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When Dolce & Gabbana does Easter Cakes…

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Try the Easter egg alternative from Italy’s legendary luxury fashion brand. Available from www.souschef.co.uk

The colomba cake (colomba di pasqua) is Easter’s answer to a Christmas panettone! This light, buttery cake is made using natural sourdough fermentation methods, slowly proving over 72 hours to produce a fragrant enriched dough.

Sicilian makers Fiasconaro are renowned for their Christmas panettone collaborations with Dolce & Gabbana, and for the first time last year, the Dolce & Gabbana Easter colomba cake was unveiled on the catwalk of designer confections. Now, this unique and highly sought after version of a classic is back for 2022.

The stunning blue and white tins (oh so giftable!) are designed by Sicilian artists, and inspired by the traditional majolica pottery of the island.

Fiasconaro x Dolce & Gabbana Mandorle Di Sicilia Colomba 750g, £34.99
Fiasconaro x Dolce & Gabbana Mandorle Di Sicilia Colomba

The first colomba is flavoured with candied orange peel, orange purée and an aromatic, aged Marsala wine. The dough is studded with Sicilian almonds and crunchy sugar crystals. Each cake is shaped like a dove, to symbolise peace at Easter time (columba di pasqua translates literally as ‘Easter dove’).

Fiasconaro x Dolce & Gabbana Strawberry & Chocolate Colomba with Sicilian Chocolate Spread

Fiasconaro x Dolce & Gabbana Strawberry & Chocolate Colomba with Sicilian Chocolate Spread 1kg, £44.99

This slow-proved sourdough colomba cake is studded with chocolate and swirled with wild strawberry jam. Once you’ve cut a slice of colomba, simply spread with rich, silky Sicilian chocolate spread. A real Easter indulgence.

Ladurée – The Easter Collection 2021

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Ladurée is delighted to partner with French artisan chocolatier Patric Chapon for its upcoming Easter collection. Alongside the delicious chocolate eggs, the classically delicate Ladurée Easter egg box design draws new inspiration from the Mayan chocolate god “Ek Chuah” and incorporates a seasonal pastel colour scheme.

Ladurée by Chapon has created 3 special gift sets:

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  • The individual dark chocolate egg is created with 75% Chuao chocolate encrusted with toasted almonds (185 g – £28)
  • The individual milk chocolate egg is 48% Chuao chocolate and Saint Malo milk encrusted with toasted almonds (185 g – £28)
  • The beautifully designed gift box holds 20 Sicilian almond and Piedmont hazelnut praline chocolate eggs which are carefully decorated with white chocolate designs (265 g- £32)
  • All three are available in-stores and online from the 15th of March.
  • Visit www.laduree.co.uk for more details.

 

Our Top Pick is Perfect For Easter: Delicario Sweet Easter Hamper

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best easter hamperThere was much excitement when the Delicario Sweet Easter Hamper arrived at our home. ‘What is that?’ the children endlessly enquired. The husband asked when we would break into it. Well, it was not that long after it arrived, no one has that amount of willpower.

The hamper includes hand-crafted mini eggs (which are the best I have ever tasted) and a Madagascar dark chocolate egg for connoisseurs from Italian artisan chocolatier Autore (which is out of this world). Delicious melt-in-the-mouth sourdough Pear and Chocolate Bauletto cake (one of the best cakes I have ever tasted, just glorious), fragrant lemon biscuit and crunchy rich dark chocolate and hazelnut Goloso biscuits (both gone quickly). It sells for £79.50 and is worth every penny.

I love Easter and this hamper gives instant joy. I cannot recommend it enough.

There is a greeting card and personal message included. The hamper itself and the greetings card are elegant and beautiful.

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It is available here: https://www.delicario.com/hampers-gifts/p/delicario-sweet-easter-hamper Treat yourself, or someone else, now.

Awesome Easter Ideas: Chocolate With a Difference

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Awesome Easter Ideas- Chocolate With a Difference totally chocolate doughnuts

It is always good to be a little bit different and these two original and fun chocolate gifts make excellent Easter gifts. Either for yourself, or someone else. The chocolate doughnuts are 100% chocolate and are cute and interesting, They even have yummy hundreds and thousands sprinkled on top. They also look like real doughnuts. Have fun this Easter by fooling someone. They won’t mind after they eat it. 

Go nuts for Doughnuts that are totally chocolate. These round rings are just this thing to treat yourself this Easter, and are perfect for sharing or dunking.

Dive into these tasty treats the Chocolate Doughnuts are made from 100% solid white and milk Belgian chocolate and crafted carefully to look like an iced doughnut, the decoration adds an extra delight with hundreds and thousands.

Irresistibly edible, crave the crunch of chocolate bliss, for this fun food is great for Easter… just £13.95 from www.prezzybox.com.

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This super cute bunny rabbit burrowing for carrots is adorable and original. It is also a great gluten free Easter inspired chocolate set. The chocolate is handmade and made from delicious milk and white Belgian chocolate. It will have people talking and is an awesome alternative to the Easter egg.

Make a veggie laugh with this veggie patch, they are even gluten free. Just £9.95 from www.prezzybox.com now.

 

 

Easter Gift Idea For Little Ones: Gifts Hub’s Personalised Books

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We were bowled over by Gifts Hub’s Personalised Books for little ones. They come in a gorgeous presentation box, and the books are stunning. The book is personalised on the front and throughout. You can also include a personal message in the opening page.

Journey into the World with “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” Book

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Gifts Hub Launches New, Personalised Journey into the World with “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” Book1 Gifts Hub Launches New, Personalised Journey into the World with “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” Book

Personalised gifting group, Gifts Hub, make these books. We really loved the children’s classic, Journey with The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book. The children’s book is available to purchase on the group’s UK websites, I Just Love It and Historic Newspapers

This new edition stars international-bestselling and award-winning author Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, bringing the iconic caterpillar into the 21st Century for a new generation to enjoy.

Once the book has been personalised, The Very Hungry Caterpillar takes on the chosen name, resulting in the recipient becoming the star of the book. This creates a unique and personalised story for any child, as they embark on a special journey into the world.

Each page has been illustrated and written in homage to author Eric Carle, and his unique drawing and writing style can be seen on every page. Colourful, bold illustrations are teamed with large text to engage and entertain any reader.

The new book can be personalised with a child’s name, which features on the front cover and throughout the copy, and a message, which features on the title page of the book.

A bespoke, embossed pastel gift box has also been produced as a luxury presentation option which is included in the price with any purchase of the new book. The presentation box really takes the gift to another level.

The Personalised Journey with the Very Hungry Caterpillar (I Just Love It) and Personalised Journey with the Hungry Little Caterpillar (Historic Newspapers) books are available to purchase now for £24.99.

Gifthub also have:

Thomas The Tank Engine. A personalised edition of a classic railway series story. 

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Another beautiful book. Personalised on the front and throughout. This is a great story with wonderful illustrations by C. Reginald Dalby.

We can highly recommend these gorgeous books which are published by Signature Books. They are classic books with beautiful illustrations, all personalised to your child. Frost loves. 

 

30 Days of Gratitude Day 25 #30daysofgratitude

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Today I am grateful for the long weekend. Four days of family bliss. Happy Easter everyone.

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Catch up on other days:

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What are you grateful for?

 

 

Top of the Pop-Ups this Easter at the Perrier-Jouët Modern Mayfair Garden

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Spring has sprung and what better way to celebrate than with a glass of fizz in an idyllic garden setting. Let’s toast this Easter at La Caprice, Mayfair and be sure to enjoy your lunch before or after perusing The Royal Academy of Arts’ latest landmark exhibition. Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, sees Claude Monet’s water lily paintings brought to the UK for the very first time. We think this is the perfect opportunity for you to immerse yourself into spring whilst enjoying some remarkable art, food and also some lovely goodies to take away.

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Priced at £38 per person, this includes a glass of Perrier-Jouët Champagne, two-course lunch at Le Caprice, tickets to ‘Painting the Modern Garden’ exhibition, a Floris London gift bag with Rose Hand Cream and Jermyn Street fragrance sample.

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The Perrier-Jouët Modern Mayfair Garden is open throughout the exhibition’s run period – 30 January until 20 April 2016

We think it’s the perfect Easter treat for the adults!

For more information visit: Le Caprice

Playmobil creates another winner by Margaret Graham

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At Frost we love Playmobil’s products. The company  seem to have a great understanding of what children want.

At Christmas we gave their long-lasting ‘alternatives to chocolate’ advent calenders. The children are still playing with the characters, happily creating worlds of their own.

We at Frost are really pleased then, to see the new Playmobil Gift Eggs for Easter 2016

This year there are four new themes:

Playmobil creates another winner by Margaret Grahammermaid

Mermaid with Seahorses

For those into football

footballWhat about the Pirate hunting for Treasure?

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Our personal favourite is the Zookeeper and his alpaca.

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Partly because one of us lived near an alpaca farm and the farmer would walk them along the cliff path as he took his family for picnics. Gorgeous.

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One of these eggs will find their way into the lives of our little ‘uns  this Easter. Such a lovely time of year, and these eggs will go on giving pleasure until the figures can be added to next year.

All eggs @ £6.99 each.

 

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