Monday 16 December 2013

Let them eat cake!

I finished my Christmas cakes.  I 'only made a few this year, which meant there was less pressure.

I'm pleased with the iced cakes...





The Creole cakes look lovely. I couldn't find the bag of pecan nuts, so I had to use toasted almonds instead.  I'm thinking I should probably have skinned the almonds first, but it's too late now.

This is my own cake, so I'll be able to tell first hand if the almonds cause a problem:







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