Denise~* wrote:

> Me? I'm the cookie person in our family, so I always have a couple days
> of baking, but I'm also making some tins of various candies so I have
> done much more this season.

I am afraid to have too much around the house because my mother loves to
load me up with her Christmas cooking. She loves to bake but is diabetic, so
we help her out :-) However, I did some Christmas baking. I baked 6 dozen
mince meat tarts, the usual amount. This year I took a stab at my mother's
light fruit cake recipe. The recipe makes 6 loaves.

I was a little disappointed in the results, but when I called her to see
what I did wrong she assured me that they would be okay. It seems that they
need to age at least a few days. She advised me to put a little liquor on
each one and let them sit. Sure enough, after a few days they were
wonderful. So now the trick is to make them last.