AN EASTER EXPLOSION!

4 April 20234 April 2023 Categories: Friends & Family · Kitchen & CooksTags: Cabbage · easter · easter eggs · Rabbit · Rabbit & Cabbage · Recipe · Recipes · spring entertaining · spring recipe · tray · traysLeave a comment

We set our clever friends @youmothersupper an Easter challenge to fill one of our Rabbit & Cabbage trays with something delicious and THEY DID NOT DISAPPOINT! ⁠Look at those halved creme eggs. Yum!⁠Here is their recipe for this fun creation. We think it would be great to make with the kids over the holidays. ⁠ INGREDIENTS FOR THE CAKE 50g good-quality cacao powder 200g softened salted butter 200g golden caster sugar 4 eggs 200g self raising flour 1tsp baking powder 1 tbsp whole milk 1 tsp vanilla essence INGREDIENTS FOR DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE TOPPING 150 g icing sugar 50 g butter…

BUNNY EARS NAPKINS

28 March 202328 March 2023 Categories: Friends & Family · Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedTags: bunny · easter table · Napkins · Rabbit · Rabbit & Cabbage · Table linen · table setting · tablewareLeave a comment

A sweet, fun and easy way to add a touch of whimsy to your table. MATERIALS TO GATHER TOGETHER… Rabbit & Cabbage napkins twine or ribbon Chocolate foiled eggs or hard boiled eggs MAKING THE BUNNY EARS Position the napkin on the diagonal – so it looks like a diamond. Fold the bottom point of the napkin up to the top point to make a triangle. Starting with the bottom point, roll up the napkin from the bottom to the top…until the napkin looks like this. Bend the napkin in half. Make sure the ears are the same size. Nestle…

Delicious (and easy) Mince Pies

18 November 202118 November 2021 Categories: Christmas · Friends & Family · Kitchen & CooksTags: Mince Pies · mincemeat · Robin · robin & holly · robin and hollyLeave a comment

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without homemade mince pies. This, however, is a proper cheats version. You can of course make your own mincemeat, but for speed and simplicity we use shop bought with a few extras to stir through to make the flavours sing. Ingredients unsalted butter , for greasing 375 g ready rolled shortcrust pastry plain flour , for dusting 200 g quality mincemeat 1 splash of brandy ½ an eating apple 2 balls of stem ginger 50 g dried apricots 75 g dried cranberries 1-2 pinches of mixed spice 1 large free-range egg 1 tablespoon semi-skimmed milk icing…

Plate of iced biscuits with Winter Rabbit apron

Iced Snowflake & Star Biscuits

18 November 202118 November 2021 Categories: Christmas · Friends & Family · Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedTags: iced biscuits · iced cookie · kitchen linens · kitchen textiles · Kitchenware · kitchenwares · Recipe · Recipes · winter rabbitLeave a comment

Transform your kitchen into a Winter Wonderland. Bake a flurry of snowflake biscuits for a tasty Christmas gift. They’re great to make and decorate with kids, too. Ingredients 200g unsalted butter , softened 200g golden caster sugar 1 large egg ½ tsp vanilla extract 400g plain flour , plus extra 500g pack ready-to-roll fondant icing honey , for sticking you will also need snowflake and star cookie cutters Method Heat your oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Put the butter in a bowl and beat it with electric beaters until soft and creamy. Beat in the sugar, then the egg and vanilla, and…

Guest Post: Cupsmith, making Wildflower Seedballs

16 April 2019 Categories: Friends & Family · Green FingersTags: cupsmith · environment · Green · green fingers · Rabbit & Cabbage · seedballs · thornback and peel · wildflowers · wildlifeLeave a comment

Here is a lovely wildlife blog from our friends at Cupsmith. Our favourite tea, coffee and hot chocolate makers. Spot the T&P product placement! As we continue with our upwilding project at Cupsmith HQ – to attract and support more wildlife – we’ve turned our attention to our scraggedy-raggedy fields. Luckily, my niece is a qualified ecologist and specialises in British wildlife so she has been our constant source of knowledge and above all enthusiasm. When I bemoaned our scruffy, sadly-ignored fields (running Cupsmith is all-consuming as you can imagine) she immediately said that far from being scruffy wasteland, they’re…

In conversation with Mims Heritage – the making of Wool Bunnies

11 April 2019 Categories: Friends & Family · History & MakingTags: bunny · design inspiration · Inspiration · lavender bunny · mims heritage · Pea Pod · Rabbit · Rabbit & Cabbage · tea towels · thornback & peelLeave a comment

Flora Mims of Mims Heritage is one of my oldest friends; we met on the first day of term of Norwich Art School and then went on to study Textiles at Goldsmiths College, London together. Here is a little window into her bunny making process with image captions taken from conversations with Flora. Each part is cut and sewn by hand then filled with sheepswool, lavender and rice. The bunnies are made using a beautiful brushed 100% wool fabric. Cutting the bunnies out of felt. The magic of drawing out a flat shape in order to create a three dimensional…