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Does anyone know of a cheese that would taste nice eaten with Christmas fruit cake? It is a fruit cake without icing, I just feel it would taste nicer eaten with a bit of cheese.

Wensleydale is nice with tea bread. That might work

Red leicester.

(hungry now)

Stilton. Oh yeah.

<drool>

<runs to shop for fruit cake and cheese>

We eat it with cheese every year. Just after Xmas, I take the icing off, cake is a bit drier and crumblier, delicious with the slightly nutty taste of Red Leicester. DH used to look like this at the combination... when I first met him, now he's a convert!

Thanks thought I was being weird, some great suggestions, think Stilton may be a bit hardcore for me, but def going to try Wensleydale and Red Leicester, fab!

White Stilton or Wensleydale or a mild (not "tasty") Lancashire.

I love rich fruit cake with manchego.

another vote for Red Leicester

Wensleydale or a strong cheddar work well IMO.

Haven't cut into our cake yet - we hav to wait until we have the tree up.

Do you eat the cake and then eat the cheese?

Sounds a delicious combination!

Wensleydale! Both in the same bite!

Wensleydale for me too!

Manchego or Lancashire or Feta would all work, but Blue Stilton would be my favourite.

Cheshire cheese is nice with cake, too. My DH is a convert to cheese and cake now too!

I eat it it with a mature cheddar.

Lancashire is the traditional choice imho but Cheshire might also work. Yum.

Wensleydale. So delicious! But a mature cheddar is nice with fruit cake too.

It has to be Wenslydale!!!!!!!!! Anything other than a crumbly mild white cheese is just wrong.

I really didn't need to bother with the biscuits for cheese this year did I

Only Lancashire should be eaten with Christmas cake

Up to now Wensleydale is the clear favourite, with twice as many votes as Stilton, Cheddar or Lancashire.

I'm a Stilton or Lancashire girl, maybe we need a poll??

Cranberry wensleydale..mmm. Or white stilton.

Manchego!