Comments on: my xmas cheer http://baddog.com/2009/12/07/my-xmas-cheer/ expats in the Yucatan Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:42:45 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Hayden Bennett http://baddog.com/2009/12/07/my-xmas-cheer/comment-page-1/#comment-8708 Hayden Bennett Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:17:45 +0000 http://baddog.com/?p=2026#comment-8708 i love those german fruit cakes because they have more nuts in it `' i love those german fruit cakes because they have more nuts in it `’

]]> By: Theresa in Mérida http://baddog.com/2009/12/07/my-xmas-cheer/comment-page-1/#comment-7020 Theresa in Mérida Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:07:00 +0000 http://baddog.com/?p=2026#comment-7020 When I used to make fruit cake, I made them for the following year. OF course the first year you make twice as much and have unripe fruit cake, I mean unaged fruit cake. After that you are fine. The first year that I decided to make a big batch as gifts. I got out the biggest bowl my mom had, and put in a triple batch of ingredients (remember I come from a LARGE family). I also decided that my fruit cake would be mostly fruit and nuts, so I doubled the amount of those, it was so stiff and full of fruit that I broke the big wooden spoon trying to stir it all! LOL, I haven't thought about it in years! My mom rescued me, and we divided the monster batch into several managable batches. Both Husband and I like fruitcake, btw. regards, Theresa When I used to make fruit cake, I made them for the following year. OF course the first year you make twice as much and have unripe fruit cake, I mean unaged fruit cake. After that you are fine.
The first year that I decided to make a big batch as gifts. I got out the biggest bowl my mom had, and put in a triple batch of ingredients (remember I come from a LARGE family). I also decided that my fruit cake would be mostly fruit and nuts, so I doubled the amount of those, it was so stiff and full of fruit that I broke the big wooden spoon trying to stir it all! LOL, I haven’t thought about it in years! My mom rescued me, and we divided the monster batch into several managable batches.
Both Husband and I like fruitcake, btw.
regards,
Theresa

]]> By: Stephen & Paula http://baddog.com/2009/12/07/my-xmas-cheer/comment-page-1/#comment-7019 Stephen & Paula Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:37:00 +0000 http://baddog.com/?p=2026#comment-7019 Pudding or Cake or both or neither?? Theses pressing questions are now all but answered.........cake for Chritmas, Pud for my birthday !! Whoopeeee!! I write this at Calgary airport freezing my nether regions to oblivion, so chrissy pud sounds good right now !! Pudding or Cake or both or neither?? Theses pressing questions are now all but answered………cake for Chritmas, Pud for my birthday !!

Whoopeeee!! I write this at Calgary airport freezing my nether regions to oblivion, so chrissy pud sounds good right now !!

]]> By: jennifer rose http://baddog.com/2009/12/07/my-xmas-cheer/comment-page-1/#comment-7018 jennifer rose Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:21:08 +0000 http://baddog.com/?p=2026#comment-7018 In case you need any decorating tips for the pastel navidena, see: http://staringatstrangers.typepad.com/staring_at_strangers/2008/12/the-most-beautiful-plum-pudding-in-mexico.html Every fruitcake I see brings back memories of a time when I was seven. Someone had given us a beautiful cake decorated in marzipan. Every afternoon, I'd pick off some of the marzipan icing and a marzipan fruit, leaving the fruitcake bare and untouched. Everyone knows it's not nice to pick icing off a cake, but what puzzled me more was that I hadn't been caught. Finally, about a year before she died, I worked up the nerve to confess my sins (as if there had been anyone else in the house who would've picked off the marzipan) and inquire why she hadn't chided me. "You were doing me a favor, because I hate marzipan" was her response. In case you need any decorating tips for the pastel navidena, see:

http://staringatstrangers.typepad.com/staring_at_strangers/2008/12/the-most-beautiful-plum-pudding-in-mexico.html

Every fruitcake I see brings back memories of a time when I was seven. Someone had given us a beautiful cake decorated in marzipan. Every afternoon, I’d pick off some of the marzipan icing and a marzipan fruit, leaving the fruitcake bare and untouched. Everyone knows it’s not nice to pick icing off a cake, but what puzzled me more was that I hadn’t been caught. Finally, about a year before she died, I worked up the nerve to confess my sins (as if there had been anyone else in the house who would’ve picked off the marzipan) and inquire why she hadn’t chided me. “You were doing me a favor, because I hate marzipan” was her response.

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