My Day in Fruitcake

[browngirl]

Whew. I'm not even half done and I'm exhausted; but then I did the samplers first, because those take the longest. I think I have a system down now, yay!

What works:

• Wrapping the fruitcakes up as batches, on the impermeable plastic cake boards. That turned out to be efficient and effective, and even using both waxed paper and plastic wrap as double layering it saves time.
  
• The stacking cooling racks. Why didn't I buy these before?
  
• The current no-alcohol recipe. It actually keeps. I don't know how, but it does.
  
• I can make fondant that actually works!
  

What doesn't:

• I need at least one small offset spatula. Spreading frosting with dinner knives is not cutting it.
  
• The samplers need to be sent in the next-largest-size box; the smallest box is too small.
  
• I need to keep waxed paper on hand for this.
  

And now, and ridiculously early, to bed. Tomorrow, more fruitcake!

Comments

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

You have inspired me to start thinking ahead to the holidays. Never too early for gift-making, even fics...

*tries to control salivating over the fruitcakes*

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*laugh* I'm being proactive this year, because I have a new small roommate on the way. But I'm glad to be an inspiration!

[solnishka.livejournal.com]

We must get together and bake sometime. Or cook. General creation for the win. :-)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a grand idea!

[cellio]

Before you send these all out, can you get someone to take a picture of you with your oodles of fruitcakes? (I assume you'll be taking pictures of some of the individually-decorated ones, which I enjoyed seeing last year. But you and the whole collection would be great!)

[gingicat]

Alas, her photographer was decidedly under the weather today.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Well, I have the oversize ones with me today to mail. But maybe I'll take a picture with the other four bags....