Christmas Day

Merry Christmas! 

At tap dance class

From what I have read, the Twelve Days of Christmas begins on Christmas Day.🎄

I splurged and bought the Barbie 12 Days of Christmas 2024. Seems that issue of the doll has already doubled in value. 

The recipe to end our Countdown is Martha Washington's Christmas Cake from Jingle Bells and Pastry Shells (1968) It looks suspiciously like a fruitcake recipe. 

1/2 lb. golden seedless raisins
1/2 lb. currants
1/2 cup citron
1/2 cup candied orange peel
1/4 glazed pineapple, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup brandy
1/2 lb. butter
1 cup sugar
5 eggs, separated
1 tsp. lemon juice
2-1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. mace
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
2 tblsp. sherry

Cut up raisins, currants, and candied fruits, using scissors that have been dipped in water. Put in a bowl and pour in brandy. Cover and let stand overnight. Stir the next morning and add more brandy if fruit has become dry. Soften butter and slowly beat in half of sugar. Beat egg yolks until a lemon color and slowly add the other half of the sugar. Combine. Add lemon juice and stir. Sift in combined dry ingredients alternately with sherry. Add fruit. Fold in lightly-beaten egg whites. Bake in a greased and floured 10" tube pan or 10"x4" round mold, filling within 1" of top. Put a pan of water in the bottom of the oven. Bake 350 degrees, 1-1/2 hours or more. Makes one 5 pound cake. 

What I am listening to - Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn Soundtrack (2000)

Because tap dancing has entered my life, and this is a clip during the holidays - enjoy!

For those who watched the Kennedy Center honors on TV, Savion Glover was featured in a tap dance routine.