Should I make my own Christmas cake?
Two of my already domesticated girlfriends asked me this weekend whether I had made my Christmas cake yet.
There is a great recipe in my cooking file ripped from last years Good Housekeeping entitled ‘The Easiest Christmas Cake Ever’. I made it last November and it tasted great but scanning over the list of ingredients (including crystalised ginger, angostura bitters, dried figs & prunes, brandy etc) I’m realising that the decision to make another one this year will involve a lot of shopping (as well as a lot of chopping).
The recipe says that the total cost is about £7.50 which I’m sure is good value but I’m not sure it ever gets eaten.
In a bid to simplify things at a time when both of us are feeling the pressure I’m making the reluctant decision to not make a Christmas cake this year and will see whether anyone actually misses it.
November 23rd, 2006 at 2:37 pm
Just to let you know I am not bothering to make an Xmas cake but am contemplating making my own cards (well maybe), a little lino cut here or there is good for the soul I believe.