After a week of soaking fruit today it was time to make the cake. This is only my third Christmas Cake I have ever made. I've always followed Delia Smith's famous Christmas cake recipe and just varied the fruit a little. It's worked the last two times so fingers crossed it will be a success again. I can't say for sure as the cake is still cooking at the moment. Three and a half hours to go! It's one of my favourite parts of the run up to Christmas and it's one of the first Christmas things to do. The house smells of cinnamon and oranges and lemon and then as it slowly cooks in the oven the house is filled with a richer smell- divine. When it's cooled I'll wrap it up well and store in an air tight container until the week before Christmas when I'll ice it ( my favourite bit!) I will also feed it once a week with extra brandy up until it's time to ice it. Anyway I'll post a picture of the finished cake later but you'll have to wait to see the completed marzipanned and iced cake until December. :-)
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