Tuesday 28 December 2010

Spicy Cake and a 20 year Celebration


Normally I had planned to post my Daring bakers post, but I guess that one will have to wait for a week more.
Today I want to post a Special good news.
Today we are celebrating Our 20 th Wedding Anniversary.
Looks like years have just flown.
Ofcourse as most of the marriage we have had Good times and Bad Times. But it is the plenty of Good times that I want to celebrate.

And we indeed are celebrating today with our family with a small party, I was telling hubby dear why did we get married on  this month as there is so many parties in this short time that no one would want to eat anything anymore :-) But I guess we have not trouble in clebrating with good family, food wine and good food.
Now I din't make this cake especially for today.
This is my christmas cake but I thought as it is a celebration I would post this Delicious Spicy Christmas Cake. I made this last year and I loved it so much and this has ended up beeing my sisters and friends favourite recipe and mine too as I made them again this year.
I did add some 150 gm more fruit than the original recipe and soaked the fruits for almost 3 weeks and then made the cake and left it to mature for another 2 weeks. Before wrapping up the cake for maturing poked witha tooth pick on top and poured 2 tabp of Brandy.
I coverd the cake with Marzipaan and the snowman and the snow flakes I did with Royal Icing.



54 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Congrats F for 20th anniversary, wishing u more and more happiness and health on this day..Spicy cake looks super tempting,cute snow man & pretty snow flakes..loved it..

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said...

Happy 20th Marriage anniversary HC. May God bless you with many more such decades.
love this cake and the cute snowman. lots of love and hugs coming your way.

Lien said...

Congratulations on your anniversary!!
This cake is beautiful!

Jo said...

I feel so sorry for your kids if you have any and they are eating these... you use so much of food color very unhealthy especially for kids. It has been proved the kids eating food containing food color are aggravating ADD and ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) symptoms and the other being Cancer.

Gosia said...

Congratulations!!! Happy Anniversary!!!

Kitchen Chronicles said...

Congratulations on a your 20th wedding anniversary. A sure reason to celebrate whatever time of the year it is.

Cake looks super good.

jayasree said...

Congratulations Finla....Wishing you many more years of togetherness filled with happiness.
The cake looks abosolutely beautiful. Was surprised to see your post in the reader since I didn't expect one during this week. Glad you took time to share your happiness with us.

Finla said...

Jo I use good edible color and I dont think kids eat a whole cake they eat a small slice and I dont think they are going to be get sick from it as they say everything in moderation.

Saritha said...

Congrats on completing 20 years of togetherness,touchwood..

Wonderful looking,wish i have guts to make such a cake,loved the icing on the cake:) Will hope to ur post of spicy cake:)

Unknown said...

Hey,

Happy wedding anniversary to you!!The snow man looks cute...Love the green icing and the white snow man..Am sure spices added a great taste and flavour...:)

Dr.Sameena@

http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com/

suvi said...

That is such a cute looking cake! Happy Anniversary!

Unknown said...

many happy returns of the day..awesome cake..

Divya Kudua said...

Congrats on your wedding anniversary Finla..the cake looks gorgeous!!

Pavithra Elangovan said...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Finla... the cake looks super good and tempting .. cute snowman and decor too.

lissie said...

Many Many Happy Returns of The Day, Finla! May God Bless You and Your Family!
loved the spice cake..and the icing too!

Gloria Baker said...

Happy Anniversary dear Happy Cook! This spicy cake look awesome and yummy! Congrats again! gloria

JishasKitchen said...

cute and yummy cake

Renata said...

The cake sounds really yummy!
Happy anniversary! Wishing you many more years of happiness!
Happy New Year!

Sook said...

Wow! 20 year anniversary! Congrats!! And the cake looks fabulous! :)

Bong Mom said...

Much love on your 20th anniv dear Finla. May your & Hans's coming decades be filled with all the sweetness you bake.

Lovely, lovely cake

Priya Sreeram said...

loads of wishes and cheers, the cake looks the perfect treat for the memorable times spent together ! wishing u many more !!

Angie's Recipes said...

20 years!!!Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!
What a beautifully decorated spiced cake!
Happy New Year!
Angie

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

looks yum...
congrats on 20th anniv.

Pavani said...

Happy Anniversary and wishing you more and more. Cake looks lovely.

Ivy said...

Happy anniversary Finla. Wish you many more years of happiness. The cake looks awesome.

Siri said...

Many Many Congratulations Finla and Cheers to many more such lovely occasions. May God bless you & your family and all your dreams come true.

That cake look very colorful & delicious.

Happy Holidays,
Siri

Cham said...

Time to celebrate no matter of other Holidays! Wish you many many years of Happiness :)
That is a pretty decoration.

AJ said...

Many congrats on your 20th!!!! The cake looks superb!!

CurryLeaf said...

Congrats F for reaching 20. Wishing you many many and many more.The cake is awesome.Loved it.

Aparna Balasubramanian said...

Here I am to wish you and Hans, once again, many more years with lots of good times, togetherness and love. Happy anniversary.

Also season's greetings and best wishes for a very happy new year.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Finla, on your 20th anniversary!

Namitha said...

Congrats again...Loved the icing...Hugs !!!

Cakelaw said...

Happy anniversary HC!! This is a lovely cake- thanks for sharing. Happy New Year!

MR said...

happy anniversary and happy new year too !

Sanjeeta kk said...

How do you get these ideas of frosting cake with green color, Finla. It looks so unusual and delicious. Love the sharp green hue. Congrats for your anniversary. Wishing you happiness & years of togetherness.
Happy 2011!

Cynthia said...

Happy New Year to you and the family!

Bharathy said...

Wishing you many more happy anniversaries to come, sweetie!! :)

Was impatiently waiting/wanting your sweet comment in my latest posts..and there you are..:)
now i can pin up the new one tommorrow..;)

Have a Lovely 2011! :)

Bombay-Bruxelles said...

Congratulations to you and H! T would have loved this cake!

Hayley said...

Congrats on your 20th wedding anniversary...! tempting cake;)

Jamie said...

A very very Happy Anniversary, dear Finla! Fabulous! Cheers from another one in a super long and very happy marriage! Enjoy! And wishing you and yours a fantastic, happy and healthy 2011! I love the snowman on this decadent cake!

Jayashree said...

A very happy anniversary to you.....and best wishes for a wonderful new year.

Anh said...

wow, a huge congrats to you two!!

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Loyoya said...

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Finla said...

Loyoya thankyou for the information, sure we can change links .

Deeba PAB said...

Happy Belated Anniversary dear Finla. What an exciting and fun journey this must be...sweet too! Love the cake; looks studded with yummy fruit, just as I love it! Hope 2011 is wonderful in every way my dear!! xo

Cilantro said...

Wish you both a very happy 20th anniversary and wishing you many more happy ones!!!

arthi said...

happy new year and belated wishes for your anniversary!!wonderful recipe!!

Sharmila said...

Wish you and your DH a very happy wedding anniversary dear Happy! :-)
What a beautiful looking cake!

Finla said...

Thankyou all for your good wishes.

Aruna Manikandan said...

Happy 20th anniversary!!!!!
Cake looks lovely :)

Jaya M said...

Happy,
Wish both of you many more wonderful years of togetherness and love ..and i would never have the patience of first soaking fruits for 1 week and then maturing the cake..great work there..hugs and smiles

Mishmash ! said...

heyy...congrats:) though belated, sending you a hug full of wishes...wish you many more years of love and togetherness :)

Shn

archana said...

Congratulations , and here is to many many many more ! I was going through your posts today, you have an awesome collection of absolutely fabulous stuff !