Christmas Cake

Um, I made a Christmas cake. A bit of a rushed job, but it's my first fruit cake in many years. The picture is not very flattering, either of my cake or my kitchen. You can see the Vegemite there that we use for many things. Once at my sisters it may get decorated. It has soft icing that I rolled out. The cake is a heavy Christmas cake, chockers full of fruit and nuts. But it may scare some people to know the substitutes I made. Instead of a cup of brandy and a cup of wine, I used 2 cups of root beer and good dash of imitation vanilla. But it didn't stop there. I didn't have enough almond nuts, so it has heaps of peanuts and walnuts. Some of the eggs were 6 months old. Instead of a orange and a lemon, I used a orange and another orange that was quite old. I didn't have a rolling pin so used a Thermos flask. A few other compromises also, but it's all good and a very nice cake. Happy Christmas.