I love hot chocolate, and can't stand egg nog, so Hot chocolate it is.
When I was a little girl, there was this lady who use to make special treats for everyone in the church. Things in the box were fudge, divinity, peanut brittle, and zucchini cake and the most scrumptious Apple cake. I'm sure their were other treats, but I really don't remember.
Anyway, since my birthday was somewhere near that time, (can't believe I'm saying that), my mom would always ask me what kind of cake I wanted for my birthday. One year I simply stated that I wanted Theresa's apple cake. (I'm telling you it was the best thing ever, even better then German Chocolate Cake.) And ever since, until she no longer could cook, she would always make me an apple cake for my birthday, as well as one for the entire family to share for Christmas. But sadly, she never gave her recipe to anyone, and so the it died with her. But I'm determined to find the secret of her cake.