Made my cake! Who else?

[drinkswineoutofamug]

Maybe a bit late but followed Mrs beestons xmas cake recipe and it smells great.
Starting to feel like Christmas! 🎄

My fruit is soaking as we speak :D It'll get two overnights worth before baking on Friday. The kitchen smells aaaaamazing.

I use the delia recipe with 900g of fruit and 100ml of brandy. Though I used slightly more brandy.

Made mine last week! Using a good housekeeping recipe, bit simpler than some of the other ones I’ve tried but smells fabused amaretto and brandy in the past but this one uses Vodka!
I think that I enjoy thinking, talking and reading about Christmas cake almost as much as making them

Reading that I may have to make a vodka Christmas cake!

I've made two :) I'm going to cut them into quarters for Christmas presents, I always use the Delia recipe that says don't worry if it curdles

I was really organised somehow this year, made the first one about a month ago & the second one last week, I'm going to put brandy in every week or so now

drinkswineoutofamug it’s this one

Thanks shell.
Looks like I will be busy next week!

I've just bought amaretto, brandy and port for mine. I'll pop the fruit in to soak tonight and leave it for a couple of weeks; then, sometime in november, I'll boot everyone out of the house and indulge in some christmas music while I bake I make Delia's creole cake, with different alcohol and different fruit (TONNES of cherries!).

I flipping love Christmas.

Batch 1 done, batch 2 in the oven!

Now what can I do with the rest of the candied peel and cherries so they don’t get wasted 🤔

Gherkin - either make a Christmas pudding, or I have a fabulous recipe for an Italian fruit and nut tart - lots of almonds in.

Then a cherry almond loaf cake to use up cherries, although you don’t really need to use them up as they last ages.

Or a seasonal rocky road/ chocolate fridge cake with mixed peel and glacé cherries would be good too.

Ooh a seasonal rocky road could be an idea - something the kids might eat instead of Christmas cake.

They do last ages, but every year I forget I have them and every year I have to buy more because they've gone all weird from being in the cupboard for a year

The cherries are easier to use because I like a cherry bundt cake (a la Bake off a few years ago)

Gerkin they look grand!
I’m soaking my fruit in vodka over the week end. To make cake number 2. Then I’ve been asked to make a cake for a colleague, cake 3!

Okay so I thought I'd try my first recipe from the Jamie O Christmas book and make his Christmas cake. But the recipe states that you should let the fruit soak in stout for a few minutes. A few minutes! Surely that's not right? I've just bought all the ingredients

@drinkswineoutofamug Is it definitely plain flour that you use? Don’t you want it to rise a bit? Have got all the ingredients now for Mrs Beeton but a bit nervous to start! It came to £20 in all plus booze!

DH has made the cake and two Christmas puddings, and over the last week I've done two batches of sausages rolls and some mince pies for the freezer!

I’ve made mine. No nuts and no ughy candid peel in it but double the cherries. I use plain flour cos Delia says so.

Yeah plain flour here too as per Delia. Mine certainly had no trouble rising, it doesn’t rise too much though but you don’t need it to with almost a kilo of dried fruit in it.

Yes @Creamswirls , plain flour

Home from work.
Making the vodka cake tomorrow. I’m gathering from the recipe I dump all the fruit and vodka into the mixture?
Mince pies next week.

Just made the bbc good food make and mature cake today but dd has sloshed ok loads of brandy. Cake sticking to the baking paper and seems quite/too moist. Been baking for 2 hours - help!!!!!!

Just fed mine cherry brandy 😁

I actually can’t stand the taste of Christmas cake, i just love making it!

Maybe take it out of the oven and let it cool 🤷🏻‍♀️
It’s been baking for a long time.

Oh God this thread has just reminded me I promised to make a xmas pudding for my mother :-o

I’ve done that but it’s still very moist and sticky. Think it must be too much brandy! Recipe said bake for 2 hours at 150.

I’ve got 6 to make! Always do them in Oct half term. Will make them Thurs and Fri this week.