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| With two days to go before Christmas and still having baked no cookies, I thought I better bake something Christmasy to soothe the savage cookie beasts in my family. I thought about what is the single flavor which I most associate with Christmas and hands down it is gingerbread. So I made them gingerbread cakes. |
I have these small spring form pans which made cakes that were the perfect size.
It is so freaking hot here that my cream cheese icing was melting so I had to place them in the fridge to firm up.
My spearmint is still growing right next to where my daffodils are about to bloom. Christmas daffodils! I used the spearmint for the holly leaves.
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| And a few fresh cranberries for the berries. |
A dense moist gingerbread cake with sweet, creamy frosting = Christmas.
Comments
I love the simplicity of this,, it is beautiful, with such a wonderfully not simple flavor! A smell that says Christmas to me,,
Merry Christmas Eve!!
I am laughing at your comments about the hot weather. I'm reading that on other east coast blogs, too. One fellow was complaining that he couldn't use the patio as a freezer and the garage as a refrigerator and the actual appliance in his kitchen was overflowing with Christmas food prep. Yes, welcome to my world in California. However, we are having cold weather here and I can use the garage as a cooler for beverages!
I haven't baked a single cookie this year, I guess it is just too warm and rainy here, even if it isn't close to how warm it is where You live.
I've started with the candy I got from You :-) Thank You for the package :-)
Have a Good Yule!
Christer.
Jo