Sugar Sugar

Don’t forget the sugar! This too can be beautiful with home-made crafty touches. You can make your own wrappers, your own flavoured sugar cubes, or decorate ready-made ones. Another tip: find crystallised sugar on a stick in Middle Eastern shops in either plain white or gold with saffron strands. You can also make your own floral or botanical sugars: infuse a bag of sugar with lavender, rose, lilac or lemon geranium petals, or flavour it with cinnamon sticks, citrus peel or vanilla pods. Simply mix your chosen flower or spice into a jar of sugar and leave it to absorb the scent. Not only do these ideas look good, but they also add flavour to drinks and baked goods.