i use a little spritzer bottle filled with brandy to baste the cake with every few weeks or so, hehe

Hope everyone is doing well, here's my video on how to feed your cake with brandy, if you're wanting to add a boozy note to your cake xx

I made my first Xmas cake a few days ago. Delicious ! I used Port as I had nothing else available. Just bought a bottle of Sherry so I’ll do as per your video in a few days time. Thanks.

Thank you, thats what I"m Planning Here In Durham, North Carolina for the holidays! You are a great baker, with tips!

Great advice....feeding the cake really makes a difference....its time to start now....

Interesting stuff!! I love how you give us a reason why you do things and not just - ''heres what I do'', thanks for your scientific touch! ;)

This is exactly how it mum would do her Christmas fruit cakes! My mum was a baker (worked out of our home) and at Christmas she would take only a certain amount of orders of fruit cakes. She would feed the cakes (I really don't know how often but I do know she'd make the cakes in November as well) with brandy and keep them in a cool dark place. I don't have her recipe and she has Alzheimer's so I can't ask her for it. Anyway, just to let you knows I bought a fruit cake and I plan on feeding it starting tomorrow until Christmas. I'll let you know how my experiment turns out. Thank you fort your video!

I think this is the one I’m going to make thankyou x

I am on the verge of overfeeding my very first Christmas cake with brandy because I thought that was best for flavour. But I’m so glad I found your video before I ruin my hard work! Thank you for sharing these really practical tips and what you said made full sense! Now I’m excited for the big reveal at Christmas 🎄

Thank you for great tip. Will remember next time🤞

Thanks .....it was a great advice❤️

Thank you, such good advice. When i was a child, i recall my Aunt Betty 'feeding' her Christmas cakes with brandy, but didn't know how often. Everything she cooked was first class. Now i know and have some useful tips too.

Thanks for the info, I did try yesterday, the cake less taste of brandy and it's dry. So after watching ur video I will try again Tqvm for sharing this info.

Some really good advice:)

Agree for what u said. Thx

Didn't make a Christmas cake this year as I will not be at home for Christmas so I bought one in Marks and Spencer's with brandy to give to my son. I'm slowly adding some brandy every few days until it needs to be iced. Hope it works!

This! Ready made cakes with alcohol are just not good because like you said... they're not boozy enough and on top of that very sweet... so I slice them and soak the bottom, once soaked turn them upside down... I enjoy them with black coffee without sugar

Okay...I just found your video and am so glad I did. I baked a rum cake yesterday for the first time and have been stressing over how to store it till christmas. I was hoping to feed the cake every week till Christmas day with rum as that's all I have. Will it act the same way as brandy in preserving. I am worried it will go bad. And I loved the way your cake looks...wish I would have seen the video first!!!

I’ve used a brush and brushed over the surface. Also, my old recipe called for wrapping the cake in cheese cloth dampened with brandy or rum or whatever booze you like and are using in your cakes.

thank you so much.

Going to make my cake this weekend. Starting to get hot in Australia - once I have wrapped my cake and placed in a tin - should I put the cake in the fridge?

A family member shared a slice of traditional Christmas cake with me that he made over a year ago this past week and it was delicious I believe it was an Alton brown recipe can I make a cake similar to this and have very similar results for Christmas time or must I wait a whole year at next year’s Christmas to have results?

My dad loves brandy, so if he heard that I'd spilled any he would call me a heathen and disown me lol.

Thanks so much, question, how do I store it ? Just wrap it in the paper until ready to feed again ?

This is a very good tutorial! I got a late start making my fruitcakes as in two days ago. They are basically American style but I make mine very similar to British style except we don't use marzipan and fondant which I love. I have them wrapped in cheesecloth and then plastic wrap. My question is as follows: do you think I can lightly coat them with brandy every four days until Christmas or just once per week. I wish I would have made them earlier. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

What a lovely video ! I have a friend's birthday coming and some brandy left from a previous party. I was seeing to make a brandy infused cake, but as my baking skills betray me, I'd now rather buy a pound cake and feed it the brandy. But I'm afraid I'm doing this for a cake thats to be cut in 2 days. I do not know if it will work out well.

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I have done it last year it was the most the best christmas cake I ever ate. How can I get the recipe for a twelve or ten inch christmas cake please.

Hello! Do you make new holes every time or use the same holes every time?

Hello.. thank you for your recipe, i will be baking for the first time this cake tomorrow for my british friend wedding on july 30, my question is can i feed the cake 4 days after baking for 2 to 3 tbsp of rum, then after followed by every week until i decorate it? And its too hot here in spain now, can i put it on the fridge? Please help. Thank you

Is it OK to leave the original base and side greaseproof paper on after baking? and, then, when cool wrap it in another layer of fresh greaseproof and foil or is it best to remove all original baking paper first? Have just made this recipe for the first time.

Thanks for the video and great advice. I've made my cake today, so later than I normally make it. It doesn't seem as moist around the sides and top as usual, so I'm hoping it's ok. Am I ok to feed it with brandy weekly until Christmas and can I start to do this at the weekend?

Thanks so much for the tutorial and all the tips! Do you make new holes every time you feed the cake or do you feed it in the same holes?

What kind of material do l use to cover my cake during that long time of feeding the cake till Christmas

Hi would you recommend using brown parchment paper to line tin and the outside, or white greaseproof paper inside and brown paper on outside. What's the difference please

and what about after brushing the cake with brandy is it necessary to put in chiller to wait for the next brandy application ? or if its not nescessary to put in ref. will it not be spoiled until the day u eat it?

Hello am new to ur channel. excited to try ur recipes.. Wanted to try alcohol cakes.. I thought I should incorporate alcohol in cake mix n u taught me otherwise.. Ty.. Wanted to know if brandy cakes goes well with lemon buttercream frosting?

Please do i have to double wrap my cake after it has cooled right after baking?

Thank you for this video.i baked mine 3 weeks ago its becoming soggy i closed it with clingwrap can i change it to baking paper as yours.i cling wrapped it and put 3 plastics please help

One soaks the fruit in alcohol for flavor and moisture. As the alcohol evaporates, the flavor is left behind and the fruit releases its booze which keeps the cake moist. Then feeding it with alcohol prohibits microbial growth, thus keeping it fresh. A fruit cake is not really about being “boozy”. That’s just the result.

Hi, can I wrap the cake In an aluminium foil first followed by the baking paper? My aunt used to keep her fruit cakes in big biscuit tins. Is that ok? Her cakes were great by the way. She is 80 plus and doesnt make those types anymore.

When do you start feeding is it after it cools or after days of baking it

I finally covered my cake with marzipan today. I made the same comment on IG about an hour ago and posted a pic of my jagged edge marzipan covering. How long do I need to wait before I can cut the cake? I completed the marzipan around 11pm tonight.

I am going to make my Christmas cake on Sunday, Dec 20. How often shall I add the brandy? Thank you for this really good information.

When do you start feeding the cake? Is it as soon as it's baked, or two weeks afterwards?

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3:20 Actual technique with explanation. 3:50 Making some holes with a skewer or the like.

I use a pastry brush to apply the brandy.

Hi,do i have to sock my fruit before i back with it?

Hey, I just baked a christmas cake like today the reason being is that I have never had christmas cake before in my childhood as I wasn't a fan of dried fruits. I am more open to them nowadays. And so I had no idea that christmas cakes were supposed to be prepared weeks in advance. I thought it was like the day before. So, rather than have it on christmas day. I have said to my family that we'll have it for new year's. My question is how many times can I realistically feed the cake this week without oversoaking it and making it too stodgy?

please tell me around what time should I start preparing as in , its going to be October in 10 days , around what time should i bake the cake?

Can I mix rum with fruit juice in order to reduce the flavor of alcohol in rum? thank you

Oh, oh! My cake crumbles towards the centre when cutting. Not enough brandy? It's very tasty though. I love it. Probably the holes in the cake were not big enough and not enough at the beginning.

can I still make fruit cake and add brandy when it's already the first week of December?is it too late already? how can I apply the brandy if it's still possible?

hi, i made 2 xmas cakes y day, mine is hard on the edges, and looks dry, can i save it? xx

How many days after baking can we start adding brandy to the cake?

Will it not taste like brandy??? But I'm going to feed it weekly 🤔

Happy New Year, Mystery Baker!!!! I have a total of 14-16 days to feed my cake and as you suggested I started with 2 Tbsps every other day for the first 7 days. Do you remember when I wondered if 2Tbsps was enough for a 10" cake??? Now, I'm beginning to wonder if 2 Tbsps is too much! lol. I started feeding it every day as of this past Saturday. I may not have made enough holes in the cake so will add a few more today. Not going to cut it till Sat, Jan 9. I feed it and brush it with 2 Tbsps. I wonder if there are other people who decided to celebrate Christmas after Dec 25!!!! Sadly, I cannot find any marzipan. Stores have sold out!!!

My cake seems to have shrunk??? It looked awesome when I took it out of the oven. I brushed it with a few Drops of brandy and wrapped it up . I went to feed it 10 days later and the cake looks like it go smaller??? Am I imagining this???

what can we use to feed the cake if we dont want to use booze? how about orange juice?

Pls ma what is best alcohol that can preserve cake for weeks because I supply cake for people to sale

Please can you tell me, my daughter is getting married in September 2022. When should I cook my cakes and how long should I feed it please 🤔🤔

Don't you be drinking that Brandy, its meant for the cake lol

Better done with a cake syringe injecting from all angles.

What kind of material do l use to cover my cake during that long time of feeding the cake till Christmas