O/ T Mary Berry's Christmas Cake recipe
rit...@hotmail.com
it had a recipe for a Christmas Cake by Mary Berry, I have made it for
over 20 years BUT I've lost the recipe.
Does anyone have a copy of the recipe I know that you soak the fruit
in the brandy for three days but that's all that I can remember.
(I'm secretly hoping that Jane will have a copy of this in her
drawers)
TIA
Unknown
Berry at all............these mind you are only december 1985
Jill Tardivel
Christmas issues, but I was a great fan of Mary Berry's big bake ins (then I
put on weight and stopped eating cake). I'll have a look tonight and see if
I can find the christmas cake recipe. If so I'll email it to you.
She did some marvellous count-down guides for mass catering events such as
weddings and christenings. Thanks for reminding me of her.
I miss Home and Freezer Digest - my first two wins were a vacuum cleaner and
a microwave from them. I suspect that whoever was judging had a similar
sense of humour to myself.
Jill
PS - Just looked on Google - she has a webpage but no christmas cake as far
as I can see.
rit...@hotmail.com
Jane Willis
> (I'm secretly hoping that Jane will have a copy of this in her
> drawers)
Sh! I've got them all thinking the contents of my drawers are *far*
more interesting than that!
I have got an old Mary Berry recipe from H&FD, in fact it's the one I
nearly always use, but it's from about 1980 and the fruit is just
soaked overnight in sherry. Is that any use to you?
Jane
take out the PICKLE to reply to me
rit...@hotmail.com
Thanks Jane
Vicky Conlan
>Many years ago I bought a magazine called Home and Freezer digest and
>it had a recipe for a Christmas Cake by Mary Berry, I have made it for
>over 20 years BUT I've lost the recipe.
>
>Does anyone have a copy of the recipe I know that you soak the fruit
>in the brandy for three days but that's all that I can remember.
I may have it. I have a 'celebration cake', which later mentions how
to ice it for christmas. It's from the New Mary Berry Cake Book.
It soaks the fruit for 'at least three days', but it's in sherry, not
brandy. Not that it would make a difference if you swapped, but if
your recipe is for brandy, it may be a different one.
Drop me a mail if you want me to type it in for you.
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Jane Willis
> Yes please.
I've been trying to scan it but it's such an old tatty piece of paper
that it comes out unintelligible. |'ll have to type it, but I need to
go out now so I'll do it later
rit...@hotmail.com
Wendy
On 17 Sep 2004 12:58:03 GMT, co...@riffraff.plig.net (Vicky Conlan)
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"Jane Willis" <jm.will...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:01:40 +0100, rit...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > (I'm secretly hoping that Jane will have a copy of this in her
> > drawers)
>
> Sh! I've got them all thinking the contents of my drawers are *far*
> more interesting than that!
>
oh I dunno - the words soaked, overnight and Jane seemed to sum it up for
me............. ;o)
zo
Jane Willis
'e...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> oh I dunno - the words soaked, overnight and Jane seemed to sum it up for
> me............. ;o)
You forgot the brandy.
jane
Jean Maunder
"Special" Christmas Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
lemon juice
4 large eggs
nuts
1 bottle vodka
2 cups dried fruit
Method
Sample the vodka to check the quality; take a large bowl,
check the vodka >again to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour
one
level cup and drink.
Repeat
Turn on the electric mixer, beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy
bowl.
Sample the vodka. Add one teaspoon of sugar, beat again. At this point
it
is best to make sure the vodka is still OK.
Try another cup . just in case
Turn off the mixerer
Break 2 leggs and add to bown and chuckin the cup of dried fruit
Pick fruit up off the floor. Check the vodka
Mix on the turner
If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a
drewscriver
Sample the vodka to check tonsisticity
Next sift tow cups of salt, or something, who giveshz a shit
Check the vodka
Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts
Add one table. Have some vodka
Add a spoon of sugar or somefink. Whatever you can find
Greash the oven and piss in the fridge
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over
Don't forget to beat off the turner
Finally throw the bowl through the wingow, finish the vodka and kiss
the
dog
Fall into bed
Cherry Mistmas!
Jean
The Lukes
a traditional old English Fruit Cake in it but only with Sherry, not brandy.
If you would like I can scan it in and send it to you.
Regards,
Sally
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Cheers
hic
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Father Christmas
"The Lukes" <gi...@luke1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi I have a 1986 Mary Berry - Cooking for Celebrations cook book, which
has
> a traditional old English Fruit Cake in it but only with Sherry, not
brandy.
> If you would like I can scan it in and send it to you.
>
> Regards,
> Sally
Old^Wolf suggests that you may wish to try his Game Christmas Dinner
recipe...
2cups of Winelot Mixer
1cup of slightly rancid pheasant chunks
Half a semi putrid rabbit
2 outdated Duck eggs (The older the better!)
Half a pint of excessively greasy pork stock
Several handfuls of any other leftover ingredients that you have available.
Throw the whole lot into a feeding bowl
Mix well
Place on floor in the usual place
Stand well back for several hours :-)
Cheers
-Ar^ch
Footpather
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