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When to make a cake?
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Gettingtherequickly
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A friend wants me to make what she is calling a Christmas cake. Hates raisins etc. Made one last year for her with cherries (loves) pineapple and various other fruits.
Last night the order was nuts & cherries only! Now, as that is all she wants, I would personally probably wait until next door to Christmas, but she likes the idea of it being fed on a regular basis. As there is no fruit for soakage, has anyone any suggestions?
Thanks
Last night the order was nuts & cherries only! Now, as that is all she wants, I would personally probably wait until next door to Christmas, but she likes the idea of it being fed on a regular basis. As there is no fruit for soakage, has anyone any suggestions?
Thanks
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She might like the idea of it being fed regularly but if you're basically going to be making a cherry cake with some nuts in then it really won't work well!
Maybe you could start a few weeks in advance with dried sour cherries, feed them with kirsch to plump them up over a few weeks then make the cake a few days before it's needed?If you lend someone £20 and never see them again, it was probably £20 well spent...0 -
That sounds like a plan, thanksmumonashoestring wrote: »She might like the idea of it being fed regularly but if you're basically going to be making a cherry cake with some nuts in then it really won't work well!
Maybe you could start a few weeks in advance with dried sour cherries, feed them with kirsch to plump them up over a few weeks then make the cake a few days before it's needed?A smile costs little but creates much0 -
mumonashoestring wrote: »She might like the idea of it being fed regularly but if you're basically going to be making a cherry cake with some nuts in then it really won't work well!
Maybe you could start a few weeks in advance with dried sour cherries, feed them with kirsch to plump them up over a few weeks then make the cake a few days before it's needed?
If the cherries are plump and heavy, won't they all sink to the bottom of the cake?
Tell your friend if she wants a "fed" cake, she'll have to start eating raisins, currants and sultanas.0 -
If the cherries are plump and heavy, won't they all sink to the bottom of the cake?
If they're floured then folded into the cake mix they shouldn't
But I agree, it would be much easier if she could just develop a liking for a wide range of dried fruit!If you lend someone £20 and never see them again, it was probably £20 well spent...0
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