It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

I'm trying to be more organized this year after feeling very disorganized when Jeff broke his heel. Today I started baking my Christmas cakes. I've been soaking my fruit for about 6 weeks and I used this recipe for the cake.





For this batch I am making small ones using small loaf tins or these paper baking tray in various sizes that I got from Lark. I used 3 very mini cases to try them out first and when they had cooled I thought I would have a taste and cut a little piece off one, it was lovely and I ended up eating the whole thing.

I didn't follow the recipe totally as I didn't wrap the tins in newspaper prior to baking as they were too awkward to do so. I ended up baking these various sized tins anywhere from 20-40 minutes and they are lovely and golden. Also I am not do the alcohol wash as the fruit is pretty boozy as it is and I'm not sure who they are going to yet.

I've also got some homemade vanilla maturing in a dark place. This was as soon as I made it, it is much darker now.


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