Christmas cakes

[jean2579]

My DIL has agreed that I can make the Chrissy cake this year for family dinner.
How soon should I start, and how long does it need to stand. There will be sherry or brandy in it.

[imastawka]

Did ya pickle it with booze?  Alcohol preserves it.   I use sweet sherry myself

Never had one go bad in 30 odd years (and they were odd)

I live in Melbourne - does get humid here.  But if you're timid

then keep it in the fridge,  but make sure it's airtight or it will dry out

[cherry*135]

No, no booze.

I was thinking more of the temps in QLD/Nth Qld.. the tropics.. hard to find a cool spot in houses there in summer.

I haven't made a Christmas Cake for years now... younger generation don't like it.

[imastawka]

I heard a story once about the Anzacs at Gallipoli

Mums/wives made fruitcake for their boys at the front.

But because Sherry/Rum or whatever was too expensive,

they made their cakes without it.   By the time the cakes

arrived they were rotten and inedible.

Only the ones made with booze survived the trip.

Always, always make christmas/fruit cake with alcohol if it needs to keep

[kas-au3]

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@imastawka wrote:

I heard a story once about the Anzacs at Gallipoli

Mums/wives made fruitcake for their boys at the front.

But because Sherry/Rum or whatever was too expensive,

they made their cakes without it.   By the time the cakes

arrived they were rotten and inedible.

Only the ones made with booze survived the trip.

Always, always make christmas/fruit cake with alcohol if it needs to keep

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you also have to be blind drunk in order to want to eat it.

like poi floater.

[imastawka]

Aww, c'mon, kas.  Ya can't compare a Chrissy cake to a pie floater

[gleee58]

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@imastawka wrote:

Aww, c'mon, kas.  Ya can't compare a Chrissy cake to a pie floater

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My theory is that they used to put coins in to blackmail the kids to eat them. No coins no eat.

[kas-au3]

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@imastawka wrote:

Aww, c'mon, kas.  Ya can't compare a Chrissy cake to a pie floater

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it's POI floater. can't ya spell awstrawlian?

and yes i can. it's just as disgusting.

if you want to eat something nice buy a pannettone.

..or anything else except cat food.

[kas-au3]

sorry i was  a bit sloppy with the words there.

what i meant was that you can buy anything else including cat food that will taste better than pommy food.

if you have that aquired taste - uuhhmmm ok i don't want to insult you but....

it's just that there is so much nice food out there that eating english food is like eating cat food when there is a gourmet menue in front of you but you chun it in favour of the cat food.

my point is: why eat somethine EEEWWW if you can eat something yummy instead?

[jimmy*part4]

I googled Christmas cake. Can't say I'm a fan, and if I was starving to death I'm sure I'd love some. 🙂

I also googled a spinning Christmas cake....none found, but This did come up. What kind of noise do you think a porcupine makes? Weird!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_dnB3IapeAA

[j*oono]

This thread is funny.  The Christmas cake wasn't the only thing that needed more booze 😄