Sorry about the lack of posts...

I'm really struggling with January, and despite my best intentions [road to hell, anyone?], I'm not managing to overcome the blanket of inertia that has me trapped.

If anyone wants to see our Christmas decorations photos, I promise I will do them at some point, but don't hold your breath.

I'm hoping that this feeling of swimming-through-porridge will ease shortly, but until it does I hope you're feeling well, & will forgive me for my lack of pushing-through-it-ness.

ETA: I'll be back as soon as I can.

Happy New Year for 2012

I'm going to do a few [lots of?] posts to update, but for now it's just news about the Christmas cake...

It's absolutely fine - very moist, but not undercooked or soggy, so the decision to add extra liquid seems to have been the right one!

In fact, I will try and remember to do the same next year.

Yes, it's very different that most fruit cakes I've ever eaten, but I don't think that a deliciously-moist cake versus a dry one means that it's wrong!

All of the people offered a slice ate the whole thing, and most people offered a second helping took one [and I don't think I'm going to draw a negative conclusion from the refusal by our neighbour who's undergoing chemotherapy; she says her appetite has been affected, and didn't eat much of the other food].

Taking it to France in the cooking tin didn't seem to do it any harm, but we have now found a cake tin, so it all feels a lot better.

I'm posting the picture so you can make up your own mind about it, but unfortunately that can't tell you that it tastes nice!