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. The iced design is simple and impressive and cutting through the ice and marzipan reveals a rich sweet-smelling fruitcake.

On top of that, there is a generous spread of sweet candid orange, cranberries, cherries, crushed pistachios, and a gingerbread tree.It consists of two light gingerbread sponges that have been flavoured with nutmeg and cinnamon and then sandwiched together.

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. This looks like a traditional Christmas cake with an effective and classy decoration and it’s something of an all-rounder that will impress family and guests whenever it is served up. It’s delivered in an embossed cutter & squidge tin to make this a great offering for the vegan or cake lover in your life.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.

The artisan bakers have been delivering tasty produce for nearly 50 years and these Christmas cakes are sold around the world. Tunis Cake A Great British Christmas Tradition". How to plan a perfect Christmas. 2021-12-21 . Retrieved 2021-12-28. For us here at Christmas.co.uk, it is the perfect festive treat with decent layers of marzipan and icing and lots of brandy-soaked, juicy fruit to enjoy. The mini-Christmas cake is made by Meg Rivers in the Cotswolds (see below) as an exclusive offering. If you are looking for an impressive cake for the festivities, we can highly recommend the Morrisons The Best Christmas Fully Iced Cake.As a regular winner of best Christmas cake awards, this Meg Rivers creation for 2021 really is hard to beat. Following on from the very tasty Morrisons Iced Christmas cake and its simple design, here’s a more extravagant design to get your teeth into. 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] JPC-DESIGN, whychristmas?com /. "Recipe: Tunis Cake (United Kingdom) - WhyChristmas.com". www.whychristmas.com . Retrieved 2021-12-28. 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]