Christmas cake.

[Kaz]

Edward generally makes a small, light alcohol-free Christmas cake, mainly because we both like marzipan and royal icing but there is no point in making a big one when there is only the two of us. He makes our mincemeat using no alcohol or suet, but crushed pineapple which ferments nicely and makes a lighter mincemeat. Last weekend he used the remaining jar from last year’s batch.

That mincemeat sounds nice

[Workingman]

Osc, mum used to make a suet free mincemeat that had all sorts of fruits and spices in it as well as crushed hazelnuts. It was "cooked" using lemon juice and sweetened with demerara sugar. Can't remember pineapple, but chopped candied peel, glacé cherries and diced apples were in there. No currants, as dad hated them, and dad made the laws.

[Osc]

Edward generally makes a small, light alcohol-free Christmas cake, mainly because we both like marzipan and royal icing but there is no point in making a big one when there is only the two of us. He makes our mincemeat using no alcohol or suet, but crushed pineapple which ferments nicely and makes a lighter mincemeat. Last weekend he used the remaining jar from last year’s batch.

That mincemeat sounds nice

Happy to supply the recipe!

[Workingman]

Go on then.

With my new diet I could do with a few gluten and lactose free ideas.

[Kaz]

[meriad]

Horrid stuff.

That and mince pies, work of the devil.

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