Uh Oh, Xmas Cake help

meerustar

I made a christmas cake using Delia's recipe at the end of October and erm ... completely forgot about it:eek:

When it was cooked, I fed it with brandy and wrapped it up and put it in the back of the cupboard!!!

God knows how I forgot about it, but I noticed it a minute ago, all wrapped neatly in foil and thought 'Uh Oh'

Is the cake still safe to eat/ice/feed???

Have I got to bin it??

HELPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!! xx

kethry

meerustar wrote:

I made a christmas cake using Delia's recipe at the end of October and erm ... completely forgot about it:eek:

When it was cooked, I fed it with brandy and wrapped it up and put it in the back of the cupboard!!!

God knows how I forgot about it, but I noticed it a minute ago, all wrapped neatly in foil and thought 'Uh Oh'

Is the cake still safe to eat/ice/feed???

Have I got to bin it??

HELPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!! xx

well let me put it this way, if yours is fubarred.. so's mine!!!

seriously though: the brandy acts as a preservative, esp in delias.. i would give it another feeding though, now. HAve a sniff before you do. if it smells cakey/okay then it'll be fine.

good luck!

keth
xx

pavlovs_dog

you could awlays cut a bit off the corner to try.. if you're still alive tomorrow you're on to a winner

Pink.

I agree with the previous posts....if it looks and smells ok it will be fine.

Christmas cakes and puddings etc are meant to be made early to give them time to mature and absorb all the alcohol that we feed them.

Pink

Agutka

I made a tomato soup cake end of october. And that seems fine. The dog isn't complaining. It's taking her a while to get through it though...

You Eeeenglish are so strange. The Xmas cake - is that the moist weird stuff made with mince ( ) and brandy? Or the drier stuff with lots of preserving sugared fruit and preserving brandy?
(Why you need a dessert soooooo filling at Xmas is beyond me - not enough turkey and sprouts?)

As long as it hasn't grown a coat and smells nice then it does sound like it should be fine.

PS I'm trying to be funny, not rude.
You should see what my traditions are :eek:

thriftlady_2

Agutka wrote:

You Eeeenglish are so strange. The Xmas cake - is that the moist weird stuff made with mince ( ) and brandy? Or the drier stuff with lots of preserving sugared fruit and preserving brandy?
(Why you need a dessert soooooo filling at Xmas is beyond me - not enough turkey and sprouts?)

Well, at least I haven't put tomato soup in my cake - that would be weird :rotfl: :rotfl: What are your traditions Agutka ?

The cake should be fine Meerustar, they're supposed to keep. Traditionally the bottom tier of your wedding cake is supposed to be saved for the first baby's christening (which in our case was about 4 months )

Penelope_Penguin

meerustar wrote:

IWhen it was cooked, I fed it with brandy and wrapped it up and put it in the back of the cupboard!!!

God knows how I forgot about it, but I noticed it a minute ago, all wrapped neatly in foil and thought 'Uh Oh'

Hi, Meerustar! I'd agree with above posters, with one proviso. I once wrapped a christmas pudding in foil, and when I opened it, the pudding had eaten into the foil and it had holes in it. Wasn't going to take the risk of aluminium poisoning (implicated in Alzheimers) so had to chuck it. I now wrap first in greaseproof, then in foil.

HTH, Penny. x

Agutka

thriftlady wrote:

Well, at least I haven't put tomato soup in my cake - that would be weird :rotfl: :rotfl: What are your traditions Agutka ?

The cake should be fine Meerustar, they're supposed to keep. Traditionally the bottom tier of your wedding cake is supposed to be saved for the first baby's christening (which in our case was about 4 months )

Hey, Blue Peter says it's okay. And it was delicious, when fresh....!

*desperately trying to think of something that could possibly be worse than mince in a cake*
My traditions? Erm... We get the whole Xmas thing over and done with (special meal, presents, santa, carols etc) on Xmas Eve. Xmas day is just for eating and has never felt special to me. By boxing day I'm desperate for the shops to open up and the sales to begin (although there are only so many sofas and white goods you can own).
Hence I've been getting into the Xmas spirit since October! To cram as much in as possible.
I'm sure I'll think of something worse soon... (I asked hubby and he just chuckled at me)

newlywed

Agutka wrote:

*desperately trying to think of something that could possibly be worse than mince in a cake*

It's not mince as in ground beef or pork by the way, its raisins, apples and fruit bits and all sugary!

I never understood why those two were named so similar though!!

dannahaz

It will be fine. I make my (Delia recipe) cakes at the end of September, and feed them every week or so until I marzipan them at the beginning of December.

Unwrap it, feed it, and then wrap it in fresh greasproof and foil.

Miss_Money

newlywed wrote:

It's not mince as in ground beef or pork by the way, its raisins, apples and fruit bits and all sugary!

I never understood why those two were named so similar though!!

i was wondering if they thought it meant mince as in meat too! :rotfl: :rotfl: