Christmas cake last-ability

mrbadexample

magnolia65 wrote:

I pulled out the top tear of my wedding cake the other day.

It will be 20 years old in September

Mmmm....old cake. Gizza bit? :drool:

Lillibet_2

magnolia65 wrote:

I pulled out the top tear of my wedding cake the other day.

It will be 20 years old in September

That sounds like a good excuse for a wedding anniversary party, you've already got the cake for it!:D

JoeyEmma

There was a thing in the newspaper the other week about a slice of Queen Victoria's wedding cake being found. I think it dated back to about 1840ish.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,,2004995,00.html

rls1973

myself and dd2 made our christmas cake last october and we are still eating it. just been keeping it in an airtight 'locktight' type plastic box, and give the it odd drop of sherry every now and then. it still looks fine and moist.

dd1 was eating it this weekend and apparently it's lovely, in fact she said to me 'mummy you're a better cook even than jamie oliver'

wow, praise indeed! i wish! (what's she after?):rotfl:

Penelope_Penguin

honey28 wrote:

As long as it is in a sealed container it will be fine. Wrap it in brown paper then place in tupperware or similar. Dont wrap it in tin foil though - cant remember why

I'd love a bit of Christmas cake now!

I wrapped a christmas pud in foil, and the acid from the pud *ate* into the foil. Had to ditch it - didn't fancy the risk of aluminium poisoning.

IME, rich fruit cake lasts for ages. The marzipan and icing don't last so well, though.

Penny. x

kethry

about the tin foil: you can wrap in tin foil, just remember to wrap a layer of greaseproof paper between the cake and the foil (so the acid doesn't come into contact with the foil. If wrapping for a long time i would add a double layer of greaseproof paper.

HTH

keth
xx

The_Sparkly_One

Hi all,

I've still got 2 undecorated Christmas Cakes still all wrapped up in baking paper and foil. I've been checking on them every few weeks and they seem OK (no mould and still smell strongly of booze :rotfl:).

Any ideas how long they'd keep for and do I need to keep feeding them with brandy?

Sparkly

Mrs_Bones

When did you make them? I wrap mine like you have and kept in an air tight tin and I've made christmas cakes in sept and not got around to useing them till march for birthdays etc and they were completely fine. I only feed mine brandy for a couple of months. They should be fine.

Pink.

Hi sparkly one,

They will last easily until next Christmas wrapped in the way you have described. I've kept Christmas cakes for well over a year before and if anything they taste better.

There are more opinions on this thread:

Christmas cake last-ability

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

thriftlady_2

It used to be traditional to keep one tier of your wedding cake for the first baby's christening. That gives you some idea of how long a rich fruit cake will last (5 months in our case ).