Christmas Chronicles - Nigel Slater

As they say about a puppy, ‘This book is not just for Christmas’. Its wealth of recipes make the most of available midwinter fare and entices you to read snuggled up next to the fire. After making a certain well-know female cook’s Christmas cake for 30 years we departed from tradition and made Nigel Slater’s cake with its vast array of dried fruit: prunes, apricots, figs, cherries, sultanas, cranberries, currants and raisins. Well the verdict is in and the whole cake had been scoffed by 8th January!