No Tears Buche

This year's annual buche de noel came off without a hitch. I don't remember the last time that SOMETHING didn't go wrong with it in the last few hours before Christmas to pitch me into a drama-fest. It helped that my other Christmas chores were done by then, and I essentially set aside an entire day for it. It helped that I baked it in two batches in the toaster oven, which is level while the oven is not. It helped that Jamie reminded me to concentrate and not become distracted or multitask. It was smooth sailing. And tasty too...

(It dawns on me that I could use a cake platter...)