With Christmas around the corner it's the perfect time to make this Christmas Cake from Queen Elizabeth II's former cook Mrs McKee. We take a look at her life and get some insights from her time cooking for multiple royal households. The cake itself is light and packed with dried fruit - and was ultimately a huge task to assemble and bake. We also discuss the myriad of other Christmas recipes in the cookbooks.

Recipe and pictures are on Instagram cookingourbooks1

Theme music is Josie has the Upper hand by Josh Woodward CC by 4.0