Preparing the Christmas Cake

[TallTrees]

I love this time of year ~ Happiness is the smell of baking! The aroma of Spices and Brandy ready for the Christmas Cake.

It is time to prepare for the bake and assemble some of  the ingredients:

Spices: Cinnamon, Green Cardamom, Cloves, Nutmeg

Then little bottles of natural extracts: lemon, vanilla, orange, almond. 

Choose one or two!

Next my fruit mix kept in this tub with lots of brandy

All fruits with peel and cheeries and more brandy 

Cake out of the oven, and decorated!

 

This is heaven at Christmas! 

Everyone enjoy bakes and eats for Christmas 2019

[Anonymous]

Nice!!! A real artisan production there @TallTrees !!

Christmas is a time for over indulgence, I try not to participate as I always spend January looking in the mirror regretting it..

[TallTrees]

Hi there @Anonymous 

Thank you very much.  

Mirror ~ yep 

Nop ~ over-indulgence is for those "other people" 

Enjoy your holiday time @Anonymous 

Happiness is being a "reasonable person"

[welshsteve76]

I've never baked at Christmas.  Always get shop bought stuff, although both sets of my grand parents always used to bake cakes etc at Christmas.

Would like to have the time to learn though