Sunday, 7 March 2021

THE CHRISTMAS CAKE

 

Christmas fruit cake is derived from the famous English Christmas or plum pudding.

The recipe was much simpler with fewer ingredients although it included large quantities of candied fruit, raisins, dates and nuts and is generally prepared long in advance of Christmas and is liberally laced with Brandy.

Like plum pudding it would originally have been flaming when served but in time this changed and soon the cakes were being decorated with marzipan and icing instead.

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