[Plot46]

I get the impression that we can't mention that day yet!!...you know that day...Chrimbo... Ohh dear..now I've gone and said it...never mind I'll scribble it out later before I post.

Any way back to the point, my good lady the Memsahib spent most of yesterday morning making 2 shhh cakes...I cant wait to have a slice, I wonder what's the chance's  of me getting a slice before that day??    I know no chance..

[New shoot]

Tut tut    Aunty doesn't like us talking about that day until December Plot46 ....... and you had better leave those cakes alone if you want to make it that far 

[Plot46]

 Point taken New Shoot....I know which side my bread is buttered...

[Mrs Bee]

But if we want to share cake and pudding recipes we have to talk about it, New Shoot.

Cakes and puddens need time to mature and be fed with copious amounts of alcohol. Making them in December is cutting it too fine.

And if you try to purloin a slice of your good lady wife's Plot46, cake you may not see the big day.

I usually have a practice run with a small 'thingy' cake to keep Mr Bee in good humour and away from the main cake.

[GrannieAnnie]

I thought it was Ice who started that one off?  or perhaps it was a joint decision? 

It's just a long standing joke between us 'oldies' on here Plot46, so don't worry about mentioning it, as you can see Auntie has doctored the scripts so that 'THAT' word doesn't appear until next month! 

So people enjoy finding other ways of writing it, as you just did! 

I haven't tasted my Shhh cake yet, but as we are weight watching, I made a big square one and cut it into 4 smaller ones.  2 are for me and OH, one for my daughter, whose family don't like fruit cakes and I gave one to our old friends in the village who said it was the best cake they've had in there 80 years on this earth!

So that's good enough for me! 

[Plot46]

Cakes and puddens need time to mature and be fed with copious amounts of alcohol. Making them in December is cutting it too fine.

The more alcohol the better I say Mrs Bee.

I haven't tasted my Shhh cake yet, but as we are weight watching, I made a big square one and cut it into 4 smaller ones.  So that's good enough for me! 

Making a big "un"  that's what the memsahib done, then cut into 4, and these will go to 4 older ladies that she knows. This way they get to have a slice on the day, in fact 2 of the ladies are coming to us for chrimbo dinner, that way they wont be on their own.

We will have our own cake for the day, and pudding...that's what I'm thinking of tackling myself...now 

[Kevin67]

Don't forget the cheese!

[Mrs Bee]

Don't forget the cheese!

Oh, yes. A nice wensledale or Lancashire goes well with the   S M A X cake.

[snowdrops]

Don't forget the cheese!

Oh, yes. A nice wensledale or Lancashire goes well with the   S M A X cake.

I like a really strong cheddar with mine.

[chrissie B]

any one made their ********* cake yet ive usually got mine done will have to get a wriggle on
chrissie b

[Fairy Plotmother]

Made it yesterday! Only 1 week later than usual.

[LotuSeed]

Ok this might be a really stupid question, but what IS a  cake? Is it like fruit cake?

[GrannieAnnie]

Yes it is LotuSeed!  dark rich fuit cake, with lots of something alcoholic in it to keep it moist!  Mine has loads of brandy in it. Which is usually then covered with marzipan and icing and decorated.

But some people don't like marzipan or icing, so some have a Dundee cake, which again is rich and dark fruit cake, but the top is covered in almonds.

Don't you have that over there?

[LotuSeed]

Thanks for the explanation Grannie! Fruit cake is fairly common around that time of the year, but it doesn't seem super popular. It's kinda one of those things people love or hate. I remember liking it as a kid but I haven't had any since. Might have something to do with odd green colored cherries that are added to some to make it extra festive.    it's kind of a running joke that people often re-gift fruit cake they've been given because no one really likes it!   

On a semi related note, I get so confused when pudding is mentioned here because I immediately think of jell-o pudding, which is quite different from bread pudding lol.

[chrissie B]

I think I will make mine this weekend just need cherries brazils and some butter and im good to go
chrissie b