of cakes Michelle Darmody
Luxury handmade chocolate mediants
This Christmas is going to be like no other. Many of us will be missing loved ones who live abroad and could not make it home, or even those who live closer and cannot come to visit. It will be a strange year for many but hopefully we can find some solace with those that we can share Christmas with. Spending time together creating and sharing a table laden with food may be one way for us all to relax. Of all years, this is the year to indulge ourselves.
I really enjoy festive baking, I love the rich dark flavours, and the gathering together of spices, dried fruit and alcohol. There are so many different ways to work with a similar set of ingredients, from the main event of the cake iced white, to the puddings, stollen or panettone, or one of my favourites, the Italian panforte. The ice cream recipe captures some of those rich spicy flavours with a kick of dark rum and forms them into a rich sweet custard.
