Christmas Cake

I adore Christmas Cake and am still feeding this year’s crop with brandy before icing. Coming from a long line of Christmas cake makers, perhaps my fondness was somewhat inevitable, although Nerea doesn’t seem to be following the tradition, preferring uncooked mixture!  When I was 11, I took over making our family cake graduating to making several cakes each year for different family and friends following a Delia recipe. The original is written on dog-eared, stained paper and despite having an electronic copy which I have shared with friends, I still can’t bring myself to consign it to the bin