Holiday Delight
Just for the Holidays so sweet
It is the perfect Christmas treat
To make this special cake so fine
Just use this recipe of mine
Unbleached flour pure and white
About eight ounces is just right
A little butter, a six ounce stick
Four large eggs then stir it quick
An ounce of almonds blanched and split
Then add some currants in with it
Add some raisins both dark and white
With baking powder to keep it tight
Some extra cherries if you should feel
Then add an ounce of pure mixed peel
One whole lemon both pulp and rind
Get condensed milk, the sweetened kind
To make your guests a little frisky
Add a dash of good scotch whiskey
Grease a pan with Pam so nifty
And heat the oven up to three fifty
Stir your mixture ‘til it’s nice and thick
Spread it in a pan so smooth and quick
Then take tinfoil and seal the dough
And bake it for an hour or so
Take it out and open it up
And pour your milk into a cup
Brush the milk so smooth and sweet
On top of your delicious treat
Then bake it for ten minutes more
And use a toothpick to check it for
The perfect “doneness”, that’s the rule
Then take it out and let it cool
And after it has cooled a while
The smell of it will make you smile
For Holidays you just can’t beat it
So cut a big ole slice and eat it
Copyright © Stephen Washam | Year Posted 2010
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