Great fun - turkey is in oven. I have just figured out my coffee maker to make a cup of cappucino and am about to have another one.
This was mum's and mine tradition on Christmas morning to have coffee with real cream today I am using full fat milk but frothed in the coffee maker.
Have to smile at rule 9 fruit cake or more correctly Christmas cake in Britain is very popular seems more popular than your fruit cake.
Maybe I will cut or more acurately chissel the Christmas cake later today the icing has gone rock hard.
As it is made with egg white and sugar and made with electric whisk I should have expected this after all it is egg white that was used on old oil painting to set the colours.
M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S
some fruitcakes are better than others to me.. the ones with a lot of Peel & citron are not appealing but the ones with a lot of nuts, cherries, REAL FRUIT(not skins)& with a good batter are great.
When I was in high school we sold Texas Fruit Cakes for the music program. they were very expensive & very good. I guess that is the bar for me, I have never had fruitcake as good as that.
I have never made any. I would love to do some more scratch cooking eventually...if ever my life gets easier.