Christmas cake

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"After a meal of turkey sandwiches, crumpets, trifle, and Christmas cake, everyone felt too full and sleepy to do much before bed except sit and watch Percy chase Fred and George all over Gryffindor Tower because they'd stolen his prefect badge."

— Description^[src]

Christmas cake is a type of fruitcake traditionally served in Great Britain at Christmas. Christmas cake was served at the Christmas feast of 1991^[1] and 1992.^[3]

History[]

Molly Weasley gave Harry Potter a Christmas cake as a Christmas present in 1993.^[4] She later baked one for Christmas supper in 1996 at The Burrow, complete with a magically-animated toy penguin figure skating on the icing.^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

Christmas Cake PAS — Christmas cake as seen in *Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells*

In the "Fantastic Feasts" event in Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, Christmas cake only has one size that requires the following ingredients:
- Flour: 38
- Eggs: 25
- Cinnamon: 15

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 12 (The Mirror of Erised)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) - Chapter 17 (Death Eaters Attack)
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 12 (The Polyjuice Potion)
↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 11 (The Firebolt)

Meals served in the Great Hall

Feasts
Start-of-Term Feast · Hallowe'en feast · Christmas feast · Welcoming Feast · End-of-Term Feast
Foods
Breakfast	Bacon · Cornflakes · Eggs · Egg on toast · Fried egg · Hard-boiled egg · Kipper · Orange juice · Porridge · Roll · Sausage · Toast
Main course	Arbroath smokies · Bacon and steak · Black pudding · Bouillabaisse · Bread · Breadsticks · Casserole · Chicken leg · Chicken noodle soup · Cornish pasty · Crown roast · Cucumber sandwich · Happy Fish Grill · Lamb chop · Pork chops · Roast chicken · Roast beef · Sandwich · Sausage · Sausage roll · Shepherd's pie · Singing Hot Pot · Steak · Steak and kidney pie · Steak and kidney pudding · Stew · Tripe · Yorkshire pudding
Sauces and spreads	Butter · Jam · Ketchup · Gravy
Vegetables and side dishes	Baked pumpkin · Boiled potato · Carrots · Chips · Corn · Cucumber · Natto · Fried tomato · Mashed potato · Onion · Peas · Sprouts
Desserts, fruits, and drinks	Apple · Apple pie · Boisterous Biscuit Sandy · Blancmange · Chocolate eclair · Chocolate gateau · Custard tart · Grapes · Hogwarts celebration cake (2011 special event only) · Ice cream · Doughnut · Flappy Jack · Jelly · Marshmallows and crumpets · Mint humbug · Pumpkin juice · Pumpkin tart · Rice pudding · Shortbread cookies · Singing Sunrise · Spotted dick · Strawberries · Sugar Bomb-Bombs · Swiss rolls · Treacle tart · Trifle
Christmas specialties
Chipolata · Christmas pudding · Christmas cake · Cranberry sauce · Egg-nog · Roast turkey

[PS12-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 12 (The Mirror of Erised)

[HBPF-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) - Chapter 17 (Death Eaters Attack)

[COS12-3] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 12 (The Polyjuice Potion)

[POA11-4] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 11 (The Firebolt)

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