i made a christmas cake today all went well but receipe said to leave in in for 3 1/2 hrs then check. then depending on whether its cooked or not a further 1 hr more. mines been in for 5 hrs now and still the metal skewer i put down into the middle of the cake to check if its done come out with moist cake mix on it. NOT GOOD! i made one last year it came out fine BUT last year i didnt have a fan oven!
I made a Christmas cake once and it ended up being in the oven all night as I got fed up waiting for it to cook so I put it on a low light and went to bed.It turned out ok though, Mr Prim said it was the nicest he'd tasted.