{"id":7112,"date":"2025-12-01T11:32:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/?p=7112"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:32:43","slug":"slightly-stormy-christmas-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/uncategorized\/slightly-stormy-christmas-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Slightly Stormy Christmas Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cake-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7113 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cake-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cake-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Every year, I make a traditional English Christmas cake. It is a very rich cake, full of dried fruit, and after it has rested for a while, I cover it with a layer of marzipan and then with smooth white icing. Normally, the icing looks like soft, fresh snow on top of a hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, however, things were a little different. The marzipan didn\u2019t behave as it usually does, and the icing didn\u2019t stay smooth. Instead of looking like peaceful winter snow, it looked more like a snowstorm in the desert. But Christmas baking doesn\u2019t have to be perfect \u2014 and that\u2019s what makes it all the more fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, my mince pies turned out really well. They are small, sweet pastries filled with a mixture of dried fruits and spices, just the right size for a snack or a little treat with tea. If you are in a lesson, you might even be able to enjoy one \u2014 if there are any left!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am also looking forward to other traditional English Christmas treats, and of course there will be Christmas crackers, because it isn\u2019t a real English Christmas without a paper hat and a silly joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really enjoy the Christmas season in Germany too, with all the lovely Christmas markets, the delicious food, and the pretty lights everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019ll be celebrating Christmas or simply enjoying a well-earned break, I hope you have a wonderful time \u2014 and a happy, healthy New Year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, I make a traditional English Christmas cake. It is a very rich cake, full of dried fruit, and after it has rested for a while, I cover it with a layer of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7115,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112\/revisions\/7115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}