God Save The Cream - Mason Cash Jubilee bowls

Get busy preparing for your Jubilee celebrations in style with these delightful pudding and mixing bowls from Mason Cash.

The traditional Mason Cash mixing bowl, that every country farmhouse kitchen is iconic for, has had a little redesign to mark the occasion of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this summer.

Available in cream, red and blue these patriotic ceramics are a true dedication to the year of 2012, while also boasting a Housewares silver award for 'Food Prep Innovation'.

The beautifully crafted products have been long loved by us Brits, appearing back in the 1800s in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England, where the area's local clay creates the natural colour of the traditional cream bowls. In fact, the company claims that the bowls are still used in the British Royal Household to this day to make puddings on Christmas Day.

In honour of this and the Queen's Jubilee this June, the special edition bowls also come with a very fitting "God Save The Cream" embossed on the side. Other very apt phrases to choose from include: "Let Them Eat Cake" and "Off With Her Bread" - enough to keep any history and foodie geek  like myself, very happy!

Prices do vary a little on the Internet, I actually bought my small pudding bowl in Adnams, on a trip up to Southwold, for £5. You can find the mixing bowl online between £15-£20, the jug for around £8, the small pudding bowl also for around £8, and the larger pudding bowl for around £10.

Grab one of these special pieces in time for your Jubilee baking - much more useful than the tacky souvenir mug you were intending on claiming after collecting 30 stamps from your newspaper!

God save the cream indeed !!

Bonny Mallows - flavoured gourmet marshmallows from Anglesey

I came across this lovely little brand while visiting my favourite sweet shop on Anglesey, Da Da Da. While rooting around the shop's traditional shelves bursting with goodies I saw a new addition - Bonny Mallows.

Produced by a local company, Bonny Confectionery, its tasty plan is to invent delicious confectionery, but with a difference. It claims that the handmade treats are made with only natural ingredients and are sourced locally wherever possible.
 

True to their word, Bonny Confectionery uses Anglesey vanilla sea salt in its products, which I was pleased to read on the packaging, being a huge fan of Halen Mon myself!

Marshmallows infused with Halen Mon's Vanilla Anglesey Sea Salt

Like many local producers a lot of effort goes into the presentation of products. You can buy a jar of Bonny Mallow Pops tied with a kitsch ribbon which is perfect for a gift. The branding features a very cute and simple logo of a little girl caricature with a blue bow in her hair, which compliments the product giving off a genuine and wholesome feel.

Who is Bonny?

Strawberry and Vanilla Marshmallow Pop
While feeling sorry for myself after catching a cold this week, I decided to try my Strawberry and Vanilla Marshmallow Pop to cheer myself up! I found it a little unusual to eat a marshmallow off a stick after dinner on a average Tuesday night, but the bright colours and sweet taste certainly did the trick in raising my spirits. It is clear that natural strawberry flavouring has been used, as the marshmallow coating gives off a lovely sharp bite - it even has tiny little strawberry pips which I think just add to its pretty appearance.

I saw this and thought of you...

The white marshmallow, which I'm assuming was the vanilla, wasn't the traditionally over powering  taste you get, when you order a Starbucks Vanilla Latte, but had almost a subtle, nutty taste.

I'm not the biggest fan of marshmallow and fruit anyhow, but it was still super yummy and something a little different - the Double Chocolate Marshmallow Dipper on the other hand I can't wait to try - read below for a review!

Although highly enjoyable, it isn't the type of sweet I would buy for myself, but it really works as a gift and if you're a big fan of marshmallows it's sure to hit the spot!

Double Chocolate Marshmallow Dipper

Perfect addition to your afternoon cappuccino

Resident Back to the Roots taste testers, The Humphreys Sisters gave this local product a dazzling four out of five stars:

"We thought the Double Chocolate Marshmallow Dippers were well good, although very rich - we could only manage two, but they went down really well with a brownie hot chocolate and melted nicely. I wasn't clear whether they were supposed to be melted into milk to create a hot chocolate or dip into a ready - either way they went down really well!"

Follow Bonny Confectionery on Twitter and Facebook for updates on their scrumptious treats.

So tempting...

Back to the Roots launches on Facebook

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Caroline
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