• 6 cups water
• 12 whole cloves
• 6 tea bags
• 2 cups pineapple juice
• Juice of 2 lemons
• Grated lemon rind from 1 lemon
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  1 cup granulated sugar (or to taste)
  

Bring water to a boil and add cloves.
Allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
Add tea bags and allow to steep for 15 minutes.
Remove tea bags and cloves and add remaining ingredients.
Serve warm.

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Guaranteed to be fun to make!

Yule Whiskey Cake

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 cups flour, sifted
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1 cup bourbon
• 1 pound pecans, chopped
• 3 cups white raisins (or use candied fruit)
• 1 t. nutmeg

AND

~ a very large bottle of bourbon whiskey ~

First, sample the whiskey to check for quality.

Assemble all of the ingredients. Check the whiskey again.

To be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.

Repeat this step.

Turn on the electric mixer and beat one cup of butter in a large

fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of sugar and cream until beat.

Make sure the whiskey is still okay... try another cup.

Turn off the mixer. Beat six leggs and add to the bowl,

then chunk in the cup of dried flut. Mix on the tuner.

Throw in two quarts of flour. Gradually pour in the cow.

Add 2 dried anything.

If the fried druit gets struck in the beaters, pry it loose with

a drewscriver. Sample the whiskey and check it again for tonsistency.

Next, sift two cups of salt. Or something. Who cares???

Check the whiskey again.

Now sift the nutmeg and strain your nuts. Add one table.

And the spoon. Of whiskee. Or something. Whatever you find left.

Grease the oven.

Turn the crake pan to 350 degrees. Don't forget to beat off the turner.

Pour the oven into the batter. Throw the bowl out the window.

Lick the batter off the floor.

Bake 300 minutes at 50 degrees.

Finish the blobble of whishy and flow to bed.

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Note: To actually make this cake,which is quite good, scroll on down...

Have a Very Merry Christmas!

To Really Make This Cake: Note: I have made this fruitcake and it is really a good light fruitcake recipe. It's an actual white fruitcake recipe. If prepared according to standard cake procedures, it will make a fine cake. Use only 1 cup of bourbon as the liquid in the recipe. Pour finished batter into a greased and floured cake pan and bake at 300 degrees for about one and a half hours or slightly longer. When done, it will be golden brown and dry on the top of the cake. If you use miniature loaf pans, they take only about an hour to bake. When done, remove cake from pan and place on a plate. Put it back into the pan and poke holes in the top with an ice pick and pour the following mixture onto the cake to be soaked up. It adds to the holiday spirit of traditional fruit cake soaked in whiskey. 1/3 Cup sugar 1/2 C. Whiskey 1/4 C. Water 2 T. Butter Heat this mixture to dissolve the sugar, and pour over the cake while still very warm. Wrap tightly in foil or plastic wrap. If heated long enough, all alcohol will evaporate and only the taste will remain for those of you who are tee-totalers. Or, you could use orange juice instead of whiskey. It's your choice; however, if you choose to sample more whiskey or even have a cup of eggnog while baking this cake

Gingerbread People

• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup dark molasses
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 4 cups flour
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon powdered cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon allspice
• 4 teaspoons ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  

DIRECTIONS::

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix all ingredients except the flour. Add the flour slowly, mixing each addition thoroughly.
The dough should be slightly stiff. If the mixture seems too dry, add a teaspoon or two of water; if too wet, add more flour.
Roll out the dough on a floured cutting board to about a 1/4-inch
thickness. Use cookie cutters shaped like little dough people to make the shapes. Place these on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes (time is only approximate). Transfer the cookies to wax paper to cool. Give your gingerbread people features by using colored frosting from a pastry tube.