XMAS FRUIT CAKE where to buy a really nice one for under $40 ?

[smiles4u]

Hi all,

I wanna save MIL baking a Xmas cake this year (as she has enough to do) and i promised to bring one this Xmas day !!

Can anyone recommend where to buy a yummy Xmas fruit cake with icing on it for under $40 (if that's possible) ??

and before anyone asks why don't i bake one well have you tried my cooking, lol

TIA for any suggestions

[LimeSlice]

Make the icing yourself, but if you want CAKE not PUDDING, go the Lion's Club.
$25 for the large one, and they are fab. Plus the money all goes to the Lion's Club.

I get 2 every year - one for Christmas the other to eat all for the rest of the year! lol

They aren't iced, but as I said, that is fairly easy and time efficient to make yourself, or you can just make (read: buy, pour into a gravy boat and claim you made it) a yummy brandy custard

HTH

[Traveller]

I was in Brumbys today and they had lovely looking cakes for $25. Not iced though.

[Babyluv]

I second the Lions club ones they are yummo

[Trillian]

I third the Lions club cakes. You can also get some nice ones with nuts and glace fruit on them instead of icing as well.

[Kazbah]

I fourth the Lions club cakes!!!!

And to decorate, if you want to, buy some marzipan, roll it out and using Christmas shapes, cookie cutter them out and paint them bright Chrissie colours, wrap in tinsel

[Tinks]

The bakery I work at sell them undecorated for $15, puddings are the same price. I was astounded when I saw the same size puddings in Coles for over $30.

Maybe try a small local bakery Smiles.

[Astrolady]

Lions Cakes here too. They are the bomb !!