Can anyone help me now pls? Q re. Delia's Christmas cake baking parchment

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Am using packet mix for Delia's Christmas cake mix. Cake is ready to go in the oven but just realised you need baking parchment to go around the tin and baking parchment to cover the cake. Can I use greaseproof paper to cover the cake and do I really need to put something around the tin? Don't have baking parchment to do this - could I use greaseproof paper for that as well if really needed? TIA

when I say around I mean on the outside.

yes greasproof should be fine

or you can wrap tin in newspaper (thats what i do)

and yes you DO NEED to do it

Eh? I know you are supposed to make your Christmas cake early so it can mature but this does seem a bit excessive!
Or is it a Simnel cake?

Thanks for your replies. I used greaseproof and newspaper and it seems fine.

senua - I bought it after Christmas - it was reduced to 99p - down from £10 - so couldn't resist it. Mind you, by the time you buy everything you need for the decoration and factor in the cost of the eggs and butter you have to spend £10 more. It had a best before date of end Feb.

Note to self - read all of the instructions more thoroughly before starting - ideally a week or so before - and check that you have some string.

My mother has a roll of corrugated card she keeps and used to use it every year to wrap around the outside of the cake pan when baking Christmas cake, or any other fruit cake.