The DH is still overseas, so I am continuing to sublimate my worry by baking. Baking, the panacea for all worries, since…forever? I can totally see a cavewoman doing this, far back into the reaches of time. Silly caveman out on a hunt for a wooly mammoth? Sublimate worries by collecting berries and grains and…
Fruitcake Smackdown: Loaf version!
I love fruitcake. There. I’ve said it. I know it’s much maligned, but I really do love it. My mother used to make it when I was younger, and I used to hold up the slices to the light and try to see through the fruitcake, imagining that the candied fruits were pieces in a…
It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas…
…probably, because it IS! Merry Christmas and Feliz Navidad to all! The DH is away for the holidays, visiting family in Venezuela (illness in the family, positive energy appreciated), so I’m spending my evenings after work baking ALL the things! Followed promptly by eating all the things. Followed less promptly by cleaning all the…
Candy Confections: White Chocolate Candy Cane Bark
Creamy white chocolate in holiday colours with a sprinkle of crushed candy cane on top — what’s not to like? Just like my Customize-Your-Own Chocolate Bar, this would make for great Christmas gifts! I thought this up after seeing variations on foodie sites, and whipped it up yesterday. Oh so good! I was hard-pressed not…
Candy Confections: Make-Your-Own Customized Chocolate Bar
I went on a weekend road trip with some friends last week, doing some cross-border Christmas shopping (I *may* have done some shopping for myself) in the Niagara/Buffalo area. My friends and I went into a shopping area in Niagara and saw a candy shop, which of course I had to go into. It was…