The Great and Terrible Fruitcake Project

[browngirl]

So, the wind is cool in the mornings, the sky clear and blue in a way only seen in the fall. As they have for several years, my thoughts turned to fruitcake.

But this year, I felt a certain... terror. I don't know if I have it in me this year to do the project like I have in previous years, especially around J. and E, but mostly just based on what my available energy currently seems to be. I know every year I talk about scaling it back, but this year I really must or risk promising more than I can accomplish, which would be utterly unacceptable. I could just take the year off, but I do love this project, and I'm afraid a hiatus will turn permanent. So.

For those who haven't seen me descend into fruitcake-related insanity before: I usually offer 4-5 different recipes/flavors of fruitcake (last year's are described here with recipes here), and a box of samples with 6 or 8 assorted bite-size cakelings. A gallery of cakes may be seen here.

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Comments

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about cutting back. It's really okay, and no one will be upset. If you can manage to do a "for people with restrictions" batch, that's awesome, but see what people want before you do so, and see if you can make small batches of those, or combine them somehow.

I'm about to be doing all holidays all the time on weekends, as you know, but if I can manage to come over and help with baking, if you end up baking this year, I will do so.

If you need time off completely, do that. It's really okay.