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mincemeat cake with cinnamon and TOTAL Greek Yoghurt icing – and an exciting Acer Iconia A1 tablet giveaway!

3 December 2014 by Dominic Franks

… what do you honestly want for Christmas… can any of us really need anything other than the love of good friends and family and a warm bed to lie on?  I know that now I’ve reached the ripe old age of twenty nice there’s very little that I actually need and in fact The Viking and I often make a pledge to buy small, stocking filler type items only and save our money for holidays and the sales.  Sure, when I was a kid I loved being spoiled by Father Christmas and I remember one year when I was roughly 7 or 8 I so desperately wanted a ray-gun for Christmas that I painstakingly drew the exact ray-gun I wanted on a piece of paper for Father Christmas just so he’d get the the right one… which of course he did…

I was into my sci-fi and tech gadgets even back then (YES we had technology back in the 70’s when I was a kid!) and it seems it’s the same today… did you know that according to a survey by Intel, men are more generous than women when it comes to gift giving but they don’t always get what they want in return… Men are likely to spend over £100 more on gifts than women and the research also discovered that more than half of respondents (51%) say that they like receiving technology and gadget based gifts. Technology also ranked number one on the most wanted Christmas list with a third of respondents admitting that they would like to see a sleek, tablet device in their stocking.

In the UK, men have a clear preference for gadgets (35%), whilst preferred gifts for women this year are more evenly spaced between vouchers (29%), health and beauty products (18%) and gadgets and technology (14%), leaving plenty of options for the men in their lives to choose from… and I have a very generous gift via Intel from me to one of you… a very sleek Acer Iconia A1 Tablet… all you have to do to answer is read the rest of this post and then answer a simple question in the rafflecopter gadget below…

mincemeat cake with cinnamon and TOTAL Greek Yoghurt icing
after the success of my mince pie flapjacks and then seeing a variety of mincemeat induced goodies on the bloggersphere I realised just how versatile mincemeat really is.  I must stop a moment before I go on to clarify to my non-UK based readers that mincemeat is a traditional Christmas preserve made from a collection of fruits, spices, sugar and quite often brandy, that is commonly used to fill the traditional Christmas mince pies so popular here in the UK… mincemeat is NOT minced meat or beef.  Don’t get this wrong or you could end up with some nasty results.  You can buy some gorgeous mincemeat out there in a billion different flavours but if you want to make your own try my homemade whisky mincemeat recipe or check out this one from Karen at Lavender and Lovage or this chocolate infused one from Choclette at Chocolate Log Blog… the point is, is that for me mincemeat is THE flavour of Christmas and if you can use it in a non-traditional way, such as I have here by replacing it for the marmalade I would normally use in my grandma’s marmalade recipe then you can spread the mincemeat and Christmas joy for a longer part of the season…

for the cake
200g slightly salted butter
200g caster sugar
3 large free-range eggs
200g self-raising flour
2 tablespoons mincemeat

for the icing
4 tablespoons TOTAL Greek Yoghurt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
400g icing sugar

pre-heat the oven to 180C and grease and line a 22cm baking tin with a posse bottom

in a large bowl cream the butter and sugar with a hand-held electric whisk for at least 3 minutes until pale and fluffy then add one egg and beat in well followed by a third of the flour which you should beat in well, continue alternating ingredients in this way with the rest of the eggs and flour and then beat in the mincemeat

pour the batter into your tin and bale for 35 – 40 minutes or until golden and risen and a skewer inserted comes out clean… check after 30 mins that it’s not going too dark in which case you should cover the cake with a layer of foil to prevent burning – once baked, turn off the oven and let it cool in the oven then set aside whilst you make the icing

beat the cinnamon into the yoghurt and then stir in the icing sugar until you have a thickish consistency… I like mine a little runny which always looks more decadent… cut the cake in half and slather half the icing on the bottom half of the cake.  Lay the top half onto it and then slather the rest of the icing on top… serve dusted in icing sugar

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because this is clearly a Christmas Cake i’m entering it into this months brilliant AlphaBakes bloggers challenge that has X as its letter and is hosted by Caroline from Caroline Makes and Ros from The More Than Occasional
Baker
… i’ve neglected this challenge quite a bit lately so i hope this goes some way to make up for it…

eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Vikki Roberts says

    3 December 2014 at 9:19 am

    My first tech gadget Christmas present was an ipod. I still have it!

  2. Rachel A says

    3 December 2014 at 11:33 am

    My first tech gadget was probably a Walkman which makes me feel positively ancient!

  3. Kerri Ann says

    3 December 2014 at 11:35 am

    Mine was a wakman..i was made up for months afterwards x showing my age lol

  4. Tracey Peach says

    3 December 2014 at 11:46 am

    Record player (blushes) it had the turn table at the top then a cd player. It was in a wooden box on wheels with a space at the bottom to store records & tapes

  5. Emma says

    3 December 2014 at 12:07 pm

    My first was an iPod and some Yanks know mincemeat is not made with meat!! lovely recipe!

  6. Craig says

    3 December 2014 at 12:37 pm

    My first gadget was a Sony Walkman, hello 90s…

  7. carlahollands says

    3 December 2014 at 12:55 pm

    I think my first was probably a walkman!

    carlahollands@hotmail.com

  8. Isabel O says

    3 December 2014 at 3:25 pm

    You wouldn't think all those different things in a cake would go together but it actually sounds nice.

    I have never had a tech gadget for Christmas! Cue sad violin music.

  9. Tracy K Nixon says

    3 December 2014 at 4:38 pm

    I think my first gadget was a Commodore 64 computer!

  10. talesofpiglingbland says

    3 December 2014 at 4:48 pm

    Ha! A MiniDisk player…now I'm showing my age

  11. Jane Willis says

    3 December 2014 at 5:14 pm

    A Sinclair Oxford 300 pocket calculator – for Christmas 1972

  12. Dee says

    3 December 2014 at 5:46 pm

    Mine was a Walkman(can't remember the brand – maybe Philips or Sony) This was when I was a teen 🙂

  13. Phuong says

    3 December 2014 at 7:04 pm

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  14. Gill says

    3 December 2014 at 7:07 pm

    Not sure I've ever had one!!!!

  15. Phuong says

    3 December 2014 at 7:12 pm

    I've only had mincemeat once, it was in the form of a pie and very memorable. The cake and Greek yogurt icing sounds delicious.

    My first tech gadget was an electronic learning device for little kids that played word games like hangman, all three kids got to share that Christmas gift. Too bad it got left out in the rain.

  16. Jayne says

    3 December 2014 at 7:46 pm

    A red walkman, I really loved it too. Wishing you a very happy Christmas.

  17. Stuart Vettese says

    3 December 2014 at 8:54 pm

    The cake looks festively fantastic Mr! I shan't enter the giveaway but my first tech gadget was possibly my first personal stereo (we were too poor for proper Walkmans) which was probably the size of a small video recorder.

  18. Angela Wilson says

    3 December 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Wow,, a Casio calculator I think in the 70's

  19. Angela Wilson says

    3 December 2014 at 8:57 pm

    A Casio calculator in the 70's I think

  20. Anonymous says

    3 December 2014 at 9:01 pm

    A walkman when I was younger

    Kim Neville

  21. frances hopkins says

    3 December 2014 at 9:20 pm

    A Vic20

  22. laura banks says

    3 December 2014 at 9:46 pm

    zx spectrum 48k computer

  23. bellini says

    3 December 2014 at 10:27 pm

    I am sure that the icing yogurt makes this cake totally healthy for the holidays. I am sure of it.

  24. Stephanie Boulton says

    3 December 2014 at 10:45 pm

    A handheld cassette player that you could also play tetris on it

  25. prwilson says

    3 December 2014 at 10:54 pm

    A Commodore 64.

  26. Anonymous says

    3 December 2014 at 10:55 pm

    A sony walkman

  27. Stacy Heff says

    3 December 2014 at 10:58 pm

    a megadrive….it was the best day :')

  28. Unknown says

    3 December 2014 at 10:59 pm

    My first tech gadget? I honestly can't remember. Perhaps a Walkman.

  29. Rob Baker says

    3 December 2014 at 11:01 pm

    A ZX Spectrum!

  30. sandra rubery says

    3 December 2014 at 11:02 pm

    a tape player!

  31. shana haynes says

    3 December 2014 at 11:04 pm

    Nokia3310, does that count?!

  32. Lorna Kennedy says

    3 December 2014 at 11:09 pm

    Oh can't remember what it was called – that Ping thing – table tennis on your telly. Very innivative at the time 🙂

  33. lynn lewer says

    3 December 2014 at 11:20 pm

    a record player

  34. Anonymous says

    3 December 2014 at 11:20 pm

    Walkie Talkie

  35. leanne abel says

    3 December 2014 at 11:21 pm

    A Commodore 64

  36. Rob Winkfield says

    3 December 2014 at 11:23 pm

    An Atari

  37. Jenny Eatwell says

    3 December 2014 at 11:24 pm

    I got a Sony Walkman that changed my life. Showing my age now. 😉 lol

  38. glennamy says

    3 December 2014 at 11:26 pm

    Commodore 64

  39. Lisa Everaert says

    3 December 2014 at 11:27 pm

    A Cassette walkman and i loved it, especially the orange spongy earphones xx

  40. Rebecca Owen says

    3 December 2014 at 11:35 pm

    An electronic diary. It seemed so high tech at the time and now it seems ancient!

  41. Angela Bates says

    3 December 2014 at 11:37 pm

    It was a small arcade game of pac-man when I was about seven

  42. Jonathan Lewis says

    3 December 2014 at 11:41 pm

    I was one of the first in our area to get a ZX81 computer – I made money from writing programs for it and selling them to magazines 🙂

  43. MimiJane says

    3 December 2014 at 11:53 pm

    A Sony Walkman – many years ago!

  44. William G says

    3 December 2014 at 11:57 pm

    I actually don't ever remember getting a tech gadget for Christmas!

  45. zest and leisure says

    3 December 2014 at 11:59 pm

    I got an iPod in Christmas in 2009 Christmas 🙂

  46. spearce says

    4 December 2014 at 12:05 am

    a netbook x

  47. daisybeebee says

    4 December 2014 at 12:07 am

    A Walkman that I used when I walked to school.

  48. spearce says

    4 December 2014 at 12:07 am

    a netbook x

  49. ZAZARK says

    4 December 2014 at 12:32 am

    BBC Micro Model B

  50. julie laing says

    4 December 2014 at 1:06 am

    N64

  51. Kat Lucas says

    4 December 2014 at 2:50 am

    Cassette player and recorder

  52. stu_86 says

    4 December 2014 at 4:47 am

    a lovely zx spectrum!

  53. Heather Knotts says

    4 December 2014 at 4:47 am

    Mine was a ZX Spectrum Computer – There goes my secret about my age 😉

  54. tabbaz123 says

    4 December 2014 at 4:57 am

    An iPod 🙂

  55. Emma Birley says

    4 December 2014 at 5:53 am

    CD player! Best day ever! 😉

  56. Sam Nowog says

    4 December 2014 at 6:24 am

    A Walkman

  57. Caroline Clarke says

    4 December 2014 at 6:30 am

    Maybe a portably CD player … that's so long ago I can't remember!

  58. rozsarg says

    4 December 2014 at 6:39 am

    first gift I ever got was a Gameboy colour

  59. TheKiwiBex says

    4 December 2014 at 6:47 am

    Probably a Discman!

  60. mummy24 says

    4 December 2014 at 6:50 am

    a walkman!

    Ashleigh

  61. Jim Milligan says

    4 December 2014 at 6:58 am

    A radio

  62. Stuart Edwards says

    4 December 2014 at 7:42 am

    my record player

  63. Kelly says

    4 December 2014 at 7:48 am

    a gameboy! The first generation when everyone played tetris on a green screen!

  64. catmiaow says

    4 December 2014 at 7:51 am

    An Amstrad computer

  65. Andrew Petrie says

    4 December 2014 at 7:57 am

    A walkman.

  66. finleypop says

    4 December 2014 at 8:04 am

    A record player!

  67. Anonymous says

    4 December 2014 at 8:24 am

    A Sony Tape walkman !!

  68. Stephanie Whitehouse says

    4 December 2014 at 8:32 am

    Do you remember cassette recorders?

  69. Jackie ONeill says

    4 December 2014 at 8:48 am

    A Sony walkman

  70. Claire Blaney says

    4 December 2014 at 8:48 am

    a mobile phone

  71. Rachael Jess says

    4 December 2014 at 8:53 am

    I asked for a hand held pac-man game, but I got a hand held space invaders game – close… but I did miss the wacka wacka wacka

  72. Anonymous says

    4 December 2014 at 9:01 am

    I don't think I've ever been given tech for Christmas. Odd considering that's my job!
    @gavrc

  73. suzanne cooke says

    4 December 2014 at 9:11 am

    I got a ghetto blaster, man I loved that thing!

  74. glenka says

    4 December 2014 at 9:16 am

    A Walkman.

  75. Allison Sherwood says

    4 December 2014 at 9:34 am

    A tape recorder

  76. Lauren says

    4 December 2014 at 9:37 am

    gameboy advance colour 🙂

  77. Kristy Brown says

    4 December 2014 at 9:39 am

    Is a walkman classed as tech?

  78. winnie says

    4 December 2014 at 10:04 am

    gameboy

  79. Suaznne says

    4 December 2014 at 10:31 am

    A cassette player.

  80. kj19 says

    4 December 2014 at 10:31 am

    a sony tape player

  81. Fiona King says

    4 December 2014 at 10:39 am

    It was a record player

  82. simone11 says

    4 December 2014 at 10:44 am

    it was a casio watch red flashing digital

  83. Michelle Carlin says

    4 December 2014 at 11:02 am

    A portable TV to take away to uni – not even a remote control one in those days!

  84. Karen Booth says

    4 December 2014 at 11:18 am

    My first was a portable cassette player and radio!
    I REALLY want this DOM – for Malcolm!! AND the cake looks AMAZING too – thanks for linking to my homemade mincemeat! Karen xxx

  85. Stuart says

    4 December 2014 at 11:40 am

    A Fidelity portable record player!

  86. tamalyn says

    4 December 2014 at 11:44 am

    a mobile phone

  87. jeff lowe says

    4 December 2014 at 11:46 am

    A Walkman

  88. Alana Walker says

    4 December 2014 at 11:48 am

    A Game Boy.x

  89. sooz says

    4 December 2014 at 11:57 am

    a lap top!

  90. Princess Rudding says

    4 December 2014 at 12:09 pm

    My first tech gadget would have been a Vtech kids laptop that had educational games on it. It had a black and white screen with no backlight so could only be played with under a lamp!

  91. Marycarol says

    4 December 2014 at 12:41 pm

    My first tech gadget was a kindle, was always sort of afraid of them before but love it now!

  92. Milly Youngman says

    4 December 2014 at 12:52 pm

    A Sony Walkman CD player (with a B*Witched album to play on it!)

  93. Claire Simpson says

    4 December 2014 at 1:06 pm

    Sony waterproof walkman

  94. ATP says

    4 December 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Atari ST

  95. Emma Walters says

    4 December 2014 at 1:26 pm

    a gameboy 🙂

  96. Lorraine Foster says

    4 December 2014 at 1:31 pm

    Sony Walkman

  97. Janice n says

    4 December 2014 at 1:38 pm

    a gameboy

  98. David says

    4 December 2014 at 2:15 pm

    Commodore 64

  99. S Gunn says

    4 December 2014 at 2:33 pm

    CD player 🙂

  100. writi says

    4 December 2014 at 2:45 pm

    the talkman from home alone 2

  101. John Tingay says

    4 December 2014 at 3:18 pm

    A Sinclair Oxford 300 Scientific Calculator. It cost around £25 in the mid 70s – that's about £200 in today's money!

  102. Hilda Hazel Wright says

    4 December 2014 at 4:55 pm

    When I was about 12 I got a fab record player and tape decks in a cabinet…that was a long time ago hahaha! Other than that I've not had any tech gadget gifts really!

  103. Anne Hawley says

    4 December 2014 at 5:14 pm

    a speak and spell game!

  104. Rob Griffiths says

    4 December 2014 at 5:27 pm

    Mine was a ZX Spectrum

  105. Penny Ford says

    4 December 2014 at 5:59 pm

    ZX81

  106. soosieboo says

    4 December 2014 at 6:13 pm

    Years and years ago.. a very small radio.
    RC – Su Tyler

  107. Hannah Comp says

    4 December 2014 at 6:21 pm

    A CD Player

  108. Baking Addict says

    4 December 2014 at 6:57 pm

    Mincemeat definitely screams Christmas and this cake looks delicious! I love the icing and your photo is so tempting.Thanks for entering AlphaBakes.
    My first tech gadget that I can remember is a Sony Walkman, could have received something earlier than that but I can't remember!

  109. pepicola says

    4 December 2014 at 7:11 pm

    Donkey Kong Game & Watch

  110. Lynda Jones says

    4 December 2014 at 7:51 pm

    It was a Kindle from my son, I still have it its brilliant

  111. Fiona Smith says

    4 December 2014 at 8:07 pm

    Nokia 5110

  112. Blulu says

    4 December 2014 at 8:37 pm

    A mobile phone which now would seem very basic and brick like, but at the time it was cool and trendy 😀

  113. lastkisstoo says

    4 December 2014 at 8:48 pm

    A stereo with double tape deck and turntable…..best present ever! 🙂

    Have bookmarked your cake recipe it has made me hungry…..gonna try it at the weekend it sounds and looks gorgeous x

  114. Rob Hughes says

    4 December 2014 at 8:54 pm

    I think mine would have been a walkman

  115. Melanie C (Miss Melvis) says

    4 December 2014 at 9:03 pm

    We got an Amiga 600 many moons ago, we only had 2 games and they were really hard to control!

  116. Harry Baker-Farmer says

    4 December 2014 at 9:11 pm

    Probably my Sega Dreamcast – it was certainly the best. I loved that console!

  117. leigh boyle says

    4 December 2014 at 9:33 pm

    a laptop was like a brick haha

  118. Kim Newsome says

    4 December 2014 at 10:00 pm

    A Nokia 3210!

  119. Joseph Johnson says

    4 December 2014 at 10:03 pm

    atari games console

  120. dragon60 says

    4 December 2014 at 10:31 pm

    I was given a TV for Chrismtas

  121. anthony harrington says

    4 December 2014 at 10:38 pm

    a digital watch, thought it was very special at the time!

  122. juzza12 says

    4 December 2014 at 10:43 pm

    A Sony walkman.

  123. Edward Guerreiro says

    4 December 2014 at 11:32 pm

    From what I can remember, it was a portable CD player. Although, I may have gotten a NES or Master System before that.

  124. Graham Chealehay says

    5 December 2014 at 12:25 am

    A toy called a “Merlon”

  125. Jazz says

    5 December 2014 at 12:39 am

    My GameBoy Colour 😀

  126. philiboy says

    5 December 2014 at 6:04 am

    A Sinclair ZX80

  127. Magnolia Verandah says

    5 December 2014 at 6:20 am

    A record player – plain and simple with two speakers! Cake looks lovely but what special icing – must try this yogurt and cinnamon. Very Christmassy!

  128. milkpetal says

    5 December 2014 at 9:47 am

    A Super Nintendo to share with my sister 🙂

    Hele

  129. Lorraine Tinsley says

    5 December 2014 at 12:20 pm

    I think it was a walkman, it was red and I thought I was so cool!

  130. weir shane says

    5 December 2014 at 12:26 pm

    my first gadget was a Commodore 64 computer! – leanne w

  131. Sarah Pybus says

    5 December 2014 at 5:12 pm

    My Commodore 64 🙂

  132. mclarkie says

    5 December 2014 at 6:59 pm

    I got a Sagem mobile phone

  133. Caroline Muspratt says

    5 December 2014 at 7:00 pm

    My sister and I got a Commodore 64 between us when we were about 10, we thought it was brilliant!

  134. Maggie says

    5 December 2014 at 8:06 pm

    My first tech gadget that I could call my own, was a computer!

  135. Leanne Mckenna says

    5 December 2014 at 8:07 pm

    A walkman, I loved it!

  136. sweetnuttydogs says

    5 December 2014 at 9:44 pm

    Was a walkbox <<<< dunno how you would spell it lol

  137. Anonymous says

    5 December 2014 at 9:53 pm

    walkman

  138. xlilreddevilx says

    5 December 2014 at 10:01 pm

    A mobile phone the size of a brick with a pull out aerial!!

  139. mo3733 says

    5 December 2014 at 10:01 pm

    an battery operated helicopter

  140. Allan Smith says

    6 December 2014 at 2:53 am

    A watch radio

  141. Vanessa @ Cakes and Teacups says

    6 December 2014 at 4:02 am

    An orange or was it red old school texas instrument speak and spell. Like the one from E.T. lol

  142. Zoey H says

    6 December 2014 at 7:41 am

    ZX Spectrum, loved it in the day. Great at loading games taking upto 3rd in a on tape Dec only to crash. Those where the days

  143. Zoey H says

    6 December 2014 at 7:41 am

    30mins not 3rd

  144. Farhana says

    6 December 2014 at 2:20 pm

    An iPad mini

  145. Jeremy Hards says

    6 December 2014 at 2:47 pm

    Atari 2600. Wish I still had it, the graphics were basic but most of the games were much more fun than a lot of modern games

  146. Bhavesh Mistry says

    6 December 2014 at 5:12 pm

    SEGA GAME GEAR!

  147. Anonymous says

    6 December 2014 at 7:08 pm

    havent got one yet 🙂

    @avelte2000

  148. Natalie Crossan says

    6 December 2014 at 7:51 pm

    A gameboy x

  149. Diane says

    6 December 2014 at 8:04 pm

    I've never had one for Christmas. The nearest to a tech gadget was a calculator that I got for Christmas around 1977

  150. Penny Crumpton says

    6 December 2014 at 8:49 pm

    A master system, so cool back then!

  151. Caroline says

    6 December 2014 at 8:51 pm

    It was a CD Walkman – the model before they put the anti-bump mechanism in so it kept jumping as every couple of minutes.

  152. clair downham says

    6 December 2014 at 8:53 pm

    a walkman when i was a kid

  153. stephen holman says

    6 December 2014 at 8:54 pm

    it was probably my spectrum +2 !!

  154. monkeyhanger says

    6 December 2014 at 9:00 pm

    a reel-to-reel tape recorder! – way before cassettes!

  155. james wright says

    6 December 2014 at 9:21 pm

    galaxy invaders handheld game

  156. Stephanie Burchatt says

    6 December 2014 at 9:33 pm

    A Nokia 3210!

  157. Tina Holmes says

    6 December 2014 at 9:45 pm

    Gameboy I think

  158. Anonymous says

    6 December 2014 at 10:40 pm

    A Commodore 64 x

  159. John Connor says

    6 December 2014 at 10:48 pm

    An Atari “Woody” 2600!

  160. Kiran Parry says

    6 December 2014 at 10:51 pm

    My PS2

  161. Kate Glutenfreealchemist says

    6 December 2014 at 11:12 pm

    Lovely cake and lovely photos Dom! My first 'tech' gadget for Xmas was (I think) a digital radio alarm clock back in the 70's….. it had a snooze button which lasted 9 minutes before it woke me up again……. and again……. and again…..

  162. tinkertink2010 says

    6 December 2014 at 11:24 pm

    A stereo when I was about 7. It had a turntable on the top. I loved taping the top 10 on cassette and trying to stop it before the dj came back on lol

  163. Geoff Fortt says

    6 December 2014 at 11:26 pm

    My first PC the wife bought it about 15 yrs ago

  164. Janice says

    6 December 2014 at 11:59 pm

    My first tech gadget was a laptop – supposedly for me but my o/h is always on it!

  165. Paul Chadwick says

    7 December 2014 at 12:49 am

    Sega Mega Drive

  166. Caro Walker says

    7 December 2014 at 4:40 am

    A radio cassette player over 30 years ago but still used in the garage!!

  167. dwerry says

    7 December 2014 at 10:23 am

    I think it was a PC.

  168. Anonymous says

    7 December 2014 at 11:03 am

    A tape recorder.

    Hazel Rea – @beachrambler

  169. Alison MacDonald says

    7 December 2014 at 11:34 am

    A tape recorder and radio combined 🙂

  170. daisylove98 says

    7 December 2014 at 11:49 am

    A personal stereo and fluffy headphones – I have still got them now 🙂

  171. CAROL PATTRICK says

    7 December 2014 at 12:05 pm

    A Walkman

  172. Claire Petley says

    7 December 2014 at 1:07 pm

    A Super Nintendo Entertainment System, my mum made me learn how to spell it before she'd agree to buy it for me lol

  173. Elinor Bevan says

    7 December 2014 at 1:27 pm

    going back, was a sony walkman (the bright yellow one) I used to love that thing!!

  174. di dilly says

    7 December 2014 at 2:28 pm

    A mobile phone the size of a small brick

  175. Stephanie Couch says

    7 December 2014 at 2:43 pm

    An old style gameboy! It was huge with a tiny screen! oh and in black and white lol

  176. Laura Bobby says

    7 December 2014 at 2:47 pm

    Haven't ever been given a tech gadget for a christmas present 🙁
    So if I was to win this would be my first ever tech gadget for christmas!!!

  177. Pocoyo says

    7 December 2014 at 3:15 pm

    Radofin Progammable Tele-sports III Video Games Console

  178. Kelly Hooper says

    7 December 2014 at 3:18 pm

    it was a zx spectrum that I got as a joint present with my sister, still remember us sitting there with the instruction book for hours typing in a load of code to make a picture come up on the tv.

  179. Marrian says

    7 December 2014 at 3:55 pm

    Mine was a joint present with my brother, an original Playstation.

  180. Tom Buchanan says

    7 December 2014 at 4:02 pm

    a cassette player about 25 years ago!

  181. Lorraine Anderson says

    7 December 2014 at 4:41 pm

    a cassette player, it was ace

  182. Anonymous says

    7 December 2014 at 4:42 pm

    A mobile phone and i have just learnt to put pictures on this new one…barbara m

  183. Chrissie Curtis says

    7 December 2014 at 5:36 pm

    a Cassette Player

  184. Anonymous says

    7 December 2014 at 6:17 pm

    ZX Spectrum

  185. Paul Nichol says

    7 December 2014 at 6:17 pm

    An Acorn Electron computer

  186. V says

    7 December 2014 at 6:21 pm

    My first gadget was a walkman

  187. Lynsey S says

    7 December 2014 at 6:57 pm

    A Commodore 64, I loved it waiting ages for games to load up and then crashing just as you start playing

  188. matphil says

    7 December 2014 at 7:13 pm

    A Casio calculator.

  189. Jo W says

    7 December 2014 at 7:39 pm

    A walkman

  190. rugmaker says

    7 December 2014 at 7:50 pm

    A cassette player

  191. Hi Samantha Sugden here says

    7 December 2014 at 8:08 pm

    It was a walkman

  192. rachael jones says

    7 December 2014 at 8:11 pm

    a ZX Spectrum +1 …… paper boy was da bomb on it hahaha !

  193. Val Swift says

    7 December 2014 at 8:13 pm

    Probably a walkman

  194. Karen Lloyd says

    7 December 2014 at 8:23 pm

    A cassette walkman with foam covered headphones.

  195. amy beckett says

    7 December 2014 at 8:35 pm

    My secret diary

  196. emily fraser says

    7 December 2014 at 8:43 pm

    A walkman 🙂

  197. Lauren Olds says

    7 December 2014 at 8:48 pm

    A Sony PlayStation 🙂

  198. Adeinne says

    7 December 2014 at 8:54 pm

    A playstation 2

  199. shell says

    7 December 2014 at 9:18 pm

    The old game console that played table tennis in black and white

  200. Ser says

    7 December 2014 at 9:20 pm

    a walkman.

  201. Kirsty Cooper says

    7 December 2014 at 9:24 pm

    a gameboy!

  202. mdp09rjf says

    7 December 2014 at 9:31 pm

    gameboy

  203. annie says

    7 December 2014 at 9:37 pm

    a walkman

  204. WeeWillieWilkie says

    7 December 2014 at 9:47 pm

    A ZX Spectrum

  205. Joanne Kelly says

    7 December 2014 at 10:05 pm

    An Amega 500+ – I LOVED it 🙂 xx

  206. Joanne Blunt says

    7 December 2014 at 10:22 pm

    I got a pager once. I don't think I ever got to grips with it and was kind of relieved when someone accidentally stepped on it and broke it.

  207. Anonymous says

    7 December 2014 at 10:23 pm

    My first gadget was a Sony Walkman!
    @ukireland

  208. yvonne says

    7 December 2014 at 10:32 pm

    An Atari 2600 console

  209. Carolin says

    7 December 2014 at 10:37 pm

    A hand held Nintendo Play&Watch Donkey Kong 🙂

  210. David says

    7 December 2014 at 10:53 pm

    A Atari 2600!

  211. Jane Middleton says

    7 December 2014 at 11:31 pm

    Sony walkman

  212. Saba Hasson says

    7 December 2014 at 11:31 pm

    Sony Walkman

  213. Wendy Tolhurst says

    7 December 2014 at 11:36 pm

    A cassette player

  214. Laura Betty says

    8 December 2014 at 12:42 am

    A gameboy back in the 90s! xx

  215. Alisa Moore says

    8 December 2014 at 12:57 am

    A ZX Spectrum

  216. ellie jacobs says

    8 December 2014 at 1:16 am

    Has to be My Walkman! With the thick spongey headphones. I was sooooo Cool. was the best feeling ever x

  217. Cecelia Allen says

    8 December 2014 at 1:45 am

    A twin deck tape recorder

  218. Hannah says

    8 December 2014 at 1:52 am

    hard to think back, but I'm pretty sure it'd be an MP3 player

  219. denise s says

    8 December 2014 at 2:18 am

    a mobile phone cant remember what make but it was huge!

  220. Richard Rowley says

    8 December 2014 at 2:47 am

    A Commodore C64

  221. princesssmithee says

    8 December 2014 at 4:15 am

    walkman x x x

  222. Emily Phipps says

    8 December 2014 at 4:27 am

    Sega master system!

  223. Cathy says

    8 December 2014 at 7:12 am

    I think it was a phone, never had a computer when I was little x

  224. My Little Space says

    8 December 2014 at 9:32 am

    Oh wow… what a fabulous giveaway ! I'm not sure if I have any luck to take this home with me. haha… Oh well, who knows ! Btw, your savory cake is very special especially with those yogurt icing. Enjoy & have a great week ahead.
    Blessings, Kristy

  225. My Little Space says

    8 December 2014 at 9:38 am

    Mine was a sony walkman, my dad bought it from Singapore somewhere in the 1980's.

  226. Jim Lipscomb says

    8 December 2014 at 10:12 am

    Those little handheld LED football games. That's quite a while back in time!

  227. hannahlw85 says

    8 December 2014 at 10:16 am

    Mine was a joint present with my brother, a NES, even though the games were simple compared to today's standards I do miss them, especially the Mario games and would happily have the console again.

  228. casspuss says

    8 December 2014 at 10:19 am

    a commodore 64

  229. Caroline says

    8 December 2014 at 11:32 am

    I got a yellow walkman to play my cassettes on.

  230. sion manley says

    8 December 2014 at 11:57 am

    an amiga 500 and still have it in the garage and it still woks

  231. claire wilkinson says

    8 December 2014 at 12:18 pm

    sega master system

  232. Emily Knight says

    8 December 2014 at 1:37 pm

    A Walkman when I was a kid…how times change!!

  233. Stuart says

    8 December 2014 at 2:01 pm

    It has to be The Sony Walkman, and I kept up to a few years ago!

  234. kittycat31uk says

    8 December 2014 at 2:45 pm

    A tiny TV for my bedroom – I was so chuffed!!

  235. snarepuss says

    8 December 2014 at 2:48 pm

    a camera 🙂

  236. mister_steven says

    8 December 2014 at 3:04 pm

    A portable Cassette Recorder

  237. C Parkin says

    8 December 2014 at 3:42 pm

    A Commodore 64 when I was 8.

  238. Chanette Kennedy says

    8 December 2014 at 4:18 pm

    I got a walkman for christmas when I was a kid, absolutely loved it but boy was it bulky!

  239. Alison Clark Clark says

    8 December 2014 at 4:59 pm

    My first techy gift was a nintendo game boy with tetris on it – me and my brother both got one and many fun hours were had on it.

  240. angie mummy says

    8 December 2014 at 5:04 pm

    a walkman

  241. Sarah Cadman says

    8 December 2014 at 6:43 pm

    a nokia phone 🙂

  242. Rennene Hartland says

    8 December 2014 at 6:57 pm

    a walkman

  243. Sam Furniss says

    8 December 2014 at 6:59 pm

    A scientific calculator

  244. Lady Chelington says

    8 December 2014 at 7:08 pm

    a gameboy

  245. Hannah Lawrence says

    8 December 2014 at 7:42 pm

    A walkman or a tape player!

  246. Lee Jones says

    8 December 2014 at 8:00 pm

    A Walkman, but not a Sony one, would have been a chep one like a Bush or Lloytron or something 🙁

  247. Choclette Blogger says

    8 December 2014 at 8:14 pm

    Wowzers this sounds good. Mincemeat is a wonderful ingredient AND I haven't got around to making any this year. Thanks for mentioning my chocolate version.

  248. Choclette Blogger says

    8 December 2014 at 8:17 pm

    Suppose I'll chance my luck! My first techie gadget was a cassette player – boy was I ahead of my time!

  249. Rebecca Phillips says

    8 December 2014 at 8:50 pm

    a walkman – i thought i was the bees knees!

  250. Gillian Holmes says

    8 December 2014 at 8:50 pm

    A walkman

  251. Laura Wildman says

    8 December 2014 at 8:54 pm

    Commodore 64!

  252. Sarah N says

    8 December 2014 at 8:55 pm

    A sega master system

  253. Patricia Avery says

    8 December 2014 at 9:00 pm

    A record player in the 50s

  254. Sarah Lewis says

    8 December 2014 at 9:01 pm

    A cassette player which I loved x

  255. Sue Brett says

    8 December 2014 at 9:34 pm

    A record player

  256. Barbara Handley says

    8 December 2014 at 9:35 pm

    A calculator

  257. Ian Talboys says

    8 December 2014 at 9:56 pm

    An old FM/AM/LW radio

  258. Mirjana says

    8 December 2014 at 10:03 pm

    It was walkman 🙂

  259. Teresa Lee says

    8 December 2014 at 11:47 pm

    A Nintendo with Duck Hunt

  260. Louise A says

    8 December 2014 at 11:48 pm

    walkman a long time ago!

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