when do you make your christmas cake?

[Lucybug]

I never make my own cake but I've been inspired by a thread. When do you make it though? you have to leave it for a few weeks don't you?

make?

we will probably do ours in a couple of weeks, just so we can get the best part of a bottle of brandy into it.

sooner the better, but still tastes nice if you do it a week or two beforehand.

when i can be bothered to go and buy one

I aim to make it in October half term - I used to do that when I was single and worked in a school but now I have less time in school hols so will probably do it first week of NOv

yesterday's thread on this very subject

excuse my swearing at the end...

Swearing excused Mama!
Thanks all.....will attempt my first cake at the weekend. Am going to try the Sainsbury's cake recepie me thinks!

I love making mine, it's so evocative of autumn/winter and the dark evenings which I love

I think I will have to move north if all this global warming continues, I am a natural winter person and hate all this bleedin' hot weather!!

We are moving at end of October though so what with the chaos and all I will have to do it in early November. Still plenty of 'feeding' time for the brandy!

Last year I made mine and didnt eat it so am starting to feed it with brandy again and hoping it will be ok! I made it at a miserable time in my life and now am eating it at a good time. The thing about Christmas is it can be a time when ritual brings closure or reflection and for me this year it will be closure.