THE WEEK WENT SO WELL...I cannot complain. Leading up to my hubby's 67th birthday on December 24th, I successfully made his favorite German Chocolate Cake and also put together White Chocolate with Peppermint Dipped Pretzel Rods.
I cut the cooled cake through the horizontal middle, frosted the middle section with chocolate fudge frosting, assembled the top piece of cake onto the frosted bottom section, slathered coconut frosting over the assembled cake. Sprinkled some fresh coconut on top of the frosting. Looks good and will be good.
We packed up our bags, desserts and drove over to our Daughter's Home to spend the night. Together we celebrated my dear Husband's 67th Birthday on his actual birthday. Daughter, Son.n.law, 14 year old Grand and the youngest member of their family, the baby Mister C.
We snacked through Supper and dessert was cake. Singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him, he blew out the candles. When I fixed the boxed mixture, I used soy-free eggs, spring water and didn't want to...but used corn vegetable oil. I wasn't sure that avocado oil or olive oil would work well with this boxed mix. We seldom have cake. Wanted this to turn out.
Whipped it up, baked it until a knife came out clean, cooled the cake in the bundt pan before dumping it out onto a plate to add frosting. While the cake baked and cooled, I melted the white chocolate for pretzels in a double boiler until it had a smooth consistency. First time to purchase Peppermint Crushed Candy Cane from a bag. Brach's. Liked it.
Worked well. Stirred into the chocolate melt and dipped pretzel rods laying the pretzels on waxed paper to cool. Sure tasted good.
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| Frosty lit up like a candle beside the Pretzels. grins. |
Just something about the sweet with the salty that satisfies.
Smiles.
He makes me smile.
We had a wonderful evening and slept well. Christmas Day arrived. The kids are a blended family where the older boys were away then came to celebrate Christmas. At one point my newest Grandson fell asleep in my arms. I held him for three and a half hours while the family opened Christmas gifts.
Grand made this for us. Love it.
After the clean-up, we'd say our good-byes and head HOME. We'd drive around town some and look at the LIGHTS. We'd unwind and relax watching our television the 2021 Christmas episode of CALL THE MIDWIFE and then the movie BEING THE RICARDOS.
CALL THE MIDWIFE gets me every time I watch it. Every time.
BEING THE RICARDOS made me fall asleep. Perhaps I was just over tired from the previous week and I needed some zzz. Will try watching it again. I still enjoy the television show, I LOVE LUCY and I'd prefer to remember the series as a comedy. Of course I know the couple was a far cry from tv characters, Ricky Ricardo and Lucy...their actual marriage was rocky and both strived for power and money. Desi was an adulterous womanizer that drank a great deal and Lucille Ball was no saint still they could act like they were squeaky clean. Did the USA love the Ricardos?
They did and when the episode of when their baby was born, the ratings were as such that it got more attention than what was really going on in the world. The Season 2 episode, in which Lucy gives birth, drew 44 million viewers (nearly 72% of the U.S. population with TV sets).
I knew I would over do the number of calories I should have during Christmas, but decided I will cut back in the next few days to counter balance the over abundance of calories. Sunday, I took it easy and ate no breakfast. Lunch was Spinach, Onions, Peppers cooked in Olive oil.
Supper was a nibble of grass fed Beef topped with a squirt of organic Ketch-up, Cabbage, Potatoes and a mix of different colored Carrots. Iced Tea to drink along with Spring Water. I confess, I had another Pretzel Rod Stick and will later snack on about 2 cups of Popcorn seasoned with spices...no butter.
Today, I took a much needed nap taking the day easy. It felt so good. No dishes, no laundry, no television, no music. The faux candles were on along with the Christmas Trees inside the house and out. It felt like Christmas to me.
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