Ladies of Hive Community Contest #62

What is my favourite holiday food and why?

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Besides my reindeer antler alice band, complete with jingling bells, food is undoubtedly the most important part of Christmas celebrations in my home.

I'm usually a staunch Trifle Girl: and I'm always sure to add enough Amarula cream liqueur to send the kiddies to sleep and the adults into Christmas Carol mode (festive bribery and corruptionπŸ˜ˆπŸ€­πŸ€ΆπŸŽ„).

This year since it is a very special Christmas and our 1st Christmas together as a blended family, I'm going to try something different and very special: An Amarula cheese cake drool 🀀🀀🀀

For those of you who are not from South Africa and are wondering what on earth I'm talking about, Amarula is a 17% alcohol cream based liqueur, much like Bailey's, but is infused with marula fruit, giving it a very gentle fruity taste: like a combination of mango and pawpaw and tinned peaches.

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So, for my partner's birthday this year, I gave cheesecake a whirl for the very 1st time, and although it did not go totally according to plan, it turned out to be absolutely DIVINE. I am going to attempt to tweek it a bit to fit in with trifle flavours, but here's an idea of how my first attempt went (it was devoured by four of us in less than 48 hours).

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Oreo, Chocolate Ganache and Amarula Fridge Cheese Cake:

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So the dark chocolate ganache was actually supposed to be drizzled over the cake, but I was so paranoid about the fridge cheesecake melting or sticking to the pan or falling apart, that I kinda just dumped it all on top, accidentally creating an extra layer of extraordinary and outlandishly delicious chocolate mud which balanced out the cheesecake, beautifully.

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I then topped it with the remaining oreos (crushed and whole) and bibbityboppityboo, a miracle cake was born (Of course, I am a professional and I managed to not get caught eating it out of the fridgelight at midnight once everyone had had a piece😈🀭)

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So, for this Christmas, I'm going to use white chocolate ganache, mulberry reduction, vanilla oreos, double cream and strawberries.

I'll be sure to post the recipe on my blog so do keep an eye out and your feet off the scale!

Merry Christmas everyone
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I'd like to invite @mystic0601 to join our community

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