Xmas Cake

My mother in law who has Dementia asked us to get her a Xmas cake before Xmas and every time we said to her where's your cake are you going to have some.. She kept saying i don't know where it is? Well yesterday we went to the house to tidy round and found it in her pantry in a box under a shelf.. The date say's best before the 21st January 2017, we think it would still be ok to eat... What do you think?

Also don't you think that it's not along enough time on a product that you should be able to eat all year or even longer.

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Send it this way, I'll eat it

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Hi

Christmas Cake is full of sugar, so fine well past the sell buy date.

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I'm sure you would Were going to have it over the next few days and if you don't hear of me again Lidl's to blame

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That's sad Sue, personally I wouldn't risk giving it to my mum if she was still alive .... why not buy her a little Easter cake in its place and cut her a slice of it while you were there?

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I heard that some cakes have had preservatives taken out so they don't last as long but never mind were having it

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It's ok we have it at our house.. She's in hospital at the moment and were just in the throws of her coming home to carers so when we do get her back we'll give her something nice

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Ah, I see ..... I hope she will be able to return home soon then Sue

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Sue, I'd say go for it, the wife makes ours in October and were still having it in January, lovely with some crumbly cheese

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Home made Christmas cakes last almost indefinitely (given chance) but I am not sure about shop bought ones.