Sorry but......festive bake ideas please?

[Patchninja]

Lebkuchen in lovely. Here's a recipe :Lebkuchen | BBC Good Food

[Alison]

I'm going to try one this year as christmas cake never gets eaten up. No-one is that keen on it.

No-one is keen on it?!? What sort of people are there out there? Pretty much fighting over it here, always make a mini one to have before Christmas as I won't cut the proper one till Christmas Day tea . Always a sad day when the last slice is eaten towards the end of January (love how well rich fruit cakes keep, getting better every day). Stollen is nice but it would only last a couple of days.

[Thelma Sanders]

Christmas cakes all get eaten up here, as does panettone.

I haven't quite managed a really good home made panettone yet, despite trying a different recipe every year

They are getting better though so I'll carry on trying....................

[mothhawk]

Panettone is just fruit loaf with extra eggs and butter. I've never seen what people find so Christmassy about it.

I have a feeling I'll find stollen the same, except for the marzipan....

Maybe it'll just be carrot cake again this year, though I do miss having a proper cake to ice.

[mothhawk]

No-one is keen on it?!? What sort of people are there out there? Pretty much fighting over it here, always make a mini one to have before Christmas as I won't cut the proper one till Christmas Day tea . Always a sad day when the last slice is eaten towards the end of January (love how well rich fruit cakes keep, getting better every day). Stollen is nice but it would only last a couple of days.

If everyone is fighting over it, how come it lasts until the end of January?

That's one of the things I dislike about Xmas cake, the way it hangs around, and you don't feel it's right to bake anything else until it's all gone. A cake is just for Christmas, not for life

[mothhawk]

Just found this, brioche, would people buy it?




Priya's Versatile Recipes: Christmas Tree in Brioche / Sapin de Noel

[Alison]

If everyone is fighting over it, how come it lasts until the end of January?

That's one of the things I dislike about Xmas cake, the way it hangs around, and you don't feel it's right to bake anything else until it's all gone. A cake is just for Christmas, not for life

After Christmas Day there's only the two of us so a lot less people to fight . We don't normally have cake and January is such a dark and rubbish month so a slice of cake with a piece of cheese brightens the day no end .

[Greenleaves]

Love fruit cake, but hate marzipan and icing, remember my nan used to always buy a cake in a tin but for the life of me cant remember what it was called.

[Guest]

Love fruit cake, but hate marzipan and icing, remember my nan used to always buy a cake in a tin but for the life of me cant remember what it was called.

dundee cake?

[Thelma Sanders]

Panettone is just fruit loaf with extra eggs and butter. I've never seen what people find so Christmassy about it.

I couldn't possibly agree with the first comment - taste and texture are completely different
* Fruit loaf is easy for me to make - panettone isn't *

and it's traditional for our family - I have an Italian surname

[Alison]

Love fruit cake, but hate marzipan and icing, remember my nan used to always buy a cake in a tin but for the life of me cant remember what it was called.

I'm not really fussed about icing either so just decorate with glacé cherries and pecans, looks and tastes great

[Greenleaves]

dundee cake?

Thats it....thanks NG, will sleep without trying to remember now

[Patchninja]

I couldn't possibly agree with the first comment - taste and texture are completely different
* Fruit loaf is easy for me to make - panettone isn't *

and it's traditional for our family - I have an Italian surname

Pannetone is more like a Kugelhopf (sp!!!) or brioche. Lght and lovely.

[Hans Mum]

Biscotti - I use hairy bikers version
Chocolate, orange and cranberry biscotti | Easy biscuit recipes - Red Online

Can make them upto 2 weeks ahead too