How soon before xmas should you make a christmas cake?!


Question: How soon before xmas should you make a christmas cake!?
Answers:
Make it now, and "feed" it every couple of weeks with a tablespoon of Brandy (make little holes over the cake with a skewer or cocktail stick half way down ie!. not all the way through first time)!. DO NOT store it in a fridge - you will ruin the cakes texture and it can take on odours from other food items!. Firstly wrap it in a double sheet of clean greaseproof paper then with tin foil and then into an air tight tin!.Store the tin in a cool cupboard!. Don't wrap directly with tin foil as the acid in the fruit will breakdown the foil and leave metallic deposits on the cake!.

By Christmas time the cake will be beautifully moist and ready to marzipan and ice!. If you decide not to the cake will last another year as long it is kept air tight and you start feeding it with Brandy again end of October!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

i always bake christmas cakes the day before!. so that it will not lose it taste when it is being placed in the refrigerator for a long period of time!. also, it would be more fluffly, light and moist when i bake the day before!. putting it in the refrigerator for a long time would cause it to be hard and cold and!.!.!. you know!.!. By the way, when you put the cake in the refrigerator, put it at a place where it is not so cold (the bottom compartment)!. This will prevent it from freezing and turning hard!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

Make a couple of months before!. If you put all the right ingredients and then place in a sealed tin it will last!.

also it will be less for you to think about nearer Christmas with mince pies and such like to make!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I personally hate matured christmas cake, simply because I hate boozy food!.!. I make mine about three or four days before!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

i usually do it 4 weeks before xmas !.!.!. grease proof paper in a sealed container!.!.!. prick it on top every week and pour brandy on it so it soaks in !. hope this helps Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hey ,
You should bake the cake about 2 weeks be-for because if you leave it too long it might go moldy
e!.g 6 weeks =moldy cake
e!.g 2 weeks =yummy cake

from shakira hope to help Www@FoodAQ@Com

Now is a good time!. I always make mine around Halloween and then it has time to really mature and grow in flavour!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

6-8 weeks before!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

your cake should be made at the latest 6 weeks before christmasWww@FoodAQ@Com

you need to start socking the fruit nowWww@FoodAQ@Com

Now is the perfect time

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before 1 and half months!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

now is good- at least 2 months or soWww@FoodAQ@Com





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