This time on the Christmas cake....Mum made the fruitcake....got to have fruitcake at Christmas & I did the decorations. I marzipanned a cake for the first time ever as well as making the royal icing under Mum's expert tuition....all a bit tricky (& sticky) but I managed. Mum trained to be a housecraft teacher....do they teach housecraft in schools anymore?.....and at one stage used to answer the phone with...'Cooks Helpline' due to the number of phone calls from her daughters with cooking related questions!!
And the view from the top....the tablecloth is possibly embroidered by either by Grandma (my great-grandmother), Granny or Auntie Vena (my great aunt) but can't make out the initials...the date it was finished though is as clear as anything....1944..... The wooden turntable for used for icing the cake is the one Mum used in college!
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