Welcome to Kitchen Queries, where the nigella.com team will answer your cooking or food related questions.  We’d love you to submit some of your recipe problems, dilemmas or queries for us to get our teeth into!

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• I've made too much frosting for my cupcakes

  If I make too much frosting for my cupcakes, what's the best way to store the leftovers until I decorate the next batch? It seems a shame to throw it away.

  Posted by lovelykatherine. Answered on 30th Dec 2010 at 12.00

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• Too Much Ham

  Hi, I was planning on making the Aromatic Spiced Ham from the Christmas special, which calls for an approximately 3kg ham. My husband, in a fit of optimism (when ham was on sale), bought a 15kg full ham leg, and froze it. Now I have significantly more ham then I need. Should I just cut off what I need once it has thawed? What do I do with the rest, as I can not refreeze it? (besides make every Nigella ham recipe)

  Posted by lillygirl. Answered on 29th Dec 2010 at 12.00

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• Black Beer Gingerbread

  I wanted your "Black Beer Gingerbread" recipe, which was in the Dec22nd programme on BBC2. Unfortunately the BBC website only shows 3 of those recipes, which does not include the Gingerbread. Regards, Eileen Sells

  I would like to bake that Gingerbread, but I can't use Blackbeer. Is it possible to use milk instead? Or anything else non-alcoholic? Thank you! mahamane

  Posted by ronselles@tiscali.co.uk. Answered on 28th Dec 2010 at 12.00

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