Christmas Themed Quiz

[cricketwidow]

Help need please for the following 4 ..
1. Original Christmas cake was called ..(7,4).
2. Not really a savoury filling ..(9).
3. Vibrates wings to warm up in almost freezing temps. (9,4) .... is this something to do with bees- not sure.
4. Begins short of sun on Sunday before Christmas ..(6,8)
many thanks

[mallyh]

2 mincemeat

[BlackadderV]

3 is to do with butterflies, but I don't know what.

[Tilly2]

4 winter solstice

[Tilly2]

3 butterfly cake?

[mallyh]

1 twelfth tide

[Tilly2]

1 stollen cake?

[mallyh]

3 snowangel cake?

[scorpiojo]

Suggestion for 3:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1382930.html

[TheWinner]

1. Twelfth Cake
http://www.historicfood.com/John%20Mollard's%20Twelfth%20Cake.html

[cricketwidow]

Many thanks for all your help everyone. Now to ice the Christmas cakes or should that be Twelfth?!

[Midnighter]

I've no idea whether this has any relevance to question 3, but there's a Christmas Moth and a Christmas Butterfly. The latter wouldn't fit the answer length, but the former would.

[MargoTester]

2 mincemeat

[scorpiojo]

Scroll, Margo ;o)

[MargoTester]

Was just about to post 'too little too late ' Scorpiojo. Old habits die hard:-)

[scorpiojo]

:o)