Feeding the Christmas Cake

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  1. Now we have taken the cake out of its tin and it’s time to feed it. Don’t worry. It is supposed to be dark.
  2. We are going to flip the cake upside down and inject it with whiskey. I have a turkey baster and injector to do this, but you can just poke 5-6 holes in the cake with a skewer and drop half a teaspoon of whiskey or so in each hole.
  3. Now wrap the cake tightly with parchment paper or plastic wrap and place it in an airtight container. I have a proper tin, but I used a different pan this year and it was just “this much” too big for my tin.
  4. Unwrap the cake and feed it like this once a week, until it’s time to decorate.
We don’t go very fancy with our decorating. We put a circle of marzipan on top and then because we don’t really like royal icing so we use an Italian meringue buttercream.