So sad - the Christmas Cake is finished

**dugimodo** · 12-01-2019, 04:07 PM

I might be in the minority here, I don't like Christmas cake much at all. Or those horrible little fruit pies.

**Zippity** · 12-01-2019, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by dugimodo

I might be in the minority here, I don't like Christmas cake much at all. Or those horrible little fruit pies.

+1

But I love almond icing

**kenj** · 12-01-2019, 09:12 PM

SWMBO put me on a fruit diet seeing as I had put on a couple of Kilo's over the holidays. So I have a coffee and a couple of FRUIT MINCE PIES for morning, afternoon and evening tea.. I love them.

**Zippity** · 12-01-2019, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by kenj

SWMBO put me on a fruit diet seeing as I had put on a couple of Kilo's over the holidays. So I have a coffee and a couple of FRUIT MINCE PIES for morning, afternoon and evening tea.. I love them.

FRUIT MINCE PIES = Fly cemeterys as my Mum used to call them

**Bobh** · 12-01-2019, 10:16 PM

Before Xmas, I did spot fruit cake being sold in Pak n Save but I walked straight past it and bought a Xmas baked fruit pudding. I put brandy laced cream over it.

**gary67** · 13-01-2019, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Zippity

+1

But I love almond icing

Me too but I like it with the white icing on top as well

**piroska** · 13-01-2019, 08:19 AM

Nope, I loathe both of those too.
And that disgusting icing they use on fancy cakes........

**zqwerty** · 13-01-2019, 10:28 AM

I used to help Mum make the Xmas cake for a number of years when she was young and enthusiastic about the family Christmas in Northern Rhodesia, we assembled the whole thing, with the fruit mix and brandy and of course the lovely marzipan and icing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzipan