Things you may not know about Papa Noel, Santa or St. Nick…

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Yule Desserts Recipes

      Rum-Vanilla Bean Bundt Cake Ingredients 3/4 cup butter 2 eggs 1 egg yolk 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup light rum 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup packed brown sugar Powdered sugar Directions Allow butter, eggs, and egg yolk … Continue reading Yule Desserts Recipes

Yule Bread Recipes

  Sweet Potato and Carrot Spoon Bread Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces 1 pound carrots (about 6 medium), peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces 2 cups milk 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal 2 tablespoons butter, cut up 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 … Continue reading Yule Bread Recipes

Celebrating the Winter Solstice….

Fruitcake For Fiesta Friday #99

They do deserve their own post!

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Festive Festive

I have had these fruit cake photo bombing just about every post lately. I felt they deserve a solo spot. I wanted to publish the recipe because basically I changed much of it after finding a few flaws. I have to say though, it is probably the best fruit cake I have ever made or eaten. The recipe makes one 9 inch loaf or 3 mini loaves, since I give as gifts I make mini’s.  I got the recipe last year from Pure Wow, they call it “The Best Damn Fruitcake” and with a few changes they are right about that. I made 3 more today and am bringing with me to Fiesta Friday, I hope they let me in with fruit cake, it gets a really bad rap and mostly for good reason because some of the commercially prepared fruitcakes are vile.

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