Nostalgia

Posted on by theexileskitchen by Amanda Ellison Anglin

I’m telling my age by writing this, but a memory of a cardboard “fireplace” came to my mind the other week. I asked some people I know around my own age, ahem, and they all remembered the fake red brick fireplace, brought out at Christmas time. It had fake flames, a fan and a light to simulate a fire.

Now, I don’t know if we actually had one of these cardboard Christmas time wonders. I should ask my older brothers… Any way, I may have seen one somewhere. A cousin’s house, maybe? Or a neighbor’s?

Nostalgia got the better of me. I googled,  I searched Pinterest and found lots of pics of what I remembered. 

Not wanting to drop any money on either a vintage faux fireplace or a new version,  I decided to collect boxes from work and make my own.

I found Charlie and Snoopy at a big box store and thought they could flank either side of my homemade version of the cardboard fireplace. Charlie and Snoopy are full of Nostalgia of their own. All will go out onto the blue porch, along with a collection of snowmen and a Nativity scene.

Christmas is coming Blessings from the Exile’s Kitchen.

Christmas Chocolate Ribbon Coffee Cake

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Simple to make, with ingredients you probably already have on hand Chocolate Ribbon Coffee Cake great for Christmas morning. Enjoy with your favorite hot beverage and those you love.

Christmas Blessings from the Exile’s Kitchen.

Orange Slice Fudge

Posted on by theexileskitchen by Amanda Ellison Anglin

We honored my mother this weekend, with a big party to celebrate her 85th birthday. Love you, Mama.

One of my mother’s favorite store bought candies is the old fashioned orange slice gumdrops. Here’s a recipe for a fudge that stars that old timey candy.

Orange Slice Fudge

Ingredients:

12 ounces white almond bark

10 to 12 orange slice candy gumdrops, cut into 1/4 inch pieces

12 ounces of sweetened condensed milk

1/2 teaspoon of zest of a clementine

1 teaspoon of either orange extract

A pinch of salt

What to do:

Line a 9×9 pan with aluminum foil.

IIn a microwavable bowl melt the almond bark, a minute at a time in the microwave. Should take 2 minutes. Stir in the rest of the ingredients.

Mix well and pour into lined pan. Chill till firm. Turn out onto a cutting board and cut into smallish pieces. Store the orange slice fudge in the frig in an air tight container.

While the fudge set up in the frig, Mama scraped the mixing bowl, taste testing. Again, love you Mama.