Wine Cake
A few years back whilst at work we had clients that we did some work for who didn't have much but who were a lovely couple. As a thank you both my boss and I received one of her special "wine cakes" and it was delicious. I have since been looking for a recipe but have not come across one and I assumed it would be similar to a Christmas cake and so I had set my intent to have a go at one this Christmas as something a little different "something for the tins" to pick at over the Christmas period. Whilst browsing this morning (Saturday) I have been mooching through a new to me cook book called better baking page by page and I have come across a recipe for wine cake. Apparently it is best made 6 to 8 weeks before required as it needs maturing time just like a Christmas cake, so by my calculations for the diary of to do things we are really looking at the beginning of November this year (2017) as the fruit needs to soak in the wine a week before you actually ...