Christmas cake

This weekend I made my christmas cake. I went with the same recipe as last year (and the year before, and the year before). The ingredients were bought last weekend. Thursday afternoon I started soaking the fruit in a nice tawny port that Brendon had picked up duty free last time he went to Australia for work. Saturday morning was the big bake day. Isabelle and Aidan were very interested in watching, and everyone got their (washed) hands in to help at the mixing stage. Isabelle and I decorated the top together. I did the cherries, and she did the pecan nuts.

It took about 3 hours to bake - it has a slight dip in the middle, so I suspect that I could have put it in for just a little bit longer. It is now wrapped and aging in the pantry, waiting to be unwrapped and shared on Christmas day or thereabouts.