| 31. | Dark, moist and rich Christmas cakes are the most frequently consumed, with white Christmas cake rarely seen.
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| 32. | Coins were also occasionally added to Christmas cakes as well as Christmas puddings as good luck touch pieces.
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| 33. | Consumer confusion about which brands were targeted meant sales of all Christmas cakes were down, some merchants said.
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| 34. | The country suffered a similar scare in 1998, when animal rights activists injected Christmas cakes with rat poison.
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| 35. | They evidently never reached nearby castle of Rolley where Nicole Maus de Rolley had prepared a Christmas cake.
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| 36. | It is also rolled into thin sheets and glazed for icing cakes, primarily birthday, wedding cakes and Christmas cakes.
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| 37. | On top of that, Christmas cake is often properly doused in alcohol, which, as you say, has an effect.
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| 38. | Thus, being a Western style dessert, Christmas cakes were associated with the idea of Western modernity and social status.
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| 39. | The traditional Christmas cake is a round fruitcake covered in marzipan and then in white royal icing or fondant icing.
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| 40. | In the Philippines, Christmas cakes are bright rich yellow pound cakes with macerated nuts or fruitcakes of the British fashion.
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