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No. (with other responses) Palatine Send a noteboard - 04/12/2011 05:03:51 PM
Note: I have not read other replies before posting this, so there may be repeated information, but the responses are genuine. :)

The wonderful Allie Brosh wrote a blog entry last year that I have just discovered (from a different blog) comparing cake to pie. Pie wins.


Everyone loves pie. Not everyone loves cake.

In point #5 she argues that pie has more usability over the year. And then has cake at Christmas being the lowest point for cakeyness. But this makes no sense! Christmas has a cake all of its very own! You make it months in advance and fill it with booze! How is this not wonderful?


I've never heard of "The Christmas Cake." The fact that it has booze does sound wonderful, depending on the rest of the ingredients. If there's sugar-based frosting or it's chocolate cake, then it doesn't sound so wonderful to me.

Do Americans not do this?


No. We have fruitcake. I've never actually had fruitcake, but it looks horrible. Also, a running joke is that fruitcake is a bad gift to give/food to bring to the holiday meal, and people make polite noises to the person who gave/brought it, but do their best not to eat it and throw it away as soon as possible.

And what kind of pie would you have at Christmas? }<img class=' />


Almost any kind, but (along with Thanksgiving) the seasonal/traditional pie is pumpkin pie. I LOVE pumpkin pie, especially with whipped cream.

Help me, RAFO. You're my only hope. Sad as that is. Well. Also untrue. I could ask Twitter but I think the Americans are sleeping and then the tweet will be lost in the mists of time before they get up whereas this post will sit here waiting for you.


Also, I don't use Twitter.
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I am confused. Do Americans not do cake at Christmas? Rebekah - 04/12/2011 10:59:04 AM 1726 Views
chrimbo cake is the BEST! Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 11:41:28 AM 917 Views
Re: chrimbo cake is the BEST! ranagrande - 04/12/2011 11:48:56 AM 945 Views
Chicken pot pies are pretty great. beetnemesis - 04/12/2011 07:18:47 PM 890 Views
Most do not. ranagrande - 04/12/2011 11:46:09 AM 982 Views
Fruitcake Isaac - 04/12/2011 12:39:23 PM 1046 Views
This Danu - 05/12/2011 01:38:49 AM 927 Views
Christmas Cake is divine. Stephen - 04/12/2011 02:03:44 PM 975 Views
My family's Christmas is Second Thansgiving, but with bonus desserts. Mostly pie, cookies, and candy *NM* Burr - 04/12/2011 03:00:51 PM 568 Views
Or rather... Fifth Thanksgiving. Thanksgivings 2, 3, and 4 are all about Thanksgiving 1 leftovers. *NM* Burr - 04/12/2011 03:02:42 PM 414 Views
No, generally we do not make cake for Christmas. *NM* Tom - 04/12/2011 04:41:05 PM 433 Views
Cake? nossy - 04/12/2011 05:03:02 PM 957 Views
We don't have a sheet of icing? Palatine - 04/12/2011 05:08:00 PM 917 Views
We have different icing. It is not typically a very dense, flat sheet of solid icing. Like fondant. nossy - 04/12/2011 07:46:41 PM 1225 Views
That's just for Christmas cakes and wedding cakes, usually. Rebekah - 04/12/2011 07:58:55 PM 1038 Views
Ah nossy - 04/12/2011 08:33:29 PM 927 Views
No. (with other responses) Palatine - 04/12/2011 05:03:51 PM 1224 Views
its a fruit cake with a layer of marzipan and a layer of icing on top Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 08:32:55 PM 1033 Views
Plus with loads of brandy used to "feed" the cake over the month before you ice it. Rebekah - 04/12/2011 08:45:28 PM 919 Views
i put three teaspoons on each cake once a week Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 09:35:23 PM 922 Views
You make pretty cakes! *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 04/12/2011 11:53:16 PM 447 Views
thanks Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 11:58:40 PM 951 Views
Fruitcake is yummy Floffe - 05/12/2011 05:41:59 PM 844 Views
I dunno if they do cake, but Jason Biggs does pie. *NM* ironclad - 04/12/2011 05:18:22 PM 445 Views
Your boozecake intrigues me. Dannymac - 04/12/2011 06:01:14 PM 978 Views
Christmas cake? Jeez, how awkward ARE you people? Praziquantel - 04/12/2011 06:21:06 PM 954 Views
I hate Christmas cake Aviendha - 04/12/2011 06:35:49 PM 1092 Views
Nope. My family has no Christmas-themed desserts. beetnemesis - 04/12/2011 07:17:38 PM 918 Views
Christmas cake is horrid. Morgawse - 04/12/2011 07:25:59 PM 1150 Views
There are other birds which it's "acceptable" to eat at Christmas, other than turkey. Tim - 05/12/2011 10:02:20 AM 896 Views
Ah, maybe generally acceptable, but not to the outlaws. Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:46:45 PM 1057 Views
We do ham a lot Christmas random thoughts - 05/12/2011 01:01:03 PM 860 Views
Re: We do ham a lot Christmas Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:45:53 PM 1040 Views
me and my first wife did steaks for Christmas one year random thoughts - 05/12/2011 05:17:47 PM 883 Views
Fruitcake, I guess. But we don't coat it with disgusting icing. And it's not really cake. *NM* Ghavrel - 04/12/2011 10:12:21 PM 445 Views
Pie in November and December. Cake the rest of the year. TaskmasterJack - 04/12/2011 11:52:31 PM 965 Views
I assume your Christmas cake is our Fruit Cake. Danu - 05/12/2011 01:25:07 AM 930 Views
It is, as far as I can tell. Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:55:40 PM 1277 Views
The icing looks so... thick. Avendesora - 05/12/2011 05:23:44 PM 948 Views
we do cake sometimes but not usually random thoughts - 05/12/2011 02:05:50 AM 905 Views
My family does... though Jacob - 05/12/2011 02:08:13 PM 988 Views
We typically have flan....with some vanilla ice cream. Jeordam - 05/12/2011 03:57:50 PM 979 Views
I adore flan... *NM* Larisa - 07/12/2011 10:50:00 PM 589 Views
No. We do cookie swaps and gingerbread houses. *edit* Avendesora - 05/12/2011 05:18:31 PM 964 Views
our family offerings are bread pudding and sugar cookies. The_Muted_Grimaud - 05/12/2011 05:25:01 PM 942 Views
I have no concept of a "Christmas" cake A Deathwatch Guard - 05/12/2011 08:15:30 PM 846 Views
Christmas Cake = yum yum ppig's bum. As are Fruit Mince Pies. And boiled pudding... and roast potato *NM* Two Wongs - 07/12/2011 01:50:28 AM 452 Views
Message from the Queen to Americains: 'Let Them Eat Cake!' *NM* Sports_Gambler - 07/12/2011 06:16:59 AM 402 Views
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