Christmas cake. Is it too late?

[Hairgician]

so ive procrastinated last few weeks on making my christmas cake. Is it too late to make this week and then feed for next 3 weeks??

I'm planning on cooking mine next Monday , fruit will soak 2 days in Amarretto .

Do the BBC Good Food Simmer and Stir fruit cake recipe The fruit go really plump and boozy, doesn't need feeding.

@70isaLimitNotaTarget - do you feed the cake with amaretto too? I bet it tastes gorgeous!

Ooo, I heat my in the saucepan ( see earlier it’s) now you’ve said microwave I’ve gone “ doh! Why have I never thought of that” 🤦‍♀️
right, that’s what I’m doing next year 😊

I feed mine with amaretto too. Tastes divine.

Never too late ..... I have been known to make mine Christmas Eve

I had extra rum/wine soaked fruit from last Christmas and I put it in the fridge in a sealed container. Can I still use it? Sorry, I know this is OP's thread!

Yes , it gets prodded with a skewer and Amarretto dripped in . then I make marzipan with Amarretto too

Excellent observations on the history of dried fruit, @Newlifestartingatlast! Wish I could remember specifically how dried fruit differed to now during my childhood.

I was slow to start this year - my fruit has only been soaking for about ten days (which to be fair is what my favoured recipe suggests), when I’d usually have begun weeks ago. Planning to bake this coming weekend. The hardest part is managing not to drink the tail end of the (ruinously extravagant) rum I’m using. Made that mistake last year and had to buy another bottle just to feed the cake. (I am not generally a rum drinker but the good stuff was a revelation.) I’m hoping it will all be ok for a first slice as the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols strikes up around 3pm on Christmas Eve.

Yes, we started digging into the cake on Christmas Eve a few years ago @Aixellency. It seemed naughty at first but, otherwise with Christmas pudding and everything it can get left for a few days.