Christmas Watch 2026

[Mad Doug Biker]

I posted this on the 'Chain' thread yesterday.

Yes, I do apologise! 😆:


View: https://youtu.be/_JhVkWNHaU4?si=6BFdpC6ZG-xwhzlj

 

[Accy cyclist]

My mother used to make and bake our Christmas cake now in August complete with almond paste on top, saying it gave it time to settle before cutting it on the actual day. 🤔 🧐

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

My mother used to make and bake our Christmas cake now in August complete with almond paste on top, saying it gave it time to settle before cutting it on the actual day. 🤔 🧐

My Mum did that one year and it stank the place out for months.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad smell per se, although it also wasn't the nicest and quite frankly, nothing could have put me more off it for life than that.

I think I was actually made to eat it on the day after having gone decidedly off the wretched thing.

I can smell it now just thinking about it.

 

[Accy cyclist]

My Mum did that one year and it stank the place out for months.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad smell per se, although it also wasn't the nicest and quite frankly, nothing could have put me more off it for life than that.

I think I was actually made to eat it on the day after having gone decidedly off the wretched thing.

I can smell it now just thinking about it.

To me, the smell was quite nice, smelling of a baking cake and that's it. She put the almond paste on after baking, not while baking by the way.😉

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

To me, the smell was quite nice, smelling of a baking cake and that's it. She put the almond paste on after baking, not while baking by the way.😉

I think it was the other ingredients she used that made the smell, this was NOT a 'cake' smell as such.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I think it was the other ingredients she used that made the smell, this was NOT a 'cake' smell as such (ok, it was, but not a 'normal' cake smell I mean).

Mmm, maybe too much cinnamon.🤔

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Mmm, maybe too much cinnamon.🤔

Of anything it was more of a yeasty or fermenting smell. It was sort of like a... Oh sorry, I have just remembered, this was a Christmas pudding (I think), not a cake, sorry!
Brain Fart there! 😊🤦‍♂️😆

Well, whatever it was, it stank anyway! 🙄

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

To be fair, I was still a 'Pup' at the time, but... What A Pudding!!

I've never been near it or the cake anyway... Can you tell? 🤔😆