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We have different icing. It is not typically a very dense, flat sheet of solid icing. Like fondant. nossy Send a noteboard - 04/12/2011 07:46:41 PM
I'm sure some people have cake at Christmas, but cake should be for birthdays. And our cakes are typically a little different than what you do here. We don't have a sheet of icing, for one thing. Pie definitely wins. And fudge, brownies and cookies.

Since when? Not all cakes have icing, but many do.

Most of the american cakes I've encountered have had a fluffier icing applied to them with a knife or icing spatula. Not a sheet of thick sweetness rolled over the top like dough. To be fair, I don't know if that is the main type of icing in the UK, but it is what I have seen so far.
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I am confused. Do Americans not do cake at Christmas? Rebekah - 04/12/2011 10:59:04 AM 1505 Views
chrimbo cake is the BEST! Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 11:41:28 AM 720 Views
Re: chrimbo cake is the BEST! ranagrande - 04/12/2011 11:48:56 AM 758 Views
Chicken pot pies are pretty great. beetnemesis - 04/12/2011 07:18:47 PM 698 Views
Most do not. ranagrande - 04/12/2011 11:46:09 AM 764 Views
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This Danu - 05/12/2011 01:38:49 AM 715 Views
Christmas Cake is divine. Stephen - 04/12/2011 02:03:44 PM 759 Views
My family's Christmas is Second Thansgiving, but with bonus desserts. Mostly pie, cookies, and candy *NM* Burr - 04/12/2011 03:00:51 PM 438 Views
Or rather... Fifth Thanksgiving. Thanksgivings 2, 3, and 4 are all about Thanksgiving 1 leftovers. *NM* Burr - 04/12/2011 03:02:42 PM 327 Views
No, generally we do not make cake for Christmas. *NM* Tom - 04/12/2011 04:41:05 PM 337 Views
Cake? nossy - 04/12/2011 05:03:02 PM 741 Views
We don't have a sheet of icing? Palatine - 04/12/2011 05:08:00 PM 722 Views
We have different icing. It is not typically a very dense, flat sheet of solid icing. Like fondant. nossy - 04/12/2011 07:46:41 PM 994 Views
That's just for Christmas cakes and wedding cakes, usually. Rebekah - 04/12/2011 07:58:55 PM 811 Views
Ah nossy - 04/12/2011 08:33:29 PM 712 Views
No. (with other responses) Palatine - 04/12/2011 05:03:51 PM 1026 Views
its a fruit cake with a layer of marzipan and a layer of icing on top Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 08:32:55 PM 816 Views
Plus with loads of brandy used to "feed" the cake over the month before you ice it. Rebekah - 04/12/2011 08:45:28 PM 716 Views
i put three teaspoons on each cake once a week Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 09:35:23 PM 706 Views
You make pretty cakes! *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 04/12/2011 11:53:16 PM 354 Views
thanks Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 11:58:40 PM 743 Views
Fruitcake is yummy Floffe - 05/12/2011 05:41:59 PM 652 Views
I dunno if they do cake, but Jason Biggs does pie. *NM* ironclad - 04/12/2011 05:18:22 PM 350 Views
Your boozecake intrigues me. Dannymac - 04/12/2011 06:01:14 PM 759 Views
Christmas cake? Jeez, how awkward ARE you people? Praziquantel - 04/12/2011 06:21:06 PM 759 Views
I hate Christmas cake Aviendha - 04/12/2011 06:35:49 PM 896 Views
Nope. My family has no Christmas-themed desserts. beetnemesis - 04/12/2011 07:17:38 PM 722 Views
Christmas cake is horrid. Morgawse - 04/12/2011 07:25:59 PM 919 Views
There are other birds which it's "acceptable" to eat at Christmas, other than turkey. Tim - 05/12/2011 10:02:20 AM 705 Views
Ah, maybe generally acceptable, but not to the outlaws. Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:46:45 PM 846 Views
We do ham a lot Christmas random thoughts - 05/12/2011 01:01:03 PM 671 Views
Re: We do ham a lot Christmas Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:45:53 PM 833 Views
me and my first wife did steaks for Christmas one year random thoughts - 05/12/2011 05:17:47 PM 655 Views
Fruitcake, I guess. But we don't coat it with disgusting icing. And it's not really cake. *NM* Ghavrel - 04/12/2011 10:12:21 PM 344 Views
Pie in November and December. Cake the rest of the year. TaskmasterJack - 04/12/2011 11:52:31 PM 760 Views
I assume your Christmas cake is our Fruit Cake. Danu - 05/12/2011 01:25:07 AM 728 Views
It is, as far as I can tell. Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:55:40 PM 1054 Views
The icing looks so... thick. Avendesora - 05/12/2011 05:23:44 PM 746 Views
we do cake sometimes but not usually random thoughts - 05/12/2011 02:05:50 AM 687 Views
My family does... though Jacob - 05/12/2011 02:08:13 PM 776 Views
We typically have flan....with some vanilla ice cream. Jeordam - 05/12/2011 03:57:50 PM 749 Views
I adore flan... *NM* Larisa - 07/12/2011 10:50:00 PM 475 Views
No. We do cookie swaps and gingerbread houses. *edit* Avendesora - 05/12/2011 05:18:31 PM 765 Views
our family offerings are bread pudding and sugar cookies. The_Muted_Grimaud - 05/12/2011 05:25:01 PM 757 Views
I have no concept of a "Christmas" cake A Deathwatch Guard - 05/12/2011 08:15:30 PM 672 Views
Christmas Cake = yum yum ppig's bum. As are Fruit Mince Pies. And boiled pudding... and roast potato *NM* Two Wongs - 07/12/2011 01:50:28 AM 345 Views
Message from the Queen to Americains: 'Let Them Eat Cake!' *NM* Sports_Gambler - 07/12/2011 06:16:59 AM 310 Views
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