A Spoonful of Sugar

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Here is this year's Christmas cake, iced rather inexpertly, but with plenty of love to make up for it. (I doubt anyone will notice after a few bites--it is really boozy.)

I've got to say that I am in love with edible gold lustre. I have a feeling that I'll be daubing it on as much food as possible until it runs out. It's so sparkly--the colour came out a bit flat in the picture alas, but it really does sparkle in the flesh. Or crumb, as it were.

If you need some last-minute icing inspiration, then BBC Good Food has plenty, including the one I used.

And now that all the presents are wrapped, extra mince pies baked, and the house has been cleaned... I'm going to watch some festive telly and put my feet up.