IN 1971 MIKE BROOKE, an energetic and visionary Lions Club member from New Plymouth, encouraged his fellow club members to sell Christmas cakes made by his wife's uncle, a well known baker, as a fundraiser. Was it a successful project? Absolutely. Enter Mike's friend, managing director of Ernest Adams - possibly New Zealand's premier baker. He prepared a still-secret recipe, used to this day: a high quality, very fruity, non-crumbly, delicious Christmas cake weighing 1.2 kilos.
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