"Jani" > wrote in message
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> "King's Crown" > wrote in message
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>>> My mother suggested crumbling it and making some of it into rumballs
>>> with condensed milk and coconut... or making a steamed pudding (but
>>> I've got to get a pudding basin before I can do that!) What would you
>>> do with a dry, crumbly, alcohol-free christmas cake to make it edible?
>>>
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>> Sounds like a Trifle would be the way to go. Adds lots of moisture and
>> you could still enjoy the flavor of the fruits in your cake.
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> Not too sure about that - a trifle needs alcohol, and presumably she wants
> something *without* alcohol, or the brandy would have been there in the
> first place ... What about mixing it with mincemeat, to add texture to
> mince pies?
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> Jani

I have never made a trifle with alcohol, because of a hubby who can't have
alcohol and the kids. With the pudding, whipped cream and the fruit juice
it should sufficiently cause a dry cake to moisten up without alcohol, which
seems like something she wanted to avoid in the first place.

Lynne