Note: I have not read other replies before posting this, so there may be repeated information, but the responses are genuine.
Everyone loves pie. Not everyone loves cake.
I've never heard of "The Christmas Cake." The fact that it has booze does sound wonderful, depending on the rest of the ingredients. If there's sugar-based frosting or it's chocolate cake, then it doesn't sound so wonderful to me.
No. We have fruitcake. I've never actually had fruitcake, but it looks horrible. Also, a running joke is that fruitcake is a bad gift to give/food to bring to the holiday meal, and people make polite noises to the person who gave/brought it, but do their best not to eat it and throw it away as soon as possible.
Almost any kind, but (along with Thanksgiving) the seasonal/traditional pie is pumpkin pie. I LOVE pumpkin pie, especially with whipped cream.
Also, I don't use Twitter.
The wonderful Allie Brosh wrote a blog entry last year that I have just discovered (from a different blog) comparing cake to pie. Pie wins.
Everyone loves pie. Not everyone loves cake.
In point #5 she argues that pie has more usability over the year. And then has cake at Christmas being the lowest point for cakeyness. But this makes no sense! Christmas has a cake all of its very own! You make it months in advance and fill it with booze! How is this not wonderful?
I've never heard of "The Christmas Cake." The fact that it has booze does sound wonderful, depending on the rest of the ingredients. If there's sugar-based frosting or it's chocolate cake, then it doesn't sound so wonderful to me.
Do Americans not do this?
No. We have fruitcake. I've never actually had fruitcake, but it looks horrible. Also, a running joke is that fruitcake is a bad gift to give/food to bring to the holiday meal, and people make polite noises to the person who gave/brought it, but do their best not to eat it and throw it away as soon as possible.
And what kind of pie would you have at Christmas? ' />
Almost any kind, but (along with Thanksgiving) the seasonal/traditional pie is pumpkin pie. I LOVE pumpkin pie, especially with whipped cream.
Help me, RAFO. You're my only hope. Sad as that is. Well. Also untrue. I could ask Twitter but I think the Americans are sleeping and then the tweet will be lost in the mists of time before they get up whereas this post will sit here waiting for you.
Also, I don't use Twitter.
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I am confused. Do Americans not do cake at Christmas?
04/12/2011 10:59:04 AM
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chrimbo cake is the BEST!
04/12/2011 11:41:28 AM
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My family's Christmas is Second Thansgiving, but with bonus desserts. Mostly pie, cookies, and candy *NM*
04/12/2011 03:00:51 PM
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Or rather... Fifth Thanksgiving. Thanksgivings 2, 3, and 4 are all about Thanksgiving 1 leftovers. *NM*
04/12/2011 03:02:42 PM
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Cake?
04/12/2011 05:03:02 PM
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We don't have a sheet of icing?
04/12/2011 05:08:00 PM
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We have different icing. It is not typically a very dense, flat sheet of solid icing. Like fondant.
04/12/2011 07:46:41 PM
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No. (with other responses)
04/12/2011 05:03:51 PM
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its a fruit cake with a layer of marzipan and a layer of icing on top
04/12/2011 08:32:55 PM
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Plus with loads of brandy used to "feed" the cake over the month before you ice it.
04/12/2011 08:45:28 PM
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Christmas cake is horrid.
04/12/2011 07:25:59 PM
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There are other birds which it's "acceptable" to eat at Christmas, other than turkey.
05/12/2011 10:02:20 AM
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We do ham a lot Christmas
05/12/2011 01:01:03 PM
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Fruitcake, I guess. But we don't coat it with disgusting icing. And it's not really cake. *NM*
04/12/2011 10:12:21 PM
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I assume your Christmas cake is our Fruit Cake.
05/12/2011 01:25:07 AM
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Christmas Cake = yum yum ppig's bum. As are Fruit Mince Pies. And boiled pudding... and roast potato *NM*
07/12/2011 01:50:28 AM
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