Turns out that 857 cookies isn’t enough baking for one non-traditional Christmas season! So I made a flourless chocolate cake by adapting the allrecipes version and a whipped cream filling, added cocoa powder to some vanilla American buttercream I already had (big time-saver), sugared cranberries and rosemary and there was no way I was fitting in making meringue mushrooms too. So I bought mini meringues I found in TJMaxx and added a fondant stem. Never made a roll before so that rolling part was a bit nerve-wracking! The cake was so light and it was just a small bit for everyone! It really might be my New Years Cake too!

Hope everyone had as great a Christmas as possible.

For me, Christmas Eve is the bigger holiday because we are Italian. But the day prior the new Omicron infection rates had gone up so fast here in NY that P and I cancelled going to my sisters. I passed off all my cooked items and gifts to another sister and cried, even though it was the right thing to do. Some family are not even vaccinated and quite frankly we are not as young as we pretend to be!

To all my Cake Central Friends, Santa did not grant me access back to the site so sending all my sugary, floury, sprinkly hugs and warmest wishes for a Healthy Happy and Peaceful New Year!

xoxo
Theresa