Traditional Christmas Food from Around the World
| December 13, 2017
2. Christmas Cake – United Kingdom
The most classic British treat around Christmas time — the thing that gets every mouth across the island watering — is Christmas cake.
It’s a fruit cake, made with loads of glacé cherries, candied citrus peel, nuts, and spices, which is made ahead of time, then “fed” with alcohol for up to two months before it’s served. The result is a deeply flavorful, booze-soaked cake that tastes richly of sugary fruit and spices that have mellowed over time. The icing is made of stiff marzipan, and many British families have tiny little figurines that they use to decorate the surface of the cake.
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