Just out of the oven.........

[scots_lass]

...........is my Christmas cake! First time I have ever made one so fingers crossed! And just finished making a lot of marmalade. This awful weather has a lot to answer for!

Any other Christmas cake bakers?

 

[Jane Smart]

I made one once, it never got eaten because I don't like Christmas cake

Don't ask me why I made one, I always buy one now, which still never gets eaten I only buy it in case any of our guest enjoy it

Good on you though

 

[scots_lass]

Well I reckon I should at least try to make one once! No idea what it will be like - it was a Nigella recipe which should be pretty bombproof!

 

[rich p]

I'm sure the cake is good but what bad weather?
Shorts and T-shirts here today

 

[palinurus]

If I made one now it wouldn't last until Wednesday, let alone christmas.

 

[badkitty]

Well done! I used to make them, but as I'm the only one who likes them, it seems like an insane thing to do.(One year I ate most of it all by myself.. ). Now I make Stollen instead which everyone loves and I have to fight to get any before it disappears. A much better arrangement.

 

[scots_lass]

I'm sure the cake is good but what bad weather?
Shorts and T-shirts here today

It's been teeming it down with rain yesterday and today here - windy & cold into the bargain! Lucky you!

 

[rich p]

Well done! I used to make them, but as I'm the only one who likes them, it seems like an insane thing to do.(One year I ate most of it all by myself.. ). Now I make Stollen instead which everyone loves and I have to fight to get any before it disappears. A much better arrangement.

Stollen, I love it. Is it hard to make or do you get someone else to do it for you?

It's been teeming it down with rain yesterday and today here - windy & cold into the bargain! Lucky you!

I've lit the fire now though

 

[badkitty]

Stollen, I love it. Is it hard to make or do you get someone else to do it for you?

I make it. It's not hard..just like making bread. The trick is not to eat all the marzipan whilst waiting for it to rise though.
I make about 5 or 6 a week starting on the first of December. Stollen's just too good to wait until Christmas.

 

[rich p]

I make it. It's not hard..just like making bread. The trick is not to eat all the marzipan whilst waiting for it to rise though.
I make about 5 or 6 a week starting on the first of December. Stollen's just too good to wait until Christmas.

Fnaar, Fnaar!!

I'm going to have a go, BK, cheers. How's the hoof?

 

[Archie_tect]

Father in law bakes 6 every year at the end of September [used to be a master baker until he retired... no, really, he was] and then spends all October dripping brandy into the upturned cakes' bases. His cakes are very popular [!]... and the icing stays soft all year in a sealed tin... what little remains of them.

 

[Dayvo]

Stollen, I love it. Is it hard to make or do you get someone else to do it for you?

You want a good cake recipe?

THIS is delicious, with a capital F!

http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/miscellaneous/printview.php?rid=misc-paasbrod

one variation is to have a line of marzipan through the middle for extra sweetness!

 

[Fnaar]

Oooh, I might have a go... I'm the only one in our gaff that'll eat it though... the brandy idea is good too... some friends did the cake/brandy thing once, from end of Oct till Xmas, only for the dog to jump on the table and eat most of it on Xmas day! The dog was a bit quiet for a day or two, apparently.

 

[rich p]

You want a good cake recipe?

THIS is delicious, with a capital F!

http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/miscellaneous/printview.php?rid=misc-paasbrod

one variation is to have a line of marzipan through the middle for extra sweetness!

I'm on a diet though! I'll give it a go for Christmas. Easter cake at Christmas is a bit heretical