Christmas Cakes

The sooner the better, really. MIL makes her Christmas cakes around this time of year (feeding the fruit cake with booze on a weekly basis and icing the cake in December). I actually only started eating the cake she made me last year a couple of weeks ago and it is AMAZING!

Oh great so i didn't make it up...ha ha...!!

Do you happen to have her recipie at all?

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I don't, but I could ask her if I speak to her in the next couple of weeks (I'm seeing her on 13 Sep if you can wait until then). I do the eating, not the making ?

Yes I can wait till then...good things come to those who wait..ha ha.

Ha ha wish someone would make one for me...!!!

Cool - I will try my hardest to remember!

No, it's baaaaad that someone makes one for me, as I'm the only person who eats it in our house. I've polished off a family size Christmas cake (with extra thick marizpan) in just under four weeks ?

Ha ha four weeks for a family size cake...I like your style...a lady after my own heart...!!

You have to have cheese on Christmas cake....its better than icing...!!!

I'm not really a big Christmas cake fan but all this talk about Christmas is making me feel all festive!

I normally start making them the first week in October (having a cake business (sort of) I have to make quite a few). I'll probably start a bit earlier this year though as we're having a holiday in October.

I can post you a recipe for a yummy, Christmassy fruit cake if you'd like?

Purple pixie that would be great if you could post a recipie please...I have a few days off in Oct so I will make it then.

Thank you.

Sorry, I'm a 'bit' late spotting your reply to this. Would you still like it?

PP - i'd like the recipie if you have the time to type it out, i'm hosting christmas lunch this year for the in-laws after a horrible christmas lunch there so a home made christmas cake would score me huge brownie points ?

I don't need to type it out, Delia's done it for me ?

https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/occasions/christmas/christmas-cakes-icings-and-toppings/classic-christmas-cake?utm_source=www.hitched.co.uk&utm_medium=d&utm_campaign=otn&utm_content=from--recipes/international/european/british/classic-christmas-cake--to--node/13714

I've tried other recipes over the years but I always come back to this one.

That's fantastic thanks. Is it easy enough to do for a baking novice?

Yep. It's a 'throw it all in' kind of cake. Enjoy!

My favourite kind, thanks ?

Thank you all for your help, I will have a look at the recipie now and buy the ingrediants when I do my next 'big' shop.

Can't wait to bake it.

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