It’s hard to think of the desert heat right now, when I’m up to my wrists in flour, ground up candied rum-soaked fruit and icing sugar. Where is the sun? Where is the snow? It’s raining – not conducive to sustaining a Christmas spirit. Mutter, mutter…. My baking is done – three carrot/apple/cranberry Christmas cakes, lighter that traditional fruitcake and redolent of warm spices and a dark run soak. I know I have a package of almond paste around here somewhere, but I can’t find it. Sometime in May, when I’m cleaning out the cold room or the second fridge or the secret stash of stuff I put away for a rainy day, I’ll locate it. Of course, it will be even harder than…
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