Zena's Christmas Cake comes in round and square versions of various sizes and is richer in fruit than customary today. Here is the link to her cookbook (PDF) - refer to pages numbered 60-64 (physical pages 62-66 if you want to print them) for the Christmas Cake recipe.
The cookbook is also (via resellers) available on Amazon.
The cake should have been made in October, to give it time to mature, so there's hardly any time to waste.
Clare is on the case - and here is her Zena Skinner Christmas cake straight out of the oven.
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| A Zena Skinner Christmas Cake |
Thank you so much for the link to this recipe ! It was the cake my mother made for years, and I have followed in her footsteps. Only to be thwarted this year because I can't find my mother' handwritten copy of the recipe. So with your help I can still make the traditional family Christmas cake - and hope that my mother's copy will surface at some point !
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DeleteCake in the oven ! I forwarded the link to Zena's book to my sister, as I thought she would be interested because of the family connection. She works as a volunteer with the National Trust, and she hosts a 1950's kitchen at Basildon Park. She does baking which the visitors can sample. She said she's going to use some of Zena's recipes. So your link is spreading Zena far and wide !
DeleteZena would surely be delighted to be going viral!
DeleteI have Zena Skinner's "First Four" and am delighted to find this. Thanks for posting. Simple, effective, traditional and delicious.
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