sweets!

[cellio]

Every fall browngirl sends excellent fruitcakes -- yummy and beautifully decorated -- to some of her friends. She makes a bunch of different types and this year I knew she would be sending me a sampler. I figured that meant, oh, two or three random mini-fruitcakes, probably.

Today's mail brought a package. As I cut open the box I took in the lovely aroma, and when I got the paper off I saw three little fruitcakes. This seemed generous -- and then I saw that there was a second layer. Ooh.

Some of the icing qua art was damaged on its way to me, alas, but here, let me show you:







I'm looking forward to tasting them, but I don't want to cut into them just yet.

Thank you, browngirl!

Comments

[gingicat]

Drat the post office. That's why I try to photograph them for her before they go into the post.

[cellio]

Yeah, the damage in transit is frustrating. I knew that you hadn't gotten pictures of the samplers before they went out, so I figured this was better than not having them at all.

[nsingman.livejournal.com]

It's very pretty! She does nice work.

[cellio]

She sure does! Decadently tasty, too. :-)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm torn between dismay at how squished they got and delight that so much of the decoration survived.

If I recall correctly the flavors are, clockwise from the top and ending in the center:

Honey
Chocolate
Jamaican style
White (no alcohol)
Another Chocolate
Sherry (in the middle)

And you are very welcome. :) *hugs you warmly*

[cellio]

Yeah, I was torn on posting photos for that reason, but I knew you didn't have pictures of this year's samplers so I thought damaged would be better than none at all. And my imagination can fill in what the shipping messed up.

I'm surprised that most of the damage was cracks in the smoother expanses -- the leaves and flowers mostly made it, but I thought those would be the first casualties. But a lot of it made it just fine, and in some cases a larger chunk of icing cracked and fell off but I was able to put it back. I don't know what else you could do for shipping them; you already pack them well.

Thanks for the index! I am looking forward to all of them.