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25 Oct 20, 10:00 AM |
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Christmas cake booze!
I want to start soaking my fruit for a Christmas cake and I've got myself into a tizz over what booze to use. I'm not really a drinker so not sure of all the flavours.
I've used brandy before but I've found the cake bitter, not sure if that is the brandy or not. Started googling last night and now not sure at all! Brandy, sherry, rum arrgh haha.. Oh cherry brandy too? What do you prefer and which will perhaps be sweeter. I love rum sauce but not sure what rum will be like in it... X
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25 Oct 20, 10:14 AM |
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Hi there I made quite a few thiugh the year I used rum as you said bandy makes it a little bitter all so used whisky
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25 Oct 20, 10:23 AM |
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VIP Dibber
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I like sherry (well only for Christmas cake) - provides as additional sweetness. Afraid I’m not keen on the bitterness of brandy and I always find rum too strong.
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25 Oct 20, 10:41 AM |
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I am swaying towards sherry but having looked at waitroses site last night, amongst many others there seems to be lots of choice. They seemed to give different descriptions so could tell which were sweet.
I'm thinking maybe this one. Wish there was a cheaper option though.
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25 Oct 20, 10:47 AM |
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Hmm like all drinks there are many variations - for sherry we just go for Tio Pepe - it’s mid range price and taste.
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25 Oct 20, 02:45 PM |
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Join Date: Jun 10
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I always use sherry. Harvey's Bristol creme does the job! Glass for the fruit, glass for me! Only time I drink it though, so one bottle does a number of years! 🤣
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25 Oct 20, 03:02 PM |
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I use Jameson Irish Whiskey to soak fruit , also pour a few cap fulls over the cake when it comes out of oven. Just in case that’s not enough I feed it every week until mid December which is when I marzipan/
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25 Oct 20, 03:03 PM |
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Apprentice Imagineer
Join Date: Jan 15
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My mum always used sherry. I prefer brandy though but mix with some fresh orange juice (2 thirds brandy). I think it adds a lovely flavour.
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25 Oct 20, 04:42 PM |
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Join Date: May 13
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Brandy is like wine you can get lots of different flavours, try a remy Martin vsop
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25 Oct 20, 04:46 PM |
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I have always used courvoisier brandy to soak the fruit and feed the cake. Mine has never been bitter, I was going to try rum this year but when I went to get it DH had drunk it!
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