Christmas Cake!

[Margaret M.]

Barm Brack sounds good -- and easy too. I must give it a try.

[poppett]

Christmas cake can be fed any tipple.

Worked years ago for toffs who made the cake just after Easter and fed it a small dram every night when they had their own. It was very moist and the fruit well expanded. One year the puppy found it and chewed a corner to the consternation of the mistress of the house. In true toff style she molded the cake back into shape, put extra marzipan on that particular corner and once iced no one would know it had come near to disaster.

The puppy spent two nights groaning in front of the aga and his master slept beside him on the floor distraught he`d lose his pup in the night. Pup recovered, master none the worse for his nights on the tiles, and the mistress smiled and handed out cake over the festive season. Everyone remarked how lovely the cake was...........I didn`t have any........and have never consumed food containing alcohol since......who knows what secrets it is hiding.

[Margaret M.]

Poppett, what a great story! What they didn't know didn't hurt them. If we saw what goes on in restaurant kitchens, we would probably never eat out again.