Better Homes and Gardens Australia — December 2017

Chocolate ripple wreath

Amazingmangocheesecake

Star-studdedbombe Alaska

Your essential

Christmas

desserts

Free!36-page BONUS Christmas cookbook

So simple spun sugarin just 20 mins. Gorgeous!

Your time to shineFast, fab, festive show-stoppers

Glam garnishes for extra blingPlusstunning single serves

STEP BY STEP FOR SO EASY PREP

Mini upside down baked

cheesecakes, page 32

EDITOR'S LETTER

s

o we’re here, like Santa’s

bestest helpers to get you

Christmas clever! But let me

explain a little thing up front. Some

time ago, I told you how we all fall

into one of three prep categories

for Christmas. Forgive me if you’re

reading it again. But for those of

you who don’t know, the first of

you are Christmas Creatives who

begin your amazing planning in

October. Then in November, you

Traditionalists emerge, liking to

make your Christmas pretty much

the same every year with perhaps

just a stunning little twist here or

there – you’re so organised. Come

December, you Last Minute Maniacs

storm the stores – in waves of

chaos! And we’re ready for you all.

But right now we’re concentrating

on you clever Creatives. With time

still ahead but with your heart full

of ‘what can I make, what can I do

for everybody’, we’ve bundled up

a collection of amazing makes for

Not Chrissie planning

yet? Then enjoy time in

your garden with these

exquisite summer

pots plus more ‘green’

ideas to simply

charm you PAGE 68

you to snip, stick and stitch – check

them all out, from page 44 – with a

big dollop of brights and bling for

you to absolutely sparkle! (And PS,

you sparkle-arkling should be the

real order of the day – just sayin’!)

Meanwhile your peeps will adore

them. And that’s just the decos!

What else? Time to don your chef

extraordinaire’s hat of course, and

get baking. Then right smack as

the season begins, just like magic,

you bring out these goodies from

your pantry and hand them around

to unending compliments. And

that’s not counting the mastery you

create for the big day. Oh, that we

were all Creatives like you. Merry

Christmas, you are super stars!

For those of us who are breathless

with exhaustion just reading this, the

rest of this issue is for you to relax.

Welcome

Hello you crazy Christmas Creatives!

We know your head is in a spin right

now planning, planning, planning...

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Photography Andre Martin; styling Annette Forrest

In readiness for the

delightful silly season,

this issue comes with

Christmas desserts – a

free 36-page cookbook

just for you! Plus, our

25-page baking special

also gets you going for

wonderful entertaining.

And if you buy the festive

cakelet pan (above), your

mini cakes, cheesecakes

and biscuits – and savoury

treats, too – will have a

very special presentation.

Check page 39 for all

the info you need. And

even without the fab

little pan, your baking is

covered from page 16.

MAGIC BAKES

TO MAKE

gotta

love this

fr e e

cookbook

12 BHG DECEMBER 2017