Comments on: Food Monday ~ Fruit & Nut Cake (no Flour) http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:44:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Will Knott http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18518 Will Knott Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:40:59 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18518 My Decoration plans are much simpler. Bake. Turn over (flat sides are easier) Put layer of "white" marzipan (I'm sure that classic of apricot jam comes in here somewhere, but nomnomnom effects may occur) Roll out white icing, take cookie cutter of stars, cover the "off-white" background with overlapping stars. of course I need to bake (and not eat) the cake first. My Decoration plans are much simpler.

Bake. Turn over (flat sides are easier)
Put layer of “white” marzipan (I’m sure that classic of apricot jam comes in here somewhere, but nomnomnom effects may occur)
Roll out white icing, take cookie cutter of stars, cover the “off-white” background with overlapping stars.

of course I need to bake (and not eat) the cake first.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18517 Grannymar Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:35:19 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18517 Will I am sure you can purchase the Mr and Mrs Claus figures. My very first Christmas cake (1960) was made in a roasting tin to provide a rectangular cake. I iced it as a snowy scene complete with lake (a mirror set in the icing), trees, reindeer and a sleigh. Will

I am sure you can purchase the Mr and Mrs Claus figures. My very first Christmas cake (1960) was made in a roasting tin to provide a rectangular cake. I iced it as a snowy scene complete with lake (a mirror set in the icing), trees, reindeer and a sleigh.

]]> By: Will Knott http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18516 Will Knott Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:24:20 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18516 Wedding cake? Is there a Mr and Mrs Claus figure set available to go on top? (not as silly an idea as you might think, there are a lot of December brides) Wedding cake?
Is there a Mr and Mrs Claus figure set available to go on top?
(not as silly an idea as you might think, there are a lot of December brides)

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18514 Grannymar Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:16:30 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18514 Will, I would not like to modify this recipe since the nuts (ground almonds) are what holds the mixture together. I have a very rich fruit cake (wedding cake) recipe that I have used as a Christmas cake and also as wedding cakes since 1960! Now that could be made without nuts. Will,

I would not like to modify this recipe since the nuts (ground almonds) are what holds the mixture together.

I have a very rich fruit cake (wedding cake) recipe that I have used as a Christmas cake and also as wedding cakes since 1960! Now that could be made without nuts.

]]> By: Will Knott http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18513 Will Knott Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:59:19 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18513 This is handy. A present for those friends of mine who can't take wheat. (I'll be making it for a few friends, but making them very separately from other things) However, can you suggest modifications for those who can't take nuts? This is handy.
A present for those friends of mine who can’t take wheat. (I’ll be making it for a few friends, but making them very separately from other things)
However, can you suggest modifications for those who can’t take nuts?

]]> By: Mike http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18509 Mike Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:57:12 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18509 A tipsy cake sounds lovely..but fermented fruit sounds even nicer A tipsy cake sounds lovely..but fermented fruit sounds even nicer

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18508 Grannymar Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:23:04 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18508 @Baino - I will join you in a glass of the fermented fruit! ;) @Mike - 30 tablespoons of Port might make the cake tipsy! @Baino - I will join you in a glass of the fermented fruit! ;)

@Mike - 30 tablespoons of Port might make the cake tipsy!

]]> By: Mike http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18504 Mike Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:29:57 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18504 Can you be generous with the port...say 30 tablespoons Evening GM Can you be generous with the port…say 30 tablespoons
Evening GM

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18502 Baino Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:31:11 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18502 Sorry girls, not for me. I like my fruit juicy not dried. Or crushed into a vat and fermented of course! Sorry girls, not for me. I like my fruit juicy not dried. Or crushed into a vat and fermented of course!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/27/food-monday-fruit-nut-cake-no-flour/#comment-18501 Grannymar Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:03:17 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1550#comment-18501 @Steph - Are you admitting to being a fruit and nut case? :roll: @Nancy I think you might have to lite the gas.... but don't breathe out while you do it! :roll: @Steph - Are you admitting to being a fruit and nut case? :roll:

@Nancy I think you might have to lite the gas…. but don’t breathe out while you do it! :roll:

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