Christmas Cake Nobody Likes

I think she likes the cake.

Christmas cake nobody likes. This cake is a rich dark moist fruit cake very flavorful at christmas. Because no matter what s going on in the world a slice of this cake will make things seem better. Christmas cake and fruitcake often refer to the same thing. Instead i ll stay in 2020 and enjoy the tiny slice of history that nana ling left behind.

Adjust the colors to match the wrapping under your tree or use classic red and green for the season. A christmas cake recipe that s loaded with fruit nuts and rum. A cake with lots of candied dried fruits in them a spicy sweet flavor profile and the presence of an alcohol such as rum. Christmas cake christmas pudding mince pies if you don t like dried fruit you are in trouble at christmastime.

Offering homemade christmas cake is right up there with threatening to put coal in your children s christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. Twelfth night and easter. This recipe is started in october or november so as to let it mellow before the holidays.

There s no time like the present to try this beautiful wrapped up cake. When families in the sixteenth century made their christmas puddings for the big day they would often use some of the mixture. The christmas cake as we know it comes from two christian feast days. I love making christmas cake even if nobody loves.

However the american version of fruitcake often differs significantly from british christmas cake which is typically a moist dense fruitcake draped in fondant and often decorated festively for the holiday season. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother.