Going the (Festive) Distance

Calvin asked about Christmas cake. Here's the sort of tacky but nostalgic thing that comes to mind when I think of Christmas cake:



It's basically a dense fruit cake, to which is added a variable amount of booze. Some families make it a tradition to make the cake earlier in the year, then get it out of a cupboard every so often to "feed" it with more alcohol.

I'm not a huge fan, not enough to make one anyway, but if I'm offered a slice in the festive season, I won't answer in the negative.

There are plenty of recipes floating about, but this looks like a fairly decent one, albeit without the intermittent feeding.