Christmas Eve was my Grandma Maxine's birthday. Every year some cluster of our extended family would gather to celebrate her.  On her 90th, which was her last birthday, we brought her home to the house she built with my grandfather and made her a special birthday dinner.  My cousin Erin brought her delicious Rum Cake, a treat her other Grandmother, Flo, used to make.  I asked her for the recipe yesterday and she reminded me that December 24th has become a very sentimental day for her, as it was both our late Grandmother's birthday and the day she lost her Grandma Flo. Since this is the time of year that we look back, and create and recreate traditions, I thought I'd share the recipe today.  xoxo Happy Christmas