Do you bake your own Christmas cake?

I have never made a fruit cake. Actually, I don't think I have ever eaten fruit cake either. I do make sweet treats and desserts around the holidays, but a fruit cake is not one of them.

I am afraid to say Humbug that if I decide we ought to have a christmas cake then its off to the supermarket for me!they have some really pretty cakes,and the prices are reasonable too,when you take into consideration that the cake is laden woth fruit,eggs,sugar,icing and all the rich things in life,then the price is not too bad.I have seen them in Lidls recently,they fully iced cakes were around six pounds,which was good value,but lol they have sols out already!there was an older man who stopped to have a few words with me today whilst I was in Lidls and he told me that Tesco`s were `rob dogs` lol.and that they could sell their produce at a much cheaper price than they do,anf he wouldnt give them his money under any circumstances !!but I have to admit,that to my mind there is nothing really to equal a Marks and Spencers christmas cake,they are scrummy,moist and full of fruit,they maybe are a few pennies dearer but well worth it.In fact my daughter made her own wedding cake using iced ready made fruit cakes from M and S and the cake looked beautiful and tasted wonderful!!

I know a lot of people make fruit cake for Christmas. I do not like it though and most of my family doesn't either. We do try to make some type of cake or pie for our Christmas get together though. With my family I'm usually the one to make a pie or cake because that is what I offer to make...that and some kind of veggie or casserole and then I make tea to drink. With my husband's family his grandmother always makes the cake. She usually has about 3 different kinds.

I like eating cake very much,but i haven't make one by myself, It is not very common to make cakes by oneself in our country.I think it is very interesting and a enjoyable time when making own cake. i believe it will bring deep sense of accomplishment when make a cake.

We dont usually have christmas cake because there are alot of other things to eat at that time. I only tried making a fruitcake one time. It is alot of work and the ingredietns are expensive. I gave it to my inlaws and they either stuck it in the freezer or threw it out. It wasnt worth the effort. I like candy and Christmas cookies more than cake at Christmas time.

Sad to say NO! I don't know how to baked .... but thanks to "RED RIBBON" It saves the day.

I hate to bake. I think if I had a timer it wouldn't be so bad but I start something and then walk away to do something else and forget about what I started before. So baking doesn't turn out too well. I have bad luck with timers also. I have used 2 and both just stopped working and they were brand new. I took it as a sign. Someone doesn't want me to bake lol. For birthday's and stuff I just buy my cake from walmart. I like the whipped icing and they are pretty cheap.

My mam always buys a Christmas cake. I think, like me, she likes the thought of being able to make a homemade one but not the amount of time and preparation it takes to do it. Im not sure about the cost of the ingredients but I know a lot goes into a Christmas cake so I would not be surprisd if it turns out to be very expensive. Personally I am not a big fan of Chsristmas cake. I will eat some but if I prefer sponge cake.

I'm not very good at baking. I have a hard time sticking to one recipe only because I easily get bored. So I try to play up the recipe by adding other ingredients like chocolate bits and nuts, but it interferes with how the cake or cookies turn out. :( I think I'll just save on time by ordering from the professional bakers. it's not that expensive anyway, I think. :)

Hi, I like the idea of making your own christmas cake. I have never made one before, My mother used to love that cake and I always bought one for her. My mother in law also enjoys this cake but has stoped eating it because she has become diabetic and that's out of the limits. Myself, the European Yule Log is my favorite and yes I always make this for christmas eve. I have fun coloring the coconut for grass, making the mushrooms from meringue, flowers from sugar paste. Some Christmas I have given those as gifts for the family.

Hey there! No, we don't bake Christmas cake. We usually buy or sometimes our relative bakes cake and they would gave us. I would like to learn how to bake cakes.

Yes I do but I make cakes for a living so I make them for other people as well LOL I think there is something special with making one rather than simply picking one from a shop.

I use to bake fruit cake and sell it during the holidays. But now that I m quite busy and yes ingredients are expensive, i buy our christmas cake. SInce we seldom buy cakes, might as well buy it and enjoy it with your family. I miss my baking of those cakes but its different now and i have different chores and work and baking them will be time consuming, too. Maybe next time.

My family has never cared for fruitcakes, so we never had that tradition. What I do make, is a platter of assorted holiday cookies. Peanutbutter dipped in milk chocolate, two-toned peppermint twists, cutout cookes, frosted ones, and of course snickerdoodles. I make them in advance, keeping them in zipper bags, and assemble the platter on Christmas day. One year I made pies instead, and everyone missed the cookies, so now I stick to them.

Baking is one of my frustrations coz we dont have ovena nd of course a realization that i cannot bake a cake. I hope I can do this someday when i have my own oven, i will have to save money for that. I would love to bake birthday cakes and chritmas cakes and all sorts of cakes that I could think about.

So sad that I haven't made any cakes. But I would really love to make one. Specially for my husband, his birthday is coming. An on Christmas day I like to make christmas cake for my family. For me it's not a waste of money. Anyways it's Christmas ! It only happens once a year ! And it's also fun making cakes.

i'd love to make a christmas cake. i want to learn how to bake a cake. nobody in my house likes to bake so nobody taught me, but then we had this class in high school on food chemistry where we cook stuff a lot of the time and our activity on making apple pies just captured my fancy! i suppose fruit cakes should be done really early, like june or so. anyway, it will be really special if you make a cake for next year. i would appreciate it, if i were your kid. =o

i indeed want to. but i dont have a oven , many times i have thought to buy one , but just thought about it cause i am not always at home . so i always search some cookbooks about dessert that dont need a oven on internet,then i use a micro-wave oven and a pan to make what i like .