Quick query about making my own Christmas Cake

MrsE_2

MrsE wrote: »

To answer the spoil question, its designed to be fed.

There is the usual dried fruit, sugar/molasses, eggs, flour, mixed spice, cinnamon, lemon rind & juice
quarter bottle of brandy
200g of 70% dark chocolate
Walnuts
Hazelnuts

Daren't post the recipe, its not allowed.

The "mix" (raw eggs & all, tasted AMAZING:p).
Cooking it smelt of chocolate & nuts & brandy & citrus:drool::drool::drool:
Afterwards the house smelt fab, got it wrapped up now:T

Penelope_Penguin

Mumto2 wrote: »

Thanks all - cake made yesterday and smelt great. Has had a good soaking of brandy and now resting in a foil jacket in a tupperware!

Make sure it's not foil directly next to the cake. We did that once with a pudding, and when we came to eat it, the pudding had eaten through the foil. I had to chuck it as the risk from ingesting the aluminum was too great

I wrap mine in greasproof paper now

Mumto2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Make sure it's not foil directly next to the cake. We did that once with a pudding, and when we came to eat it, the pudding had eaten through the foil. I had to chuck it as the risk from ingesting the aluminum was too great

I wrap mine in greasproof paper now

:eek::eek::eek: scuttles off to re-wrap cake ......

foreign_correspondent

Hi, I want to make Rustie Lee's christmas cake, and the recipe calls for 1 bottle of 'Ruby Wine' (to soak the fruit in) - is this ruby port? Or just any red wine?

If anyone can advise I would be grateful!

thanks

katholicos

This link may be of use to you.

Bronnie

Port is a fortified wine, ie more alcohol (fortified with brandy I think) . I seem to recall my mum and dad having ruby wine at Christmas instead of Port. My impression is that Ruby wine is a similarly fortified wine to port, but not from Portugal and therefore not entitled to go by the name port.


I'm ready to stand corrected though, not completely sure!

tub28

Hi
It is ruby wine you need and the only place I could find it is Tesco

Have PM'd you

foreign_correspondent

thanks folks, will investigate Tesco's - if Im brave enough to venture in on a saturday afternoon!!

Penelope_Penguin

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing Christmas Cake thread.

Gettingtherequickly

Hi

I made my very first Christmas cake a couple of months ago and now need to deal with decorating it.

Could anyone tell me the quantities for a 10" square cake when making the almond paste, I have bought the ground almonds but am not sure that I have enough.

Thanks