This year, I'm spending half my Christmas with my
husband's family, none of whom like Christmas cake. Nor dried fruit in any
form. Weirdos. I have such fond and clear memories of the cake my grandma made each
year. The rock-hard royal icing, decorated with the same little trees, reindeer
and sleigh every year. I didn't much care for the cake, instead eating the
marzipan and icing on its own.
So I'm thinking of making a cake that goes a little
off piste. Luckily, I've found plenty. This little lot all look pretty special,
don't you think?
Clockwise from top right: clementine cake, lemon bundt with pistachios, what looks like a Guinness cake, spiced cranberry bundt, a perfect white iced cake (what's inside?) decorated with chocolate trees, rum and prune cake with caramel, the blingiest cake in the world, cinnamon buns, and a chocolate brownie mousse cake. Phew.
What would you choose? Or is it tradition all the way in your
family?
