Quick query about making my own Christmas Cake

booter

I use pretty much anything I've got in the cupboard that's been in there for some time - so far I've done Rum, whisky, brandy, vodka, cherry brandy, cherry schnapps, mead, honey rum liqueur, cherry liqueur, melon liqueur and probably others I've forgotten! You'd think some of them would be really gross, but they all tasted good to me! (Although I couldn't really taste the vodka, but it did help preserve the cake!)

v8monkeyboy

Hi,

Just to re-inforce what others have said, you can use just about anything. Last year I used some of the OH's special oak barrel-aged Glenmorangie :eek: (well, he should have drunk it quicker!) and the person I made the cake for said it was the best I'd ever made. And he hates whisky!

So I say go ahead, if you don't want to spend the money (which I wouldn't - we don't really drink spirits or fortified wine) and use the rum.

T xx

Paulie'sGirl

Hi,

I agree with all of the above. If its a spirit, whack it in!

PGxx

zippychick

i'll merge this with quick query about making my own christmas cake shortly

Kitchenbunny

Every year I make a fruit cake where the sultanas are mixed with rum. It makes it lovely and moist and sticky, so I find it difficult to use anything else. This year, however, I've got a mix of rum with a little Grand Marnier to give it a citrussy tang.

HTH

KB xx

Penelope_Penguin

v8monkeyboy wrote: »

Last year I used some of the OH's special oak barrel-aged Glenmorangie :eek: (well, he should have drunk it quicker!)

Nooooooooooooooooooooo :eek: Sacrilege - it'sbad enough adding water to single malt, let alone cake :rotfl:

Kilty_2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Nooooooooooooooooooooo :eek: Sacrilege - it'sbad enough adding water to single malt, let alone cake :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T:T:T

:eek:

bethesda

i'm using rum in mine this year but i normally use brandy

Mumto2

I've found a nice sounding recipe in a magazine and thought I'd try making my own Xmas cake for the first time.

(My mum makes a fantastic one, so never really had the need).

It says 2 tbsp treacle - would this be black treacle or golden syrup?

thanks

deborah64

Hi,It would be black treacle, that is what i have always used,
I love making Christmas cakes,
enjoy xxx