Morrisons Tunis Cake, 200g

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The iced design is simple and impressive and cutting through the ice and marzipan reveals a rich sweet-smelling fruitcake. For us here at Christmas.co.uk, it is the perfect festive treat with decent layers of marzipan and icing and lots of brandy-soaked, juicy fruit to enjoy. The creation is then covered with a decadent vegan golden syrup buttercream, along with a layer of Biscoff. Following on from the very tasty Morrisons Iced Christmas cake and its simple design, here’s a more extravagant design to get your teeth into.

Christmas cakes don’t just mean enjoying fruit cakes and this Elf Colin the Caterpillar creation from Marks & Spencer’s is a case in point.This great looking Christmas cake is ideal for those who may be wheat intolerant which makes the Lakeland Ginger Bakers Gluten-Free fruit cake an excellent creation. It consists of two light gingerbread sponges that have been flavoured with nutmeg and cinnamon and then sandwiched together. It is now sold seasonally by some supermarkets in the UK. The cake is usually topped with marzipan fruits. [5] [6] Some recipes, such as the BBC Good Food and Mary Berry recipe, top the cake with marzipan holly leaves and berries instead of marzipan fruits. [7] [5] An early recipe does not include the chocolate and marzipan topping. [8] When it comes to finding the best Christmas cakes in 2021, cake lovers will be impressed by the sheer range of quality products available.

It is thought that the origins of the cake are Edwardian. [2] The Scottish bakery Macfarlane Langs produced commercial Tunis Cakes in the 1930s, and when they merged with McVitie & Price in 1948 to form a company called United Biscuits (which still owns the McVitie's brand), the recipe passed to the new company. [3] McVitie's produced a Tunis cake until the mid 1980s. [3] [2] The updated recipe used by McVitie's is said to have been created by Elizabeth Ewing of Inverness, whose husband was a baker at McVitie's. Her husband had eaten a similar cake whilst stationed in Tunisia during World War II. [4]

Here, we look at some of the best Christmas cakes from independent producers, and we also have a look at what the supermarkets are producing too. The cake itself has been slow-baked in small batches and then matured for at least three months before being finished with an ivory sugar paste and natural marzipan. The artisan bakers have been delivering tasty produce for nearly 50 years and these Christmas cakes are sold around the world.

We have already mentioned Meg Rivers and their slogan as ‘Bakers of Happiness’ really is true when tasting their Classic Fully Iced Christmas Cake.Colin the Caterpillar is something of an icon, and he’s been dressed up as an elf for the festivities. It has also been hand decorated and covered with marzipan and there’s a big splash of brandy to bring the moist, rich fruit cake’s flavour alive. It’s an extremely chocolatey sponge roll that is covered in milk chocolate and has chocolate buttercream. The decorations are edible and it’s a chocolate lover’s delight.