how sweet it is.

My email is down. *grumble grumble*

I just had a sneezing fit so now I am stuffed up. *grumble grumble*

But hey I have a recipe for eggnog cake which I will make this morning.

Now to watch Martha Stewart.

Let me Nog you.

Oh the Holidays are approaching and you feel this urge to bake something. You don't quite have the time nor the skill to wow the folks with La bûche de Noël. Yet you are beyond cake mix.
Right now I am attempting to clean out the fridge before we leave on Friday for England. It is a feat that sometimes requires a bit of creativity.
Last night with the extra lemons I had I made a lemon souffle. I was also able to use up some eggs. I still have eggs left so I figured I might make a few more things today.
Today it is EggNog Cake. It is very simple and you can wow relatives, co-workers, friends with this because it is easy and goes well with an assortment of holiday beverages.

You will need
1 Cup of butter (two sticks softened)
2 cups of sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla or rum or bourbon for that matter.
2 cups of flour (sifted)
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1 1/2 cup eggnog (I like dairygold)
2 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg (optional)

Preheat oven to 325F
First you sift together the flour, b.p. and salt into a bowl set aside.
Then you begin to cream the butter and sugar together You will then add each egg and beat thoroughly. Next you pour in the vanilla. Resist the urge to drink too much bourbon otherwise you will never finish the cake.
You will add 1/3 of the sifted flour mixture into the butter/egg mixture and fold in carefully. Then you will add 1/3 of the eggnog and stir that together. Alternate between flour and eggnog. The final batter will be thick and quite creamy. It might remind you of a vanilla milkshake.
You will then pour into a buttered and floured dish. I have used a 9x9 pan. You can also use a loaf pant or even a bundt pan. The possibilities are endless. If you were feeling extra martha-like that day you could pour into muffin tins and place a chocolate kiss ontop. But lets not get carried away.
You can then sprinkle some nutmeg ontop and bake in the oven (middle rack) for 90 minutes until a pretty golden color. Let it sit for awhile after removing from the oven.
You can add a rum glaze on top but I happen to like it fairly plain. It goes well with hot chocolate, apple cider, cold milk and even wassail. (yes the drink really does exist)

If you feel this is too much work and you have a zillion other things to do but you would like to do something slightly neat for Christmas involving eggnog. Might I suggest eggnog french toast? It is on most eggnog cartons. You place some bread in a pan of eggnog, fry it up in the pan with some butter eat with a lot of maple syrup and then you take a nap. Repeat as needed.
Nice thing about this recipe is you can use soy eggnog and make the vegan folks in your life happy as clams or "soy clams" as well.

I need to hunt down my recipe for wassail. Tasty!

Here we come a wassailing...you want me to what?

For wassail:

1 bottle of cider
1 bottle of apricot nectar(I like knudsen apricot nectar)
2 cups of ginger ale if you like it bubbly
1 teaspoon of the following cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves)
1/2 cup of brandy.

Warm the cider over low heat and add apricot nectar. Then add the spices and brandy.
Just before you serve add the gingerale. If you would like.

Drink up! Add bourbon if you are feeling festive or if it is Monday...or Tuesday for that matter.

YAY

My boyfriend got me a pony.
A My little pony to be exact and it is pink for girls.

Isn't he the best?

Ariana aims to complete my childhood so she gave me a snoopy snocone maker.


Nurit gives me yummy yummy things like chocolate and coffee related products.

Claudine gives me the Love Actually Soundtrack and Elizabeth gives me more chocolate related items and bath stuff.

People..my friends are too kind.

Everyone...give them money.

Oh and Today I received an awesome card in the mail from a certain soy-based character.

"Larry?"

This has been a rather lovely day.

Yay Christmas.

Ariana I left my fucking knitting in your car. *grumbles* It is the nordstrom bag with alot of knitting.
I shall call you or something.

I don't often like to list presents that are given to me, but I have some very very sweet friends.
Oh yes and there are some scary pictures lurking out there.

Now to do the crossword and molest someone.