Active Users:521 Time:15/09/2026 10:11:20 AM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
We have different icing. It is not typically a very dense, flat sheet of solid icing. Like fondant. nossy Send a noteboard - 04/12/2011 07:46:41 PM
I'm sure some people have cake at Christmas, but cake should be for birthdays. And our cakes are typically a little different than what you do here. We don't have a sheet of icing, for one thing. Pie definitely wins. And fudge, brownies and cookies.

Since when? Not all cakes have icing, but many do.

Most of the american cakes I've encountered have had a fluffier icing applied to them with a knife or icing spatula. Not a sheet of thick sweetness rolled over the top like dough. To be fair, I don't know if that is the main type of icing in the UK, but it is what I have seen so far.
link
Reply to message
I am confused. Do Americans not do cake at Christmas? Rebekah - 04/12/2011 10:59:04 AM 1771 Views
chrimbo cake is the BEST! Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 11:41:28 AM 962 Views
Re: chrimbo cake is the BEST! ranagrande - 04/12/2011 11:48:56 AM 992 Views
Chicken pot pies are pretty great. beetnemesis - 04/12/2011 07:18:47 PM 942 Views
Most do not. ranagrande - 04/12/2011 11:46:09 AM 1028 Views
Fruitcake Isaac - 04/12/2011 12:39:23 PM 1104 Views
This Danu - 05/12/2011 01:38:49 AM 975 Views
Christmas Cake is divine. Stephen - 04/12/2011 02:03:44 PM 1025 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 604 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 439 Views
No, generally we do not make cake for Christmas. *NM* Tom - 04/12/2011 04:41:05 PM 458 Views
Cake? nossy - 04/12/2011 05:03:02 PM 1000 Views
We don't have a sheet of icing? Palatine - 04/12/2011 05:08:00 PM 959 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 1278 Views
That's just for Christmas cakes and wedding cakes, usually. Rebekah - 04/12/2011 07:58:55 PM 1087 Views
Ah nossy - 04/12/2011 08:33:29 PM 968 Views
No. (with other responses) Palatine - 04/12/2011 05:03:51 PM 1273 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 1090 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 969 Views
i put three teaspoons on each cake once a week Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 09:35:23 PM 973 Views
You make pretty cakes! *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 04/12/2011 11:53:16 PM 472 Views
thanks Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 11:58:40 PM 997 Views
Fruitcake is yummy Floffe - 05/12/2011 05:41:59 PM 896 Views
I dunno if they do cake, but Jason Biggs does pie. *NM* ironclad - 04/12/2011 05:18:22 PM 469 Views
Your boozecake intrigues me. Dannymac - 04/12/2011 06:01:14 PM 1030 Views
Christmas cake? Jeez, how awkward ARE you people? Praziquantel - 04/12/2011 06:21:06 PM 1000 Views
I hate Christmas cake Aviendha - 04/12/2011 06:35:49 PM 1138 Views
Nope. My family has no Christmas-themed desserts. beetnemesis - 04/12/2011 07:17:38 PM 969 Views
Christmas cake is horrid. Morgawse - 04/12/2011 07:25:59 PM 1211 Views
There are other birds which it's "acceptable" to eat at Christmas, other than turkey. Tim - 05/12/2011 10:02:20 AM 947 Views
Ah, maybe generally acceptable, but not to the outlaws. Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:46:45 PM 1109 Views
We do ham a lot Christmas random thoughts - 05/12/2011 01:01:03 PM 915 Views
Re: We do ham a lot Christmas Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:45:53 PM 1093 Views
me and my first wife did steaks for Christmas one year random thoughts - 05/12/2011 05:17:47 PM 940 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 478 Views
Pie in November and December. Cake the rest of the year. TaskmasterJack - 04/12/2011 11:52:31 PM 1017 Views
I assume your Christmas cake is our Fruit Cake. Danu - 05/12/2011 01:25:07 AM 980 Views
It is, as far as I can tell. Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:55:40 PM 1329 Views
The icing looks so... thick. Avendesora - 05/12/2011 05:23:44 PM 988 Views
we do cake sometimes but not usually random thoughts - 05/12/2011 02:05:50 AM 955 Views
My family does... though Jacob - 05/12/2011 02:08:13 PM 1037 Views
We typically have flan....with some vanilla ice cream. Jeordam - 05/12/2011 03:57:50 PM 1029 Views
I adore flan... *NM* Larisa - 07/12/2011 10:50:00 PM 627 Views
No. We do cookie swaps and gingerbread houses. *edit* Avendesora - 05/12/2011 05:18:31 PM 1020 Views
our family offerings are bread pudding and sugar cookies. The_Muted_Grimaud - 05/12/2011 05:25:01 PM 986 Views
I have no concept of a "Christmas" cake A Deathwatch Guard - 05/12/2011 08:15:30 PM 895 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 476 Views
Message from the Queen to Americains: 'Let Them Eat Cake!' *NM* Sports_Gambler - 07/12/2011 06:16:59 AM 425 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes