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I am a huge marzipan fan. I love it. Anything with almond extract in it is popular with me, and this is the epitome of Christmas treats in my opinion. But marzipan is loaded with sugar. Truly. It pretty much is just sugar. Not my version. My version is sugar free, beautifully soft and sweet, and…
Are you looking to have a slightly less unhealthy and sugar-packed Christmas season? Hoping to keep the kids’ sugar highs and crashes to a minimum? Trying to find out if having a healthier Christmas means compromising on flavour or decadence? I am here to tell you you can eat all of the luxurious-tasting, indulgent, traditional…
My ginger cake with toffee sauce was my fall cake stunner. It was the decadent and delicious cake above all cakes for a low sugar Halloween or Bonfire Night or Thanksgiving. And now, I give you my Christmas equivalent. Coconut cake. Marshmallow frosting. Light, airy, candy-floss-textured icing topping a moist, filling and gorgeously luxurious coconut…
I love making homemade edible gifts for friends at Christmas. Lemon curd, vanilla extract, jams, biscuits, hot chocolate mixes… people always seem to enjoy getting something sweet and indulgent to enjoy over Christmas. I have a few low sugar options I keep up my sleeve for just such an occasion, and this is one of…
Celebrations like Christmas can be such a minefield for those of us trying to keep our families eating low sugar most of the time. While there is no problem with occasional treats, there is no time of year where we spend quite so much time in one go saying “go on then” to yet another…
St Nicholas’ Day (December 6th) was a big deal for us growing up in Belgium. The “original Santa Claus” would come into our schools with his frighteningly politically incorrect pageboy (the excuse was that he was a chimney sweep) and hand out sweets and the beautifully caramelised spiced biscuit known as speculaas or speculoos. As young schoolchildren, we…