baglady wrote:

> Today I have cooked a Christmas cake following Delia Smith's Traditional
> cake recipe and I fear that it may be a bit dry. I fed it a little with
> brandy when it had cooled. Will my cake moisten up a little in keeping or
> will it still be dry come Christmas??? I lined the cake tin with paper
> inside and out.

How dry is it? My mother has been making dark Christmas cakes for years. I
remember once trying it when it was freshly made and it was a little on the
dry side, but she always puts brandy on it and lets it sit a month or two
before use.