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Re: Christmas Cake
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very nice, only thing I saw a little bug on it, have enlarged it for you
Originally Posted by Chookie
(Post 9056563)
I have just finished decorating the Christmas cake, and seeing as I am pretty proud of how it turned out, I thought I would share....
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...istmascake.jpg I know it isn't perfect, I know some of the holly leaves are wonky and not properly lined up, but it does look pretty good in real life (you can't see the wonky holly when you look at it - strange that!)... I am also glad I have got this done - one more thing to cross off the "to do" list! |
Re: Christmas Cake
Originally Posted by Joe_Sleepy
(Post 9059849)
Without Royal icing it's not a real Christmas cake..
I'd bought a small "dark" fruit cake from Safeway. It had marzipan or almond paste, (is there a difference? ... better google THAT next), on the top but no sugar icing apart from that. I made some great Royal Icing using egg white, a little cream of tartar, and a lot of icing sugar. I didn't bother trying to smooth it but left it "in peaks" as my mum used to do. I made FAR too much for my small cake, so I took the remaing icing and added more icing sugar until it was thick enough to roll into balls about (2cm diam), then cooked them in the microwave (5-6 at a time on baking parchment) and made M/Wave meringues. The fam still don't go much for the cake but they love the meringues! :thumbsup: |
Re: Christmas Cake
Time to resurrect this thread as I made mine today.
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Re: Christmas Cake
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 9705337)
Time to resurrect this thread as I made mine today.
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Re: Christmas Cake
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 9705352)
As its only me that eats it, I just buy one from the English food shop. :(
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Re: Christmas Cake
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 9705360)
I used the same recipe as last year and totting up all the ingredients I think the cake weighs about 7lb. It's big, but I'm a greedy and I like christmas cake.
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Re: Christmas Cake
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 9057733)
Nice. I like christmas cake.
I made ours in November and have been pouring brandy on it every few days since. Well until it got iced; which took 1Kg of icing sugar. It is quite a large cake considering there are only two of us. I have terrible memories of Christmas cake. I got violently ill one year when I was little and I can't even look at them now. |
Re: Christmas Cake
Originally Posted by Lord Vader
(Post 9705377)
I would imagine that bad ass wolf of yours will clean up what is left over.
I have terrible memories of Christmas cake. I got violently ill one year when I was little and I can't even look at them now. |
Re: Christmas Cake
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 9705382)
Probably not the thread for you then?
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Re: Christmas Cake
Great cake Chookie.:thumbup:
Reminded me of last Christmas when the in laws gave us a very alcoholic Christmas Cake, big enough to feed a small country. Great...only problem we were due to fly out six days later and only hubby eats it. The packers enjoyed it:rofl: |
Re: Christmas Cake
Nom nom...love Christmas cake, particularly my Mums 'special' (aka brandy-fed for 2 months) effort.
And bless her, she doesn't want us to miss out for our first year in Canada so much so that she's just posted us one (along with other assorted holiday knick-knacks) at a cost of £34 via Parcel Farce apparently. Eek, that is some motherly love. :blink: |
Re: Christmas Cake
Originally Posted by TheThornes
(Post 9058562)
My mum always made a Christmas Cake every year. She didn't like fondant so always made Royal icing. However, she didn't know how to get it all smooth on the cake so every cake was a "snow scene theme" complete with plastic reindeer on top! I used to make Christmas cakes the first few years we were married but gave up when I realised none of us actually liked fruit cake (or was it just my baking?) ;)
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