My First Ever Christmas Cake

[Roz]

Dec 27, 2011 20:35:17 GMT Perpetua said:

Wise lady Evan!

Although I always used to love raw cake mixture, it used to be a great treat to be allowed to lick the food mixer beaters after Mum had made a cake. .

Mmmmm, yum me too Perpy.

[Perpetua]

What discerning taste we have Roz.

[Roz]

Indeed.

[Scylla]

Dec 27, 2011 20:35:17 GMT Perpetua said:

...it used to be a great treat to be allowed to lick the food mixer beaters after Mum had made a cake. . .

That dates me.

It was the wooden spoon in my day, Perpy. So I've out-dated you

[Perpetua]

I do remember them though Scylla.

[Anne (fuzzy)]

I still use a wooden spoon for cake making and making thick custard for trifle. I used to make celebration cakes to order too, when I was in my 20s and early 30's. Every so often I make a Christmas cake for my daughter, grandkids and us. Not this year though, I bought them from Tesco instead. Nice, but nowhere near as nice as home made.

[Scylla]

Dec 28, 2011 23:10:33 GMT Anne (fuzzy) said:

Every so often I make a Christmas cake for my daughter, grandkids and us. Not this year though, I bought them from Tesco instead. Nice, but nowhere near as nice as home made.

Well you did have a rather good excuse {{{Anne}}} but when you're back to full fitness you'll have to take up the hobby again and we'll have a thread like the Pet Pics for everyone's cakes.

Re the little buns with icing and decorations on - have forgotten what they call them now, but we just used to call them "fancies" in my day

[Perpetua]

French Fancies we used to call those little square iced cakes Scylla, why quite I don't know cept that was the name on the box.

Cupcakes seems to be a blanket term used for anything little & cakey now.

[Roz]

We used to call them fairy cakes.

Yes cupcakes does seem to have become a bit of a catch-all name Perpy. But to me it's somewhat of an Americanism, and although I've nothing at all against our friends over the pond. I do wish for our own part we would stick to our roots and keep our old fashioned words and terminology. It's a bit of a gripe of mine lol.

[Perpetua]

Lol . . . completely agree Roz, our language doesn't need adulterating, it's fit for the purpose as it is.

[Anne (fuzzy)]

I agree too, we should keep 'our own' language. We used to call them fairy cakes too. Do you remember butterfly cakes? I used to love making those.

[Roz]

Yes I remember butterfly cakes too, takes me back to my childhood when we had birthday parties at friends houses, or once a year my own of course lol. Happy memories.

[bel]

Ooo i used to make butterfly cakes for my kids, and me of course

[Perpetua]

Ooooo, yum - butterfly cakes!

The butter icing bowl was another favourite to sample.

[bel]

Mmm i want some now