We begin the festive
month of December with indulgence and decorations. Here at Cellardoor HQ we aim
to bring a touch of winter warmth that will touch the hearts of loved ones or add
a touch of femininity to your festive home decorations. Try making our homemade
marble marzipan and nutty chocolate coated butter fudge sweets – they can make
the most charming gift wrapped up in a box and pretty paper and ribbons. Or
even use for decoration on the Christmas tree!
Ingredients
Nutty chocolate coated
butter fudge
450g granulated sugar
4 tbsp water
12 tbsp condensed milk
1 bar cooking
chocolate
Handful of hazelnuts
Method
-
Heat the
sugar, water and butter in a pan on a low heat – stir until the sugar has
dissolved
-
Add the
condensed milk – stir occasionally until the mixture is thoroughly blended –
boil steadily and mix only occasionally
-
Test to
see if the mixture is ready to be taken off the heat by dropping some into a
cold glass; if it forms a soft caramel ball/mound then remove the pan from the
heat
-
Beat the
mixture until it thickens then pour it into a greased tin and leave to cool
-
Melt
chocolate and pour over the cold fudge and decorate with the hazelnuts
To make what we call the
‘fudgecomb’ (can be seen in the photo) just continue to boil the mixture until
thickens and then crumbles. The pan must then be taken off the heat
immediately.
Tip: tastes great with melted chocolate drizzled on top with
chopped nuts.
Marble marzipan swirls
and hearts
110g ground almonds
55g castor sugar
55g icing sugar
Few drops almond
essence
1 egg
Food colouring
Mini heart stencil
Method
-
Bind the
almonds, sugars, essence and egg together – roll into a ball
-
Split the
mixture into smaller balls (as many as desired)
-
Add your
desired food colour to each ball – a different colour to each
-
Roll
together to make swirls or use a mini stencil like we did to make pretty heart
shapes
By Melodie Walter
3 love letters:
Must absolutely try to make this fudge! Nutella and fudge are two of my favourite things!
xo
iamlaurenpotts.blogspot.co.uk
They look gorgeous, I bet they taste even better! Yum :)
i decide to make it by myself after reading your article. Hope i can get it.
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