Reindeer Cookies

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Everyone will love these adorable chocolate Reindeer Cookies at Christmas.

reindeer cookies on wire rack

Christmas Baking

As someone who painfully lacks culinary artistic skills, I have been having a lot of fun in the kitchen lately making novelty cookies, like the Peanut Butter Spider Cookies which were a big hit at Halloween.

It is worlds away from making something spectacular like a pristine-looking fondant covered cake with beautifully piped buttercream roses, but I have accepted long ago my limitations in the kitchen.



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Chocolate Gingerbread Bundt Cake

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A Chocolate Gingerbread Bundt Cake for the festive season.

chocolate gingerbread bundt cake on cake stand

Christmas Tree Bundt Pan

In between all of the preparations for Christmas Day, not to mention the last minute shopping and gift-wrapping, I snuck in some time to use my Christmas tree bundt pan once more this year, thus making me feel a tiny bit more justified in purchasing this seasonal piece of kitchenware.



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French Cookies with Chocolate (Pétit Écolier)

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Delicious homemade French Cookies with Chocolate, also called Pétit Beurre or Pétit Écolier.

french cookies with chocolate on baking tray

Pétit Beurre and Pétit Écolier

As a child visiting my family in France and Switzerland, I always loved snacking on Petit Beurre cookies, especially those made by the French brand, Lu, and especially the ones which came with a bar of chocolate on top, called Petit écolier.



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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

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These fudgy and chewy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are a delicious treat at Christmas!

chocolate crinkle cookies on baking tray

Christmas Cookies

We bake a lot of cookies in the lead up to Christmas, and whilst we tend to recreate old favourites like Gingerbread Sablé or Swiss Walnut Christmas Cookies for the sake of tradition, I always try to sneak in a few new recipes to keep things fresh and exciting.

My Reindeer Cookies have proven to be quite popular already, but I always think there is room for another chocolate cookie 🙂



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Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake

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A Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake recipe with step-by-step photos. A French chocolate and almond cake which is light, moist, gluten-free and also dairy-free! Also called a Queen of Sheba Cake (Reine de Saba).

slice of queen of sheba cake (reine de saba) on white cake stand with silver cake knife

Queen of Sheba Cake (Reine de Saba)

I am conscious that I have quite a few recipes for chocolate cake on this blog, but I suppose one more can’t hurt …

This recipe for Queen of Sheba Cake (or Reine de Saba) was given to me by my French mother-in-law after some pleading on my part. One afternoon, after she had served a procession of five courses at lunch, she brought out this beauty for dessert, a plain chocolate cake which tasted anything but.



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