how long does christmas cake keep? i've found a cake from last year and don't know whether i should throw it

Answer 1

We had a spare tier of cake on our wedding cake that we stored and kept until our 1st childs christening, which was nearly 2 years later. Then we had it re-iced. A lot of people do this, so you don't need to worry.

Answer 2

It should be fine. If it has already got the icing on, remove it as it will be too hard to eat. Turn it over and prick the bottom of cake with a fork, sprinkle some brandy on the bottom of the cake and leave to soak in overnight. Make you sure you wrap it in greaseproof paper. As there isn't much time now, you will have to mazipan it tommorrow and ice it a day or so before Christmas. It should taste delicious. The brandy helps put back the moisture into the cake and keeps it from going mouldy.

Answer 3

For those Americans who don't know what a British Christmas cake is, it's a very heavy dark fruit cake made with various alcohols, with marzipan and royal icing. It keeps for years, and if kept in a tin can last a life time. If its dry simply add more brandy, guinness, rum or whatever is your bag every day until Christmas again. Remember it never hurt your grandparents why on earth should it hurt you. And haven't you noticed your grandparents are a damned sight hardier than today's kids.

Answer 4

Not knowing what kind of christmas cake it is i'm not sure how great of an answer i can give. I would say if it's fruit cake tightly sealed then it's been good. If it's something with a hard icing and hasn't been cut into and is tightly sealed that should be okay as well. Anything with a softer icing or that hasn't been kept tightly i would throw out.

Answer 5

All the best Xmas cakes are made the previous Xmas ie. a year in advance! Because they have such high concentration of sugar and fat there's just about no bacteria etc. that can live in them, so they keep virtually forever. (If they are kept in open containers they will dry, and in some circumstances go stale, but neither is dangerous.)

Whether you would still enjoy eating it is another matter.

Answer 6

I'm a firm believer in eating food past it's sell by date as it's cheap and builds up your resistance to allergies etc. Supermarkets have to err on the side of caution and a lot of food actually tastes better when it's been left to hang for a couple of days. The Golden Rule is if it ain't got mould on it it's OK, and even then if you cut the mouldy bits off the rest is OK. Nuff said?

Answer 7

Christmas cake? Like...fruitcake? Just keep re-gifting that!

Answer 8

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Answer 9

As nobody seems to actually eat it anyway just ice the old one so it looks pretty. If you do want to eat it and it seems dry, if there's no mould present then 'feed' it with as much brandy as you can get into it between now and Christmas to make it nice and moist again. (Use a skewer to make holes and pour brandy in. Do daily.)

Answer 10

I wouldn't eat it. Should really be no longer than 6 months max.
It won't kill you, but it wouldn't do you much good either. Chuck it out to the birds, they'll enjoy it at this time of year when there's no fruit on the trees.