Saving a christmas cake for next year

It was tradition to keep the top tier of a wedding cake for the christening of the first child, but that arose pre reliable contraception I think the advice then was to chip off the royal icing to re-ice the cake. I'd think it would survive OK in a freezer, but in any event a rich fruit cake, especially one that had been 'fed' with alcohol, should easily last until next Christmas. (and you could periodically feed it with a tablespoon or so of brandy, hic )

I concur to slice and freeze. If you can, separate layers or slices with some wax paper so they don't freeze together, then you can take out a few slices at a time when you like them. Maybe give it a little splash of brandy or rum the day before you freeze it.

I used to make my own from a very old Good Housekeeping recipe. Haven’t done so for several years now.
This year we were given a fortunately small one by a friend who had bought it from a charity fair. It was very dry with no flavour at all. I said to DH that it was a shame I couldn’t add some brandy to it. He commented, “Why not?”.
It was a soggy alcoholic mess.

I make my Christmas pudding and any left I slice up and freeze it, and eat it when we like. There are not many pieces left!
The Christmas cake I slice it up whatever is left and freeze the pieces, then put them in a freezer box and use them again through the year.
Seems to work ok. It’s amazing that sometimes you just fancy a piece of Christmas cake, even in the summer!

Mil used to freeze with it on.

I also freeze excess cake. We bought ourselves a panettone and were bought a second one. I’ve cut each one into bite sized pieces (72 in all) and frozen them. They defrost really quickly and we are loving them with morning coffee.

Just wondering if you would have to remove icing and marzipan if you freeze xmas cake?

Mil used to make a very rich fruit Christmas cake. What didn’t get eaten she used to cut into small slices (it was very rich) and freeze. Then if she was expecting visitors she could whip a few slices out.

Oh I love Christmas cake too much to save it. Although after weighing mine and discovering it was over 6lbs I’ve promised not to make another ( only two of us eat it).
It won’t be saved I did quarter it but I’ll still eat three quarters!

The Christmas pudding I had was one I bought over a year ago and it was delicious I think they taste better with age.
I would portion the cake up and wrap it well before storing it for this Christmas it will be fine.

I had one that was 3 years old,and out if date,i gave Dh a slice and he`s still here,then i had a slice and i too am still here.

We’ve had 2 M&S cakes gifted to us this year. We’ve eaten 1 which was delicious but we really shouldn’t consume the other just ourselves. Look forward to seeing other posted suggestions.

Afraid it would never last in my freezer!