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Christmas Cake

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Hello all

I am taking some time out from work today to make my annual Christmas cake along the lines of a tried and tested English recipe which means a fruit cake, with marzipan  and icing.   As usual, I've left it too late - we're meant to bake these things some time  in advance to improve the flavour.    I never remember.  But it never seems to matter!

I thought I'd share it in case any UK coeliacs still haven't made theirs and don't have a recipe, or any of my friends across the Pond want to try making one.  Do you make iced fruit cakes like this in the US for Christmas? - I have no idea!

I adapt it slightly as instead of fondant icing I make Royal Icing which sets hard and you can create exciting snow scenes with it if you can find any tiny model houses, churches and trees to put on it!  (my Mum used to do this).  

https://www.coeliac.org.uk/information-and-support/your-gluten-free-hub/home-of-gluten-free-recipes/1511804/

With thanks to the charity Coeliac Uk for this recipe.

Cristiana

 

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Thanks for sharing this! One of our long time authors share this one a few years back, but I haven't tried it:

 

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Thanks @Scott Adams I've just read the recipe - it looks a fair bit healthier than mine, with carrots in it, it might even fulfil a person's 5-a-Day fruit and veg quota!

I see the writer is of UK descent.  For one minute there, I thought that perhaps the  fruit cake, marzipan and icing thing wasn't just a weird thing we do in the UK?  I am now wondering how widely this type of English cake is consumed in the US.  

@Kate333  I wondered if you have ever eaten this?

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In the USA we also do a fruit cake that probably has UK origins, and my grandmother's always included a fair amount of rum. I just found these:

 

 

 

 

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