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Heavenly Cake Bakers - Holiday Pinecone Cake

Given that it's my only RHC cake this month, I am hoping having made the multi-component Holiday Pinecone Cake will keep me in the good graces of the Heavenly Bakers.  

In this recipe, a thin layer of chocolate sponge cake is filled with a ganache laced with toasted chopped almonds, rolled into a log, shaped into a cone, and...covered with a homemade chocolate rolled fondant. *eek*

christmas cookie depot: pistachio cranberry icebox cookies

Hello. Still there? It's hard to believe it's been three weeks since I have been here, and suddenly the shortest day, and longest night, of the year. Making cookies is something I have always done for Christmas and it marks the time of year for me. Cookies were the first things I ever baked myself, and I have had a holiday baking ritual ever since.