We used to have those slices every year for Christmas, Easter, birthdays, in fact, any holiday at all that we could have a reason to eat them. That's beside the point that we were starving students most of the time ... 
@tasfleur wrote:Some years I do "cheat" though Springyzone ... it all depends on the time factor.
I buy a chocolate Swiss roll from the bakery, slice a little off the bottom edge so it sits flat, and then make a chocolate butter icing and decorate it. I cut a slab off the end to add the extra 'log' look.
This year though, I'll make the roll ... sometimes I have to make two because the first one ends up having a cake-quake when I roll it and ends up looking like a mashed sausage gone berserk ...
Lol, my grandson would turn that into a cartoon monster of some kind! Last summer he made us a spider cake , the legs were frosted pretzels, it was hilarious!
Nanathingy bars ....
From this moment on, I will always think of Nanaimo Bars as "Nanathingy Bars" .. a most splendid compliment to a Vancouver Island treat of delicious proportions!
Dom .. I was thinking about making a gingerbread house this year ... the last time was about 8 years ago .. I had put all the icing decorations and candy on it and left it in the cupboard to be finished the next day.
During the night, the whole thing ended up in a kind of miniature Borg attack .. it became assimilated by thousands of ants ... 
It was a dreadful experience!
This year, if I make one, it will have to have a big air tight box to protect it ... 
@tasfleur wrote:Dom .. I was thinking about making a gingerbread house this year ... the last time was about 8 years ago .. I had put all the icing decorations and candy on it and left it in the cupboard to be finished the next day.
During the night, the whole thing ended up in a kind of miniature Borg attack .. it became assimilated by thousands of ants ...
It was a dreadful experience!
This year, if I make one, it will have to have a big air tight box to protect it ...
My granddaughter that lives with me wants to make a gingerbread house too! Somewhere I have an enormous Tupperware cake holder, I'll have to did it out since we always get ants when it starts getting chilly. I hate those nasty little buggers...
