Christmas Cake
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| 1 | I had prepared the fruit mince with lots of brandy ready to cook the next day but my back gave out and I haven't been able to stand too long at all, (6 discs in back collapsed) why I decided to do my first ever xmas cake at the age of 63 dumbs ass idea. the mix has been in the fridge for 2 weeks, can I cook it, I can't give it to the birds :( jude164 - 2019-12-12 19:26:00 |
| 2 | If your fruit mince has brandy in it......will keep and you can cook at a later date...No-one what to see birds intoxicated !!!! petal1955 - 2019-12-12 19:29:00 |
| 3 | My fruit always ends up soaking for a week or two sometimes longer. coolnzmum - 2019-12-12 19:36:00 |
| 4 | It will be fine to leave and use at a later date when you feel able to cope. Hope you soon feel better. nauru - 2019-12-12 19:55:00 |
| 5 | It wasn't a dumbass idea either, it will be wonderful. malcovy - 2019-12-12 20:04:00 |
| 6 | Oh god thank you, I will get the butter out tonight for cooking the mix tomorrow, and as a new cooker of the cake what temperature and how long, and yes still a dumbass idea lol jude164 - 2019-12-12 20:20:00 |
| 7 | jude164 wrote: unknowndisorder - 2019-12-13 11:08:00 |
| 8 | unknowndisorder jude164 - 2019-12-13 18:04:00 |
| 9 | I would take the mix out of the fridge overnight to give it time to reach room temperature, otherwise the chilled mix will effect the quality of the cake and it could end up under cooked. calista - 2019-12-13 18:09:00 |
| 10 | I knew this was a dumb ass idea, firstly recipe - cream butter and flour, me reading how much butter and how much flour.. recipe listed 250 gms butter, next on the list of ingredients 4 eggs......ok 250 gms butter and four eggs into the mixer, kinda curdled, ok me - butter out all day and too hot for it so mixture dumped into the bin, shit needs orange, none here as I had eaten it so off to the supermarket to get an orange, back to the kitchen and new mix of 250 gms new brought butter and 4 eggs, friggen same thing, by this time I am pulling my hair out, read the recipe again - ping OK so 250 gms butter and then WAY down the list friggen flour....in the meantime I am cooking dinner and struggling with my back....done and in the oven but I forgot to butter the sides of the baking dishes, now feeling pretty happy Calista says I should have room temperature the fruit mince...WEEP lol BUT on top of that I had miss read that you should add a bit of brandy to the mix every so often, I think the brandy bottle is now 3/4 empty pmsl.. DUMB ARSE IDEA lol jude164 - 2019-12-13 21:58:00 |
| 11 | You can freeze the fruit mix. It will keep. I kept mine for two years before I was able to bake with it. One of the cakes I ever made. marcs - 2019-12-13 22:04:00 |
| 12 | lol in the cake and cooking overnight at 100 degrees..? jude164 - 2019-12-13 22:22:00 |
