Christmas Cake

I always use this cake recipe from my Dad. My mum had her own recipe but I don't know it. Christmas cake always makes me think of them both... and Aidan. I guess it is a family thing.
Now this cake is for Doug and me. I am still perfecting the icing (it is many years work). My mum used to make them without icing (I prefer them plain tbh, but Doug likes the icing more than the cake). My dad always did Royal Icing.
This is butter icing with a little bit of lemon juice to try to make it a bit less sweet than the brandy butter icing last year. I think next year maybe a cream cheese one to go for something less sweet still.