Fresh out the oven and waiting to get cold before cutting into chunks for the cake tin. 

That's when you'll see I departed from the strict recipe by adding cherries for my sweet tooth. 

 

ohhh a bit different....like to see a slice 

4 minutes ago, ditchman said:

ohhh a bit different....like to see a slice 

You'll have to wait until it has cooled down.

29 minutes ago, ditchman said:

ohhh a bit different....like to see a slice 

Won't be long now lol. The keen eyed will see I've sprinkled granulated sugar onto about 2/3 of it.

The wife doesn't have a sweet tooth and its better than incurring her wrath. 

Greedy ***

All cut up. We've tried two different baking tray sizes now. 

Talk about her tongue lol... she previously used a small baking tray that made the cake too thick to get it all into one tin because there wasn't enough depth to stack two deep.

So I bought a slightly larger baking tray thinking it'd be just right - but now it'll stack two deep but still not all in the one tin because the cake now too shallow and spread out.  

Edited September 12, 2024Sep 12 by Dave-G

Hello, Dave, I am just having a coffee and a piece of your cake would go down well ?

Would look nice with Glace Cherries on top and the sugar burned a bit - how much to post a slice??.Strong cup of Tea and your cake could be bliss.

very very nice.........

2 hours ago, Dave-G said:

All cut up. We've tried two different baking tray sizes now. 

Talk about her tongue lol... she previously used a small baking tray that made the cake too thick to get it all into one tin because there wasn't enough depth to stack two deep.

So I bought a slightly larger baking tray thinking it'd be just right - but now it'll stack two deep but still not all in the one tin because the cake now too shallow and spread out.  

Well, if that is the ONLY trouble you have in your life.........................................................

Looks a bit like bread pudding.  Not surprising really as they both contain flour and fruit. It's just that the flour in BP is cooked first (bread). ?

Hello, Was it tasty Dave??

19 minutes ago, Robden said:

Looks a bit like bread pudding.  Not surprising really as they both contain flour and fruit. It's just that the flour in BP is cooked first (bread). ?

Hello, With reference to Bread Pud, on MMs recent post going to M and S for some,  I thought to look in the Oxford branch as i quite like this but no such luck?

14 hours ago, Dave-G said:

Fresh out the oven and waiting to get cold before cutting into chunks for the cake tin. 

That's when you'll see I departed from the strict recipe by adding cherries for my sweet tooth. 

 

Well done Dave, I too have a sweet tooth, and that’s right up my street ?

I am partial to any fruit cake, but I particularly like “Bara Brith” which is a type of fruit loaf, served with Welsh salted butter.

 

1 hour ago, Shambam1962 said:

Well done Dave, I too have a sweet tooth, and that’s right up my street ?

I am partial to any fruit cake, but I particularly like “Bara Brith” which is a type of fruit loaf, served with Welsh salted butter.

 

Alfred was not so good on baking cakes??, Me to !!!, You cannot beat a nice bit of Fruit Cake, ?

Edited September 13, 2024Sep 13 by oldypigeonpopper

Yep I usually have a variety of fruit cakes/treats to hand, some home made and some bought in but I'm increasingly becoming wary of bought in cakes/pies etc as margarine is generally used these days rather than butter.

5 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

You cannot beat a nice bit of Fruit Cake, ?

Definitely ? I do love my cakes,,,, I'm known for regularly having coffee and caaaaake ?? This one looks great,,,, full of fruit and stodgy ?

5 hours ago, JKD said:

Definitely ? I do love my cakes,,,, I'm known for regularly having coffee and caaaaake ?? This one looks great,,,, full of fruit and stodgy ?

exactly how it should be.......all the shop bought stuff is dry lacking in fruit and made for nancy boys

4 minutes ago, ditchman said:

exactly how it should be.......all the shop bought stuff is dry lacking in fruit and made for nancy boys

My mum, and her mum, made the best bread pudding I've ever had,,,, used to have it warmed up with custard ? But,,,, I just love cake, virtually any kind ?

This was made by the wife and the 4 1/2 yr old great grandaughter who did the mixing and stirred in the chocolate, I just ate it.

if it contains chocolate ...then im up for it

19 hours ago, JKD said:

Definitely ? I do love my cakes,,,, I'm known for regularly having coffee and caaaaake ?? This one looks great,,,, full of fruit and stodgy ?

Hello, A notable fruit cake i found scrumptious was at Goring on Thames made by the local ladies WI , They had a stall selling Tea, Coffee, and Cakes on a Sunday when we had a group walk along the Thames finishing by the Lock

1 minute ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, A notable fruit cake i found scrumptious was at Goring on Thames made by the local ladies WI , They had a stall selling Tea, Coffee, and Cakes on a Sunday when we had a group walk along the Thames finishing by the Lock

Homemade cake is definitely the best ? My GF makes a superb banana cake,,,, best I've ever eaten ? Unfortunately she doesn't like fruit cakes, so never makes anything like that ?

1 minute ago, JKD said:

Homemade cake is definitely the best ? My GF makes a superb banana cake,,,, best I've ever eaten ? Unfortunately she doesn't like fruit cakes, so never makes anything like that ?

Hello, That is still nice to enjoy, I am just off shopping in Lidl and all this chat on cakes I might partake in another favourite, Carrot cake !!!!!

I'm also quite partial to Stollen and xmas cakes when that time of year comes. 

Edited September 14, 2024Sep 14 by Dave-G

11 minutes ago, Dave-G said:

I'm also quite partial to Stollen and xmas cakes when that time of year comes. 

never had banana cake............ive had stollen cake on a few occasions......i found it dosnt come close to a moist / heavy./rich British fruit cake................ive always found Stollen cake to be a bit dry....have i been eating the wrong ones ?