Day: November 7, 2021

Caught this from the front gate. The image doesn’t capture the grandeur but does it reasonable justice.

Halloween is past so am looking forward to the end of year holidays. And what says holidays more than… a fruit cake!

This year I decided to try making a traditional British Christmas cake. Over 2 pounds of dried fruit in an almond forward batter laced with a healthy portion of brandy. Interesting that the before and after cooking images don’t look that much different. Just browned up a bit.

Now I just need to feed it more brandy each fortnight until the week before Christmas when it goes on a diet until it gets covered in marzipan.