Christmas Cake

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                                           Christmas Cake
      Christmas cake is a type of fruitcake served at Christmas time in the UK, Ireland, Japan, Philippines and many Commonwealth countries. A Christmas cake may be light or dark, crumbly-moist to sticky-wet, spongy to heavy, leavened or unleavened, shaped round, square or oblong as whole cakes, dusting with icing sugar, or plain, etc.
   A particular favourite of many is the traditional Scottish Christmas cake, the Whisky Dundee. As the name implies, the cake originated in Dundee and is made with Scotch whisky. It is a light and crumbly cake, and light on fruit and candied peel—only currants, raisins, sultanas and cherries. This Christmas cake is particularly good for people who don't like very rich and moist cakes. As with all fruitcakes, the almonds (or other nuts) can be omitted by people who don't like them or those with severe nut allergies.
        Coins were also occasionally added to Christmas cakes as well as Christmas puddings as good luck Touch Pieces. The usual choices were silver 3d piece, or sixpences, sometimes wrapped in greaseproof paper packages.

Vocabulary :
crumbly(adj.)                      breaking easily into small pieces
moist (adj.)                         slightly wet
spongy (adj.)                      soft and able to absorb or having already 
                                           absorbed a lot of liquid, like a sponge
leaven (v)                           to add a substance to bread or another food 
                                           made with flour to make it get bigger when it is 
                                           cooked
oblong (adj.)                       an object or shape that is longer than it is wide,
omit (v)                               to fail to include or do something
greaseproof  paper(n)        paper which does not allow oil through, used 
                                           especially in cooking

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แหล่งที่มาของข้อมูล : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_cake                                    
https://dictionary.cambridge.org.