I am reading happy Xmas posts on other blogs.  All in all I had a good day, but I am feeling a bit cursed. Between celebrations number two and three we stopped home to feed the dogs, drop of gifts, and pick up new ones.  We were headed to my parents and packed up some food to contibute to dinner. About half way through our short journey, I realized I had forgotten Lil’s stocking stuffers.  [...]

Two years ago, my aunt brought fruitcake to our holiday celebration.  I can’t say I had ever tried fruitcake before, but this was delicious!  Juicy, rich, alcoholic, and sweetened by real fruit not sugar or fluorescent candied stuff -  what could be wrong? Last year, I made fruitcake myself.  I split the batter between one large and two small loaf pans.  Because of my unpredictable oven, the smaller ones burned on the bottom.  I was [...]