Thinking Fruitcake Yet?

[Bolas De Fraile]

These are chrimbo cakes, my wife does the decs I make the rich fruitcake,marzipan and flat ice.
For a true taste of fruitcake make it a min of 6 months before you need it, feed the cake with rum or brandy at least once a month.clic on pics

 

[Aunt Bea]

Bolas,

Those look amazing!

I have only seen this done for weddings.

We always used additional nuts and candied fruit to decorate the tops of the cakes just before they were placed in the oven.

Is it a common practice to ice fruitcakes in the UK?

 

[Bolas De Fraile]

Yes Bea its a tradition, wedding cakes should be the same as one of the tiers is kept for the christening. I mess with everything so sometimes I make green M/pan using pistachio nut to stuff dates and prunes. I sometimes use it on cakes which get some strange looks.