15th Dec 2012

Merry Xmas ALL.

To day is Xmas ice-cream pudding day!!!!! I made this many years ago when the kiddies were small and it was so successful they look for it every Xmas day now?????

1 pkt ginger-nut biscuits grounded I use my vitamizer to do this,  add   tablsp milk powder to crumbed biscuits. 1 cup melted butter pour in to ginger-nut grounds and mix well; line a deep Plum-duff cooking bowl (but don’t make it too thick) with the mixture and pop in to fridge.  Take  2 cups of home made Xmas mince meat add 2 tablspoons of brandy add to 1 litre of plain icecream

Don't mix to much; leave icecream in lumps and fruit spread unevenly. I use my own home made Xmas mince I make for my Xmas pies, which I make up and keep for a year????

and mix gently, add to plum-duff bowl but leave a hole in the centre. Beat 1 to 2 cups of full cream till thick add cherries that have been soaking in brandy for 12 hrs. Now fill the centre of the  bowl and make the top smooth as this is where it will sit on the serving platter. One completed icecream plum-duff. Cover the top with grease proof paper and freeze till needed . Fun part is getting it out of the bowl, I have a stainless steel bowl which I place in to hot water to the top for a few minutes and then it slides out on to a plate upside down. It looks like a perfect plum-duff but it is a icecream cake and perfect for a tropical 29C Xmas dinner and any  left overs for Boxing day breakfast???????.

This morning I have been cutting out my bow-ties for my Vienna quilt all cut out now I just need to sew them, I’m not sure why I was putting  off making them as I’m really enjoying making them up. This is my favourite new quilting tool

Old fabric marker. I love it, so quick to mark that sewing line, I'm hopeless at sewing a straight line so have to mark every thing!!!!!! You can see where I have run this wee tool on the small square under it.

I found in a old sewing basket in a Opp Shop recently; it has a place to rest your finger on top so you can press hard or soft?????, It is much easier than a pen or pencil and the marks go after a day or two.

Cheers All Glenda