Another Christmas cake

Posted On December 28, 2010

My father had also made a Christmas cake, but unlike the one I’d made, his followed the recipe more closely. Neither of us bother chopping the almonds or cherries, as in our family they’re generally preferred whole in the cake.

It was similarly iced to mine, but had been iced earlier and exposed to air – this is a vital step if you want the icing to become harder, which is often a nice touch. It wasn’t as moist as mine – which had verged rather on the gooey edge of things – but was just as delicious and certainly easier to slice. We shan’t go hungry for want of cake this Christmas – not with two 8ish-inch Christmas cakes and my father’s home-made stollen!