Christmas time is approaching I think I read 47 days. Have you started getting anything ready yet? I have my mixed dried fruits in soaking for my Chocolate Christmas fruit cake to bake in December. I’ve made all my Christmas cards, ready to address and mail away on the 1st December, earlier for overseas. There …
Category: Christmas
Christmas leftovers
As our main Christmas meal was at my sister in laws so we don’t have that many leftovers, our meats are eaten over the week between Christmas and new year when everyone wanders over for a visit in dribs and drabs. Our leg ham was cut for our Christmas day breakfast and we finally finished …
My week
Nothing exciting has really happened in the last week or so. I have finished my high school work for the year, summer break, the kids don’t go back until the 27th of January and I go back a couple of days before that, I’m only part time so get some interesting hours. I finally figured …
Christmas cakes are done.
My chocolate Christmas cakes are now made and ready for when I need them. I make in muffin sized portions so that I can gift wrap and give as gifts for those I don’t see at Christmas time but will see sometime in the month of December. My cakes are fortified with rum as the preservative …



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