"Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
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>
> Here, Christmas cake is a dark fruit cake made at Christmas time <g>. It
> may sometimes be iced with marzipan and royal icing, but not necessarily.
I
> never ice mine. I think I've mostly only eaten fruitcake with marzipan and
> royal icing when it's wedding cake. That's a traditional wedding cake
here,
> and what I had at my wedding, although nowadays people often have
different
> cakes.
>
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Hmmmm. If I ever get to Australia I'll have to try to be invited to a
wedding! I love this kind of cake.

Charlie