[Oliveview]

I have just made some Dundee cakes, one for is and another as a gift. It set me wondering, do folk still traditionally bake a Dundee cake at Christmas?

Pamela

[samjess]

Not just at Chrimbo! Number 1 son bakes one (doubling the recipe!) the day before he goes back to uni, each term, and packs it in his suitcase.

[surbie100]

I don't - not a big fan of fruitcakes. Though Simnel cake is turning me...

[GrannieAnnie]

My daughter and granddaughters don't, they just wait for me to visit!  But with the g/daughter, it has to be sponge, they don't like fruitcake either!

[Oliveview]

What about proper old fashioned bread pudding? Mum used to make it with beef dripping!
Jim said youngsters probably make cupcakes instead! I love Madeira cake, but being diabetic I rarely make it.

Pamela

[GrannieAnnie]

I love old fashioned bread pudding, especially that made by my Dad!

[mumofstig]

I occasionally still make a dark bread pudding - but youngsters seem to make bread and butter pudding instead - it's more trendy 

[GrannieAnnie]

Ooooh no, got to be very dark, spicy and very fruity!

[mumofstig]

AW YUS 

[GrannieAnnie]

 

[Mrs Bee]

I am confident that there are lots of youngsters out there baking. And a lot of them are my ex pupils and collegues.

I was the madwoman who would organise the whole of the lower Junior school to make their own individual Christmas cake every year, and cook all their own party food.

I am often accosted by grown up ex pupils and their mums who tell me that they still make their own chrimble cakes and cook from scratch. No one ever mentions that I put them on the road to numeracy and literacy and the love of reading, they all talk about the cooking and craft we used to do.

I also know that there are a couple of chefs among them too.

[compostqueen]

My young niece is a mad keen baker and is having a lot of baking kit for Christmas. She already has quite a lot of stuff; much of it mine 

I make WW bread pud! All the flavour with none of the guilt 

[cadalot]

Both my daughters love to cook and to bake, the youngest will just decide that she is bored and will have a baking blitz for no reason at all.

[allotmentann]

My young niece is a mad keen baker and is having a lot of baking kit for Crimbo. She already has quite a lot of stuff; much of it mine 

I make WW bread pud! All the flavour with none of the guilt 

CQ are you quite sure? None of the guilt, for WW bread pud? Wow! I never knew. Would that work for pastry made with WW too?  Hmmm! Or maybe the WW was Weight Watchers not whole wheat!
Whichever, bread pud is lovely. My gran used to make the best, although I found a good recipe recently.

On the subject of the younger generation, my daughter bakes all the time and loves it. I get sent photos of all kinds of lovely things and emails with links to recipes to try.   

[Beetroot Queen]

We have one 13 year old who loves to bake, shes been held back by florence who insists on being able to help. Allergy free cakes are not the most exciting to bake. We have recently organised for her to go to nannies and bake so she can bake what she likes rather than what is safe. 

Florence loves baking and testing the mixture  she does more trying than stirring