Christmas Cakes

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Christmas Cakes

Post: # 177600Post indy »

Have succeeded in producing 8 christmas cakes in a weekend!! I normally have them done by the end of October but my poor old rayburn needed a bit of unexpected tlc..so the 7 people to whom I said blithely 'of course, no problem' to will have a lovely cake and no idea of the stress that they caused me :shaking: :roll:
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Cor well done! That's 8 more than I've made. :lol:
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Post: # 177628Post old tree man »

mmmmmmmmmm christmas cake, and well done, i'm still on with ours as i like to add whiskey every day for one month :drunken:
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Post: # 177629Post indy »

oh they are going to need feeding...wi9th the odd bit for me :drunken:
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8 wow brilliant feed ours with brandy :drunken:
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Post: # 177664Post Green Aura »

I made mine yesterday. It's had it's first "dose" of brandy. I was only going to do it once a week Russ - how much do you use each time. I put a tablespoonful on.
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Post: # 177669Post The Riff-Raff Element »

Christmas pud this afternoon / evening. A bit late perhaps, but what the hell. Also, I'm making a 2lb pudding for... me. I'm the only one who seems to like it. Their loss.n :iconbiggrin:
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Post: # 177675Post Millymollymandy »

You're OK RRE as Stir Up Sunday is this Sunday 22nd November. :iconbiggrin:

I'm not going to make a pudding again after last year's disgusting disaster but which the blue tits enjoyed! I had to chuck two big ones which made rather expensive bird feed.
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Millymollymandy wrote:You're OK RRE as Stir Up Sunday is this Sunday 22nd November. :iconbiggrin:

I'm not going to make a pudding again after last year's disgusting disaster but which the blue tits enjoyed! I had to chuck two big ones which made rather expensive bird feed.
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Complete waste of brandy/whisky/rum.

Bah, Humbug!

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Post: # 177730Post indy »

knowing me I shall be frantically icing and digging out my stock of cake decorations which stay in one place all year and then mysteriously disappear on xmas eve :banghead: In an ideal world however, I shall be calmly icing the week before christmas and delivering on Christmas eve :thumbright:
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Post: # 177736Post old tree man »

well green aura i like to do the glug measure, but jane makes me put half a measure :lol: thats an english measure not a scottish one :drunken: not forgetting that this is a pound cake
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Ours is late this year but will be baking tomorrow evening
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