tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post1581596748825526593..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Christmas CakeDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-25637222686683700202011-12-18T23:50:40.530+00:002011-12-18T23:50:40.530+00:00Anna - go for it, and can't wait to see the pi...Anna - go for it, and can't wait to see the picture of the next cake, first one was stunning.<br /><br />Vintage reading - thank you :)Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-91658115020865873212011-12-17T22:13:07.120+00:002011-12-17T22:13:07.120+00:00What a pretty cake! Original, too.What a pretty cake! Original, too.Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-75553282030096274922011-12-15T13:57:08.960+00:002011-12-15T13:57:08.960+00:00oh wow - this is really something - I love it and ...oh wow - this is really something - I love it and may need to blatantly steal the stencil idea for my second cake for this season which I'll probably be icing next week!Annaliesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827001053576157372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-28383235504881633832011-12-11T21:33:51.197+00:002011-12-11T21:33:51.197+00:00Mum, feeling quite guilty now - but pleased I'...Mum, feeling quite guilty now - but pleased I've inherited your artistic talents.<br /><br />Thanks Verity and Elaine :)<br /><br />Helen - I feel really bad about outing mu mother - don't rub it in. My cake looked a lot like yours before I smothered it in glitter so here's hoping both of them taste great.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-16680747267757724492011-12-11T21:26:26.545+00:002011-12-11T21:26:26.545+00:00Thank you Sherry.
Fleur Fisher, I'm not sure ...Thank you Sherry.<br /><br />Fleur Fisher, I'm not sure about the cake underneath - it got a bit toasty on the top so I sliced that off (very unevenly) The decorating was quite easy and very satisfying (the hardest bit was definitely the marzipan and rolling out the icing)so unless the cake is awful I will do this again. <br /><br /> Lyn, I bet it looks great though. I just really fancied decorating something.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-36685916826941624262011-12-11T20:13:54.513+00:002011-12-11T20:13:54.513+00:00I am in awe!
My cake is still looking like a cast...I am in awe!<br /><br />My cake is still looking like a castelly brown poo as I am lazy and don't care for the icing anyway. In any case, anything I tried to do now would just be shaming in comparison with your cake.<br /><br />I am glad to see your mother is doing the right thing and grovelling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-69133004446838406162011-12-11T16:09:01.623+00:002011-12-11T16:09:01.623+00:00LOVELY!LOVELY!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739410242766153431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-44085914220806041432011-12-11T15:03:17.769+00:002011-12-11T15:03:17.769+00:00As I said on facebook that is a seriously impressi...As I said on facebook that is a seriously impressive cake!verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01645380186218270629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-36018545302169457522011-12-11T08:28:02.036+00:002011-12-11T08:28:02.036+00:00OK, so I feel compelled to grovel and offer my sin...OK, so I feel compelled to grovel and offer my sincere apologies for any insinuated lack of faith that is now such public knowledge It was a momentary lapse of motherly belief at the end of a long and harrowing week. PLEASE FORGIVE ME! You truly can have your cake and eat it!! Mum xxxJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176155094959179687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-61130557873592758622011-12-11T05:40:56.511+00:002011-12-11T05:40:56.511+00:00Lovely. I alweays make a Christmas cake but don...Lovely. I alweays make a Christmas cake but don't ice it, just put whole almonds on top before it's baked. I'm a bit frightened of marzipan!lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-38947303345044801042011-12-10T23:45:02.052+00:002011-12-10T23:45:02.052+00:00That is lovely.
I must confess that i haven't...That is lovely.<br /><br />I must confess that i haven't made my own Christmas cake since the first time I tried in the aga. After the prescribed 4 hours the cake was raw. I went to be and left it and there was little progress the next morning. Half an hour in the roasting oven left it scorched, and then I threw in the towel.<br /><br />These days I buy the cake, but I do the almond paste and icing, though nothing as lovely as yours.FleurFisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096222149445024649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-15462766818545009532011-12-10T23:14:48.170+00:002011-12-10T23:14:48.170+00:00Stunning!
sherryStunning!<br />sherrysherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565481728191586590noreply@blogger.com