Aspiring Bakers #26 – Creative Christmas Motif Bakes! [ROUND-UP]

WOW! WOW! WOW! What a month it had been! Despite being the holiday and festive season, everything was so fast paced! Before I know it, the month of December is already over! We’d come to a complete closure of 2012, and incidentally, the last Aspiring Bakers event of the year, Aspiring Baker #26 – Creative Christmas Motif Bakes as well! This month, we’d received a grand total of 50 valid entries! So glad that some of these aspiring bakers really took up the challenge and tried out new recipes and new decoration techniques etc. So yes! It had been a really eventful month!

This month I’d decided to challenge the group with Christmas-related bakes. Not any Christmas bakes but one which must contain a Christmas motif, that must in turn be handmade. Quite a mouthful isn’t it? And I’m pretty sure it was quite a handful of components to consider for some of us as well. Well, the idea was perceived out of goodwill, to help all of us sharpen our skills and stretch our tents, venturing into areas which hopefully we’d yet gone before! So I’m really gladden by the number of serious and genuine attempts some of them have put into it. Kudos to all of you!

Without further ado, here is the round up of all the wonderful entries from this month’s Aspiring Bakers #26 – Creative Christmas Motif Bakes! Here are they in chronological order as they’d been received.

(1) Christmas Theme Cupcakes 2012 from Veronica of Peng’s Kitchen

(2) Gingerbread Christmas Tree Cookie from Ann of Anncoo’s Journal

(3) Christmas Tree Cookies from Veronica of Peng’s Kitchen

(4) Christmas Swiss Roll from Adeline Ang [non-blogger] (recipe source from here)

(5) Christmas Tree Danish Butter Cookies from Adeline Ang [non-blogger] (recipe source from here)

(6) Eggnog Créme Brûlee Tart from Adeline of Adel-icious

(7) Cinnamon Apple Candy Cane Kolache from Veronica of Peng’s Kitchen

(8) 起司圣诞树面包 Christmas Tree Bread from Sze Min of Min’s Blog

(9) Matcha Red Bean Buns Christmas Tree from Veronica of Peng’s Kitchen

(10) Green Tea Shortbread Cookies from Lena of Frozen Wings

(11) Tiramisu Yule Log from CC of Dumpling Love

(12) Christmas Tree Danish Butter Cookies from Genie of Honeybee916food

(13) Snowflake Sugar Cookies from Gertrude of My Kitchen Snippets

(14) Christmas Cupcakes from Mich of Piece of Cake

(15) Rilakkuma Christmas Cupcake from 小歪 of C’est ma vie

(16) Chocolate Log Cake with Valrhona Chocolate Mousse from Jasline of Foodie Baker

(17) My Twelves Days of Christmas Cookies from Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids

(18) Swiss Roll Christmas Tree from 小歪 of C’est ma vie

(19) Christmas Cake Roll from Veronica of Peng’s Kitchen

(20) Christmas Holly Durian Log Cake from Jane of Passionate About Baking

(21) Xmas Snowman & Wreath Bread from Cathy of Cathy’s Joy

(22) Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Log Cake from Cathy of Cathy’s Joy

(23) Xmas Cuppies by Cathy of Cathy’s Joy

(24) Xmas Tree Choux Buns by Cathy of Cathy’s Joy

(25) 3D Present Cookies from Amanda of Crumbs and Cookies

(26) Pistachio Linzer Cookies with Strawberry Jam Filling from Gertrude of My Kitchen Snippets

(27) Candy Cane Sugar Cookies from Gertrude of My Kitchen Snippets

(28) Green Tea Shortbread Christmas Tree from Doreen of My little favorite DIY

(29) Matcha Red Bean Buns Christmas Tree from Bee Bee of HoneyBeeSweets

(30) Chocolate Granola Wreath with Holly Buttercookies from Bee Bee of HoneyBeeSweets

(31) Christmas Tree Macarons from Bee Bee of HoneyBeeSweets

(32) Red Velvet Christmas Yule log Cake from Bee Bee of HoneyBeeSweets

(33) Almond Amaretto Cookies from Joey of Little Accidents in the Kitchen

(34) Candy Cane Cookies from Joey of Little Accidents in the Kitchen

(35) Santa Bread (Straight Dough Method) from Vivian of Vivian Pang Kitchen

(36) Gingerbread Cookies with Egg-free Royal Icing from Vivian of Vivian Pang Kitchen

(37) Christmas Log Cake from  Vivian of Vivian Pang Kitchen

(38) Chocolate Snowflake Cake Pops from  Vivian of Vivian Pang Kitchen

(39) Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet Say Hi from Miss B of Everybody Eats Well in Flanders

(40) Xmas Japanese Rolled Cake from Alice of I Love. I Cook. I Bake

(41) Santa Brioche from Alice of I Love. I Cook. I Bake

(42) One Bowl Chocolate Xmas Cupcakes from Alice of I Love. I Cook. I Bake

(43) 圣诞树杆蛋糕 from Winnie of Xiao Homemade’s Blog

(44) Gingerbread Men from Yao of Bake Me

(45) Durian Mousse Yule Log from 小歪 of C’est ma vie

(46) Bûche de Noël from Samantha of Sweet Samsations

(47) Santa Claus Cookies from Angel of Cook.Bake.Love

(48) Chocolate Cream Cheese Bun from Sze Min of Min’s Blog

(49) Chocolate Walnut Cookies from Sze Min of Min’s Blog

(50) Red Velvet Mini Cakes from Doris of Tested and Tasted

(51) Mango Mousse Yule Log from Cynthia of The Baking Biatch

All looking so good isn’t it? Hope all of you had fun making these lovely christmas motif bakes, as much as I had enjoyed reading all of your posts!

So with this, we usher in 2013! Wishing all Aspiring Bakers, all my dear friends and readers a really blessed new year! Do continue to participate and support the upcoming Aspiring Bakers events which you find challenging and meaningful to you! And finally, stay healthy and beautiful, and may all your new year resolutions come to realisation, and all your wishes come true!

PS: Do not forget that there would be a giveaway for this “Aspiring Bakers #26 – Creative Christmas Motif Bakes!” coming up over the next couple of days! So please stay tune for the lucky winners! Yes! There would be more than one!

Meanwhile, hop over to Sweet Samsations for this month’s Aspiring Bakers #27 – Through Thick and Thin – Kue Lapis Classics. Its kueh lapis making time!!!

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