Christmas Cake 2017

Dec 21, 2017 19:38

It's been a month since I made the Christmas cake and in the meantime it has been well fed with quite a lot of whisky. It's only a few days now till the big day so it was time to get it finished off. ( Cake of yumminess )

adventures in baking, photies

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meathiel December 22 2017, 06:30:30 UTC
Looks really good.
I've never done the fondant thing - I think it looks pretty complicated.

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ganimede December 22 2017, 19:51:12 UTC
Thank you! I had a lot of trouble when I used the fondant previously. I made sure to knead it a lot to make sure it was really soft and pliable, so I don't know if I hadn't kneaded it enough last time. It was definitely much easier to work with this time.

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chaquir December 22 2017, 08:12:51 UTC
it does look good, but you made it "1" month before you need it??????

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ganimede December 22 2017, 19:54:02 UTC
I know, I was really late with it. I completely forgot about not having the right flour otherwise I would have made it at the end of October/beginning of November.

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chaquir December 23 2017, 06:56:18 UTC
late??????

No, no, no, I mean.... 1 MONTH???? Doesn't it grow hair and get hard and all in all that time????
We bake our cakes fresh... and eat it right away

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hobbitblue December 24 2017, 20:22:55 UTC
Christmas cake gets better as it ages so it needs to be made in advance.. I've never been that organised but its the traditional way :)

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daria234 December 22 2017, 11:04:02 UTC
Gorgeous!!

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ganimede December 22 2017, 19:54:33 UTC
Thank you!

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hobbitblue December 24 2017, 20:25:10 UTC
That's very elegant, those stars are so classy. And such a smooth finish on the fondant.. i think marmalade will work well as the "glue", not surpised you can't get through a jar of apricot jam, its not a flavour I much care for in jam (though peach is rather nice, if hard to get hold of..)/ I hope its as tasty as it looks after all the care and attention there :)

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ganimede December 28 2017, 19:37:10 UTC
Thank you! It's a lot more minimalist and monochromatic than I've usually done. Apricot is such an odd flavour anyway. I've not seen peach anywhere but I imagine that might not be too bad.

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hobbitblue December 31 2017, 20:19:26 UTC
It stands out well compared to the designs one usually sees, definitely :) I'm hooked on the St Dalfour peach jam - well, they call it fruit spread as its made with fruit and fruit juice not sugar so technically can't be marketed as a jam - and its delightful :)

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ganimede January 4 2018, 20:23:34 UTC
Is it nice on toast? ;)

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ellierachael December 26 2017, 20:31:24 UTC
It looks fab! Hope it tasted as good as it looked!

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ganimede December 28 2017, 19:37:49 UTC
Thank you!

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