I join the Kovixen in wishing everybody a very merry Christmas. As is becoming a tradition around here, the mother-in-law and brother-in-law joined us for the festivities. I cooked up a storm yesterday and made Cranberry-Pecan muffins, an angel food cake, and mint chip ice cream.

This is only the second time I've (successfully) made an angel food cake. I tried for Laura's birthday last January but failed miserably. (I think I didn't cook it long enough, because it collapsed out of the pan as I turned it upside down to cool.) But I think I have more of the technique down and hopefully can crank these babies out more often. The benefit of making angel food cake is the plethora of extra egg yolks. This time I made ice cream (8 yolks), but maybe in the future it'll be a crème brûlée.

Speaking of ice cream. I don't know exactly what I did differently, but this time the ice cream came together in record time. Maybe it was the extra company in the kitchen, or a more carefree attitude, but it seems like I barely had to keep an eye on it. Maybe it was the fact that I prepared the sugar and egg yolk mixture while the milk was scalding. Whatever it was, it was quick. And delicious.