✨2023 Advent HQ✨
Pancake and Lulu 2023 Advent HQ
Welcome to the Festive Yarn Tasting
The 2023 Advent Calendar is inspired by all new festive treats and fun drinks in all new colors! Each mini skein is paired with a fun colorful recipe I have found online.
Each day of December, visit this page to see a new photo reveal of the day's colorway along with photos and links to the inspirational recipe and my recreation attempts (ha!) and notes. I encourage everyone to try some of the recipes with me!
You can follow along with me on instagram @pancakeandlulu and my YouTube channel: Pancake and Lulu Yarn and Fiber.
If you use Instagram or Ravelry, please tag me! Use the hashtag #pancakeandlulu and @pancakeandlulu to post your daily yarn and/or a special treat of the day (whatever it may be)!
Thank you for purchasing the Advent Calendar and for supporting Pancake and Lulu Yarn ~ I had a blast creating this for you.
Enjoy your stitching, sipping and nibbling!
🎄Happy Holidays!🎄
xo Aimee xo
Pink Champagne Cupcake
Recipe Link:
https://www.foodfanatic.com/recipes/pink-champagne-cupcakes-recipe
Couldn't be simpler-and so pretty! Calls for a mix for the cake, which is awesome for an easy holiday dessert - but any basic cake recipe can be used.
My Cupcakes
I actually made a simple yellow cupcake recipe from scratch using almond flour (the linked recipe calls for a white cake mix, but I didnt have that on hand). My version didnt have much of a pink champagne flavor, but was still delicious and very pretty!
Empress Pomegranate
Recipe Link:
https://dixiedelightsonline.com/2020/12/celebrating-christmas-2020-empress-holiday-cocktails.html
There are a few holiday Empress Gin recipes on this page - this is my favorite gin - the color is always such a delight! Also the festive ice cubes at bottom of the page are a cute idea!
These were delightful!
The pomegranate seeds (also called arils) look like beautiful rubies in this gorgeous cocktail.
Blackberry Cream Pie
Recipe Link:
https://adventuresincooking.com/no-bake-blackberry-cream-pie-with-brown-butter-crust/
This is one of my very favorite recipe sites - the photography is so beautiful! And the recipes I have made are spectacular!
This is a more involved and special recipe - so I will make this one later when I have more family home to enjoy it!
Lemon Lavender Cake
Coming Soon…
Dark Chocolate Blueberry
These were so gooood!
My family loved these and I would definitely make again! However, I used the high speed blender as suggested in the recipe and I would just use a food processor next time - it was tricky getting the ingredients to blend without too much liquid in the blender. Also - these are messy to eat - but simple and delicious - and very healthy!
Nutella
Recipe Link:
https://www.gnom-gnom.com/keto-nutella-hazelnut-spread/#recipe
This is a gluten-free, paleo and keto version! 🍫
My Nutella & Passiflora Wrap!
The Nutella turned out delicious but not an exact copy of regular Nutella! The recipe took a bit more oil (I used Macadamia Nut oil - as I had it on hand). I also added some water to the processor to make it more creamy - that also helped. Way less sweet and way more healthy than store bought version! Progress on my Passiflora Wrap by Ambah O'Brien.
Raspberry Chocolate Brownie
Yum Yum!
These brownies were so delicious! I made a similar recipe last year as part of my calendar, but I think this recipe is even better. I made these to bring to my son at college - and to get them out of the house - they are hard to resist!
Chai Latte
Amarula Gingerbread Chai!
This was an absolutely delicious and cozy dessert-drink. I highly recommend Amarula - a cream liqueur derived from an African fruit, Marula. The company also had a foundation to protect African Elephants. The gingerbread syrup in this recipe is well worth making and would also be delicious over vanilla ice cream. I used a handheld frother which worked beautifully!
Brown Sugar Cookie
Today's package includes a sweater cookie cutter for the yarn calendar and a woolly sheep cutter for the fiber calendar! I had these fiber related cutters specially made by a company here in the US for my Advent this year - and I will put some extras up for sale in my shop next week
I am excited to create some "Ugly Xmas Sweater" cookies this season! And some cute wooly sheep!
Old Fashioned
My Christmas Old Fashioned
This was really Christmassy! It would be perfect on a very cold winter's day to warm you up from the inside. I used a little bit of homemade orange cranberry sauce and muddled that with the pomegranate seeds, syrup and bitters - and this gave a lot of seasonal flavor.
Vanilla Cupcake
Yum!
These are so simple and delicious! The icing recipe is a linked at the end of the recipe and I must say - in the past, buttercream icing stressed me out becasue of alternating the addition of ingredients can over mix and cause it to break. But this recipe, simplified that and was no stress and not over mixed - must remember for next time.
Citrus Tart
Grapefruit Shortbread
My Grapefruit Vanilla Shortbread
These were so delicious and fun to make - definitely a keeper. Loved the grapefruit flavor!
Dark & Stormy
Who knew the weather today in my area would be exactly this! How deliciously appropriate. Great holiday twist on the classic. I used some strained homemade cranberry sauce I had on hand - made a perfect simple syrup for this recipe.
Pink Snowball
These are amazing!
One of the very best recipes in this collection. The powdered dried strawberries in the sugar coating add amazing flavor. I used pecans as my nuts but excited to try others.
Christmas Ice Cream
I made a smaller cake in a loaf pan. I couldn't easily find peppermint ice cream so I used raspberry chocolate chip and mint chip! This was a fun and easy dessert and quite festive!
Pink Chocolate Bark
So simple and delicious!
Freeze dried raspberries add so much flavor!
Full Set Photos
(after 12/25/23!)
2023 Full Yarn Set Reveal
2023 Full Fiber Set Reveal
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