SC - Sweets to the sweet, have some fruitcake...
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Sat Dec 18 20:44:35 PST 1999
Elysant answered Admantius' question with:
> Well this is not a taker for the Gold Medal Master A., but there is a
> tradition
> we have in Britain, (not done so much these days) that the top tier of an
> iced Wedding cake is supposed to be kept for use as a Christening cake for
> the first born.... I'm wondering if the Royal Icing helps preserve the
> cake....?
Here, the tradition is to save it for the first wedding aniversery. From
personal experience, and other reports, I can say it is usually not very
good by then. Maybe the British have their first born much sooner or
they have stronger stomachs. :-)
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Lord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas stefan at texas.net
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