It's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas..

Despite my pain in the ass, I managed to make the Christmas cake last weekend. It is the recipe of the lovely Mrs Franco over at Landcroft House which I make every year. It is looking gooooood and being regularly fed with Courvoisier until it's ready to ice..

There is something about the smell of cinnamon, ginger, all spice and peel that evokes instant bubbles of Christmas happiness and puts even the most grumpy child or sore Mummy in a good mood. The rest of the crystallized ginger I used to make these delicious ginger cookies which I must give to my friend Miranda who is suffering with morning sickness.

Yum Yum.

I love Christmas.