Christmas Cake
Its been sitting in its airtight box for about six weeks now, wrapped up in greaseproof paper, occasionally receiving a drink of cognac (if its been a good cake, as a bit of a treat, you understand).
And now its time to ice it. We've just bought James Martin's Winter Cookbook which advocates making your own icing and marzipan, and Doug has talked me into doing this instead of getting shop bought. I've been encouraged by the picture of Mr Martin patching up the marzipan where it's split.
I'm taking Antonia's advice and icing it all over, rather than just the top, and I've bought some rather splendidly cheesy snowman decorations to finish it off.
I will try and post a photo of it when its finished. Obviously if it looks crap then I will nick an image off the internet and try to pass it off as my own work. If it looks really crap then I'll be buying one from M&S and passing it off as my own work .....
4 Comments:
That's a lot of effort for a cake. It damn well aught to be the best cake ever tasted. (With all of that cognac in it you'll probably be too drunk to know any different). I know that if I went to all of that trouble to make a cake SOMEONE is going to eat it, no matter how it looks.
P.S. marzipan sucks. just leave it off, you'll be thanked for it.
marzipan rules! its a bloke thing - never met a straight one that liked marzipan.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. I had not realized it was a sexual preference indicator. This will be used as input into my "gaydar".
Quite right. Marzipan is a test of manliness. No stout yeoman of the cittye should have anything to do with it. It is the fondue of teh gays.
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