Morrisons Tunis Cake, 200g

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As a regular winner of best Christmas cake awards, this Meg Rivers creation for 2021 really is hard to beat. On top of that, there is a generous spread of sweet candid orange, cranberries, cherries, crushed pistachios, and a gingerbread tree. This great looking Christmas cake is ideal for those who may be wheat intolerant which makes the Lakeland Ginger Bakers Gluten-Free fruit cake an excellent creation. When it comes to finding the best Christmas cakes in 2021, cake lovers will be impressed by the sheer range of quality products available.

It should serve up to 16 people and the biscuits also make a mini luxury Christmas cake alternative, and they also a Christmas cake featuring Santa’s sleigh.It is now sold seasonally by some supermarkets in the UK. The cake is usually topped with marzipan fruits. [5] [6] Some recipes, such as the BBC Good Food and Mary Berry recipe, top the cake with marzipan holly leaves and berries instead of marzipan fruits. [7] [5] An early recipe does not include the chocolate and marzipan topping. [8]

What happens if you have family or guests who don’t like fruitcake or chocolate cake? The simple answer could be this excellent Christmas Gingerbread Vegan Cake from cutter & squidge.We have already mentioned Meg Rivers and their slogan as ‘Bakers of Happiness’ really is true when tasting their Classic Fully Iced Christmas Cake. Here, we look at some of the best Christmas cakes from independent producers, and we also have a look at what the supermarkets are producing too. Christmas cakes don’t just mean enjoying fruit cakes and this Elf Colin the Caterpillar creation from Marks & Spencer’s is a case in point.

It is thought that the origins of the cake are Edwardian. [2] The Scottish bakery Macfarlane Langs produced commercial Tunis Cakes in the 1930s, and when they merged with McVitie & Price in 1948 to form a company called United Biscuits (which still owns the McVitie's brand), the recipe passed to the new company. [3] McVitie's produced a Tunis cake until the mid 1980s. [3] [2] The updated recipe used by McVitie's is said to have been created by Elizabeth Ewing of Inverness, whose husband was a baker at McVitie's. Her husband had eaten a similar cake whilst stationed in Tunisia during World War II. [4] The standout feature here is that each slice of the cake has been wrapped individually so there’s no need to worry over slicing – it can just be served straight onto plates. While many people will go to the time and trouble of making their own Christmas cake, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t buy a wonderful, tasty Christmas cake instead. The mini-Christmas cake is made by Meg Rivers in the Cotswolds (see below) as an exclusive offering. The artisan bakers have been delivering tasty produce for nearly 50 years and these Christmas cakes are sold around the world.The creation is then covered with a decadent vegan golden syrup buttercream, along with a layer of Biscoff. This means that you can create your own decoration for the cake’s top with a personal message or creative design. It consists of two light gingerbread sponges that have been flavoured with nutmeg and cinnamon and then sandwiched together. Colin the Caterpillar is something of an icon, and he’s been dressed up as an elf for the festivities.