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> I used to make rum cakes around Christmas all the time. Don't know why, but I
> got out of the habit of making them and they're easy to make.

About twenty years ago, I made my mom's Christmas cheese, and feeling
especially generous that year, I took a container to my next-door
neighbor lady. I caught her completely by surprise. I gave here a half
pint of cheese and a box of wheat thins, and she immediately gave me a
rum soaked pineapple upside down cake right out of the oven. I didn't
mean to, but I won!
That was a fabulous cake. I'd never eaten one before nor since. Why try
to duplicate the memory of that delight and time? I can't.

leo