I know I’ve been a bit quiet just recently on here…kind of been struggling for interesting Christmas stuff to talk about…still, only a week or two until the TV guides come out and I’ve got some things planned for the next couple of weeks too…so keep stopping by, there will be plenty of interest.
On that note, I thought I’d try something I’ve never had before. Panettone.
So, I said to the wife, I’ve bought some Panettone, you know, Italian fruit cake.
“Bread” she said.
“No cake” I said.
“No, it’s bread…with fruit in it.”
“No, it’s cake”.
Well…I was wrong…but it looks like cake…it does!
So this is a big version…unusually, let’s take a look at the nutritional information:
I can’t let it go. It’s cake. It says it.
And here it is (no it doesn’t come pre-sliced, I did that myself).
Now, my initial thought here was disappointment, I’ll be honest. It looks under-baked to me and lacking in fruity bits.
And it does look quite a lot like fruity bread.
What does it taste like? Well, even though it’s very airy and light, it’s very stodgy and, well, like fruity bread. It’s not overly sweet and it’s quite nice all in, but I fail to understand why anyone would have this instead of a proper Christmas cake or even just a proper fruit cake.
All in all, an expensive mistake. This thing cost £5.50, which is a lot of money for a lump of sweet fruit bread.
Ah well…lesson learned!
