Meant to say I used Glenfiddich 12yo in the pecan and cherry pudding topping boiled briefly with golden syrup. You put that into the base of the pudding bowl and then add the main pudding in on top of that before steaming for 4hrs.
Pedro Ximinez in the pudding body as per usual. It's a splendid drink I'd recommend anyone gets a bottle of for Christmas. It's gorgeously over the top. A figgy, datey, dark treat of booze. Cheap too.
I’ve stalked in this thread but never posted as I have to say I really don’t like Christmas cake. But I watched Jamie Oliver today with some cheese expert and he put cheese with Christmas cake and Jamie thought it was a revelation. And then I realise Christmas cake is very similar to Jamaican bun which I grew up on and I always used to have it with a sharp piece of cheddar. It’s an amazing combo. So my tip for badgers this Christmas is if you can’t get a Jamaican bun at least get some nice cheddar and try it with your Christmas cake
I'm intrigued by this nuts on christmas cake.
I love a good fruit cake, happy to go richer. It has always been the thick layers of marzipan and icing that put me off.
I cant remember ever liking icing much, even as a kid. Marzipan is lovely in small amounts. I like a good stollen.(sic)
Unfortunately mama livdiv long stopped making Christmas cake because noone ate it. A nut topped version would be a hard sell given she cant eat nuts.
I will stick to her mince pies. Already had a dozen on a couple of visits over there. They really are the best things.
Tried my hand a gluten free mince pies today - it's the first time I've made any kind of pastry. I made 20 and 17 survived - the three that never made it out of the tray in one piece were laid to rest in my gob. Bloody hell, I'd forgotten how orgasmic mince pies straight from the oven are.
I’m halfway through experimenting with Christmas themed breads. Today I’m making a cinnamon and raisin loaf. The dough is currently rising in the kitchen, will be ready for the oven about 7.30 so hopefully by 8 will have some delicious smelling bread for tomorrow mornings toast.
I’m gonna try and bake something nice for Christmas morning to take to my brothers place
Not everything is The Best or Shit. Theres many levels between that, lets just enjoy stuff.
As I’m now off for the Christmas period I’ve bought a plane ticket to go spend time with my wife and kids whilst they visit my in laws.
Every year my mother in law always takes care of big meals for dinner, my father in law always makes amazing desserts and my wife takes care of lunches.
I’ve decided that I’m going to practise a few different festive loaves so we can have fresh bread most mornings with breakfast.
Not everything is The Best or Shit. Theres many levels between that, lets just enjoy stuff.
Wookie, don't know where you currently get your recipes from, but King Arthur Flour is a good resource. Just make sure to set the recipe to grams etc and not cups. Not accurate enough. They also have a couple of YouTube videos about folding.
On r/breadit a lot if people bake from Flour Water Salt Yeast, I'm not familiar with it myself but it's supposed to be very good.