Oh BOY!

 Guys, Ladies, doggies and Kitties!  This cake looks home made, and no attention to smooth icing, it's all just slathered on.  Ooo la laaa!  The boys licked the beaters and the big bowl I made it in.  I scraped off what would be a tablespoon full of icing from the bowl sides before I handed it over.  I know *I* made it..but I don't care!  I outDID myself with that icing.  PERFECT balance of chocolate, real butter and peppermint.  Whatta woman!  Sure not looking magazine worthy but, oh MY! My My MY!  We will all have it tomorrow.  I tried to make the cake tender and moist. 

The cake is bustin' out with peppermint inside, baked in, and the icing...same thing.  

I am looking forward to having Christmas dinner at one of the kids' home...opening presents there, and hoping I don't bust wide open from eating too much!  

Tonight I will make this boy staying here for the week marinated pork chops...marinated with a rub..bought already put on the chops..I have only to cook it.  Strictly Southern sides to go with it......you don't wanna know.  We don't do 'fancy' in this house or try to imitate being chefs, or adding odd stuffs like leafed greens, and other not liked stuffs around this house, in it. Fancy cook I certainly am not. :-) 

This is in the Fridge so it doesn't decide to slide the top layer any from nascent heat still in the cake part.

Now.  I hear my son chopping vegges so I am headed to the kitchen.

Merry Christmas to those who come to see me.  XX

Look! Sound asleep after baking in the window ledge. 

 
 

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Hope you'll click and read.  Included comments. From 2012

 Howdy!  Think I mentioned that I always host Thanksgiving and my youngest and his wife always host Christmas.  This is a fun and successful Holiday for us...and we ate well.  I thought I was never going to quit cooking!  I took the easy way out and made boxed brownies with ice cream if anyone wanted that with them. 

I totally hate that stupid gizmo Google put in here right on the page you are typing on so that you might accidentally hit it..hooray for Google!! Or, make a typo that you can't see to correct because it obscures that part of the page.  I will never use it!  I wish they'd get flippin' rid of it. 

In this part of the Country it was exceeding hard to buy a turkey- or a turkey breast.  And when a few of each were available, they were of an unknown brand and extremely costly!  A 7.7 pound breast was a couple of cents under $20.00.  May as well say $20.00. I bought it as they were having a sale..saved me a couple dollars, and it was not really meaty (I try to buy larger,  up to 9 pounds but this was the heaviest one I could find in all three grocery stores.) The turkey breast when carved revealed not what I expected for the breast meat,  puny and pale; and it was not meaty elsewhere either.  We're tired of ham...one of the kids detests roast beef...sigh....things will likely be better next Thanksgiving.  The bird flu was blamed.

 I took this in an acquaintance's yard.  The deer were in there eating them almost faster than I could get out there and take some pictures.  

Don't be sad seeing these.  I think they were dear, and worth seeing.  It is what we wish so much; depicted to express what cat parents feel like.  And dog parents too  of course.   Oh. can you imagine the joy if that happened?