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]

          That spoiler killed me, goblins

Ok, just did a quick google.  Sea Foam is Honeycomb (the above recipe)

and Divinity candy  is a nougat-like confection made with egg white, corn syrup, and sugar.

[jean2579]

Thanks everyone, I am not quite sure that the thread went exactly as I anticipated, but it is certainly more fun.
I and my family love traditional Christmas food and we will continue to do so. I appreciate that not everyone doesn,t. We are a mixed cultural family and we each take a turn at Christmas to produce our idea of traditional fare and this it is my turn, so British type food it is. The kids love the differing Christmas lunches.

[freddie*rooster]

My Mother never made christmas cake because noone in the family liked it, instead she made 2 huge christmas puddings which were eaten as you would christmas cake with beer or a cup of tea.

[nicnacs_4u]

Love fruitcake,boiled also..I remember Christmas Day at my Aunties place a lifetime ago, she made the best Christmas pudding with real 6 pences in it..served with warm homemade custard...yum yum!!memories are wonderful...

[bluecat*dancing]

My great-grandmother used to make the best xmas pudding ever..

[lloydslights]

My six-year- old (at the time) nearly knocked himself out when he ran around the hall corner into the pudding hanging from a doorway at granma's.

I used to make boiled fruitcake often.  I preferred its moistness.

Still have some silver threepences and sixpences that I put into the puddings.  The "finders" redeem them for 10c and 20c, so the originals can be re-used next year.

DEB

[tasfleur]

At this very moment, I have a kilo of chopped fruit soaking in rum, brandy, cherry brandy and port.  Each morning I give it a splash of each then put the airtight lid on again.

In three days, it will become a Creole cake for Christmas.  I'll decorate it with lots of "snow" and goodies.

Oh yum yum yum, but this one is going to a dear friend down south .... 

[tasfleur]

"I read that as baby pelican pie. 

WT heck!!   baby pecans?

Since when do pecans give birth?"

Oh Stawka, you are exquisitely funny .... 

Pekingese puppies and Baby Pecanese Nuts ....

[tasfleur]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzdKDXGIues

[wilk1149]

I'm half Dutch and half pom. We had Christmas twice. In the 24th for the Dutch mob and 25th for the pomme mob. I love both types of Christmas food equally. Can't stand roll mops but. Hate any uncooked fish actually. We always received most of our presents on the 24th. One year I was at a friends place after getting my pressies and was showing my friend what I had and he went and asked his mum for his and she lost the plot and kicked me out of her house