This year I was tasked with making a Christmas Cake for the big day, and so make one I did.
I only started this on December 18th so had to do a 'quick one' - only managed one boozy feed.
I've only ever made one of these bad boys before and so this was only my second, and it was easy enough, great fun and a learning experience in a SERIOUS AMOUNT OF DRIED FRUIT, SUGAR AND FAT.... oh and booze of course!
Below are just a few photos of an evening in the life of an XMAS cake...
I didn't include the toothpaste!
The flour also had ground almonds and a fuck tonne of winter spices in it!
I had to go out and buy a copy of The Sun especially just to insulate it...
Or rather the knife, ready to come out...
NB it was in the oven for a total of 5 hours - 2 hours 140 degrees and 3 hours at 120!
VERY happy with the result, upside down, a couple of creases, but chuffed nonetheless, this will do!!!
The former was a bitch, maybe I didn't knead it enough first but it took me 10 minutes and a lot of effort to roll this out, i was literally sweating, still I managed to apply it with no breaks with a little help!
I didn't actually get a photo of the completed marzipan layer, it look very much like the finished prodcuct, NB the royal icing was much easier to roll out!
It turns out the family doesn't really like Christmas cake that much, but most of them tried it anyway, and I had a few slices, it's lovely!
OH PS - we're looking at about £30 of ingredients! Yowser!
