was there ever a less toothsome confection

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"Gill Smith" > wrote:

>was there ever a less toothsome confection

It has been my experience that the bride picks the cake & has what she
damn well pleases. I've had good and bad. But I've never been
forced to eat either.

Funny that you mention it today-- I just printed out the recipe for
Princess Kate 's fruitcake wedding cake to see if I'll finally get
around to it. [adapted to petit-fours]
http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/20...e-petits-fours

I thought they might satisfy my fruit cake and my Christmas cookie
inclinations.

We had Prince William's groom's biscuit cake back around the wedding
and are just coming down from the sugar high.<g>
http://blogs.buffalonews.com/hungryf...-two-ways.html

Jim

"Jim Elbrecht" > wrote in message
...
> "Gill Smith" > wrote:
>
>>was there ever a less toothsome confection
>
> It has been my experience that the bride picks the cake & has what she
> damn well pleases. I've had good and bad. But I've never been
> forced to eat either.
>
> Funny that you mention it today-- I just printed out the recipe for
> Princess Kate 's fruitcake wedding cake to see if I'll finally get
> around to it. [adapted to petit-fours]
> http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/20...e-petits-fours
>
> I thought they might satisfy my fruit cake and my Christmas cookie
> inclinations.
>
> We had Prince William's groom's biscuit cake back around the wedding
> and are just coming down from the sugar high.<g>
> http://blogs.buffalonews.com/hungryf...-two-ways.html

what made me post was seeing how Brit/US wedding cakes are taking over in
France

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20411273

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On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:12:45 -0000, "Gill Smith"
> wrote:

>
> what made me post was seeing how Brit/US wedding cakes are taking over in
> France
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20411273

I had croquembouche at a wedding reception once. It was a second
wedding. I've also had very tasty, high quality, cake at receptions.
It all depends on how much the bride can spend on that particular
item. Even the cheap ones aren't inexpensive.

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On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:28:50 -0500, Jim Elbrecht wrote:

> We had Prince William's groom's biscuit cake back around the wedding and
> are just coming down from the sugar high.<g>
> http://blogs.buffalonews.com/hungryf...recipe-prince-
williams-chocolate-biscuit-cake-two-ways.ht

Other than sweet, how did you find this cake? How do the bits of biscuit
turn out?

I hope you will share the results if you do make the fruitcake from the
Royal Wedding. Thanks in advance!

Tara

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:43:26 -0600, Tara >
wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:28:50 -0500, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>> We had Prince William's groom's biscuit cake back around the wedding and
>> are just coming down from the sugar high.<g>
>> http://blogs.buffalonews.com/hungryf...recipe-prince-
>williams-chocolate-biscuit-cake-two-ways.ht
>
>Other than sweet, how did you find this cake? How do the bits of biscuit
>turn out?
>

They just add texture. You can't taste anything but chocolate--- and
good chocolate, at that. We all liked it. enough so that I
won't make it again until I lose that last pesky 10 pounds.<g>


>I hope you will share the results if you do make the fruitcake from the
>Royal Wedding. Thanks in advance!

I've gotten ready to make this 3 times now and life keeps interfering.
If I finally get around to it- I'll post results.

Jim

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:19:41 -0500, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:43:26 -0600, Tara >
> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:28:50 -0500, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> >
> >> We had Prince William's groom's biscuit cake back around the wedding and
> >> are just coming down from the sugar high.<g>
> >> http://blogs.buffalonews.com/hungryf...recipe-prince-
> >williams-chocolate-biscuit-cake-two-ways.ht
> >
> >Other than sweet, how did you find this cake? How do the bits of biscuit
> >turn out?
> >
>
> They just add texture. You can't taste anything but chocolate--- and
> good chocolate, at that. We all liked it. enough so that I
> won't make it again until I lose that last pesky 10 pounds.<g>
>
>
> >I hope you will share the results if you do make the fruitcake from the
> >Royal Wedding. Thanks in advance!
>
> I've gotten ready to make this 3 times now and life keeps interfering.
> If I finally get around to it- I'll post results.
>
Maybe it was here, but I read somewhere recently that if the last
10lbs take less than a year to lose, they'll come back.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:43:26 -0600, Tara >
wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:28:50 -0500, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>> We had Prince William's groom's biscuit cake back around the wedding and
>> are just coming down from the sugar high.<g>
>> http://blogs.buffalonews.com/hungryf...recipe-prince-
>williams-chocolate-biscuit-cake-two-ways.ht
>
>Other than sweet, how did you find this cake? How do the bits of biscuit
>turn out?

BTW- I finally found the English biscuits- but someone here mentioned
Marias, from the Hispanic section. I see them everywhere now & they
are the same as far as I could tell.

This was actually the recipe I used-- I couldn't find it before-
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesgu...#ixzz1KUmZUv2Z
http://tinyurl.com/bnn37vr

Jim

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:43:46 -0500, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

>
> BTW- I finally found the English biscuits- but someone here mentioned
> Marias, from the Hispanic section. I see them everywhere now & they
> are the same as far as I could tell.
>
> This was actually the recipe I used-- I couldn't find it before-
> http://www.epicurious.com/articlesgu...#ixzz1KUmZUv2Z
> http://tinyurl.com/bnn37vr

I wonder how that would work with "our" chocolate wafers?
http://cpub.s3.amazonaws.com/images/...30819264462447

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"Jim Elbrecht" > wrote in message
> "Gill Smith" > wrote:
>
>>was there ever a less toothsome confection
>
> It has been my experience that the bride picks the cake & has what she
> damn well pleases. I've had good and bad. But I've never been
> forced to eat either.

That comment is spot on Jim. Our daughter chose to have cupcakes. I kept
my mouth shut since at the time I was fighting cancer and she, poor
overworked thing, had to organise her own wedding as well as look after me,
her child, her partner and complete her Masters.

"Jim Elbrecht" > wrote in message

> We had Prince William's groom's biscuit cake back around the wedding
> and are just coming down from the sugar high.<g>
> http://blogs.buffalonews.com/hungryf...-two-ways.html

Hmmmmm. That "Prince William's Groom's Biscuti cake" sounds and looks
suspciously like what any Australian child born in the 1950s would call
"Hedgehog Slice" because every mother made it (even those who din't/couldn't
cook). I can't see any real difference between it and these:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=he...AuuTiAf10oHYAw

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:11:02 +1100, "Farm1" >
wrote:

>"Jim Elbrecht" > wrote in message
>
>> We had Prince William's groom's biscuit cake back around the wedding
>> and are just coming down from the sugar high.<g>
>> http://blogs.buffalonews.com/hungryf...-two-ways.html
>
>Hmmmmm. That "Prince William's Groom's Biscuti cake" sounds and looks
>suspciously like what any Australian child born in the 1950s would call
>"Hedgehog Slice" because every mother made it (even those who din't/couldn't
>cook). I can't see any real difference between it and these:
>http://www.google.com.au/search?q=he...AuuTiAf10oHYAw
>
>

Looks like it-- as I remember it, it isn't necessarily a grooms
cake, but it *was* a favorite of Prince William when he was a little
boy.

I think I like the idea of little chunks rather than trying to slice
from a round cake. The first time we took it right from the
refrigerator and it was nearly impossible to cut.

Jim

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:55:18 -0500, Jim Elbrecht wrote:

> Looks like it-- as I remember it, it isn't necessarily a grooms cake,
> but it *was* a favorite of Prince William when he was a little boy.

I think it is/was also the favorite tea cake of either Queen Elizabeth or
the Queen Mother. The chocolate biscuit cake was mentioned in Eating
Royally, which is an easy, interesting read about the royal kitchens:

http://www.amazon.com/Eating-Royally...ances-Kitchen/
dp/1401603211

Tara

On 28/11/2012 5:43 AM, Gill Smith wrote:
> was there ever a less toothsome confection
>
>

I guess it depends on where you live and what sort of cake is a
traditional wedding cake. Around here, the traditional cake is still a
heavy fruit cake. My mother made the cakes when my brothers and I got
married and they were the same as she made for dark Christmas cake. She
had them professionally decorated.

When I went to weddings for other people the bride and groom would come
around and give the guests small wrapped pieces of the cake. A lot of
people just left them because most people seem not to appreciate good
fruit cake. Those pieces ended up going home with me.