One of my Cakes

Finished icing this Christmas cake today for the School Christmas Raffle.

 

How lovely Dalbuie .

I have made a Christmas cake for the first time I may add and the fruit is even and has not sunk.

But cheated bought the roll out marzipan and icing.

When should I put th emarizpan and icing on.

Its a family recipe passed down through the generation and have to say this Scottish recipe has no alchol at all.

Your looks so inviting with the sweeties.

 

Fantastic Dalbuie, shame you will have to cut into it!

 

Scotkat, you can put the marzipan and icing on any time now. A scottish christmas cake with NO alcohol well!. The icing I used is fondant icing easier to mold and shape.

 

Thanks Strongylodon, It's for the school raffle, but I made another similar one for us.

 

That is very imaginative dalbuie...sure beats the piping problems Don't think we have had a Christmas cake for years now..not since Mrs Pal messed up and we ate it for pudding instead! :D

 

that cake looks good, well done wouldnt mind winning that myself, just lovely

 

looks good enough to eat

 

It looks lovely i am making mine today..I hate doing the icing part though i think it will just be plain royal icing for me.. :D

 

Fantastic!

 

Dalbuie, it looks fabulous!

Scotcat, I am also at my first experiences with cakes. And amazingly, they grow (never happened before!). I have a big book of English recipies and I have started making this "cider cake" which gives me great results.
Now at every opportunity I give a cider cake as a present as I am so proud of them!

 

We're not into Christmas cakes but that is fab looking dalbuie ... where did you get your candy canes from? Good profits with the raffle!

miraflores, surely you must have some incredible Italian recipes to share with us ????

 

believe it or not LoL, I am not that experienced cook for Italian standard. For somebody's standard I may be an excellent cook. Nevertheless I certainly want to improve on that and as i said I am starting with this cider cake.
Although if you need any Italian recipies as you can imagine there are endless recipies that I can translate for you.

 

miraflores, t'other half is a pasta lover ... several times a week ... anything interesting????

 

If you look under recipes, LoL, I've just posted some instructions for meat sauce.