Aunt Malita and I would get along famously - I dislike nutmeg myself. And too much vanilla, which I always cut in half. Pretty funny that she couldn't even abide by the word in a book though...

I might try that coffee cake. I'm one of the lucky ones - can eat anything. I wish you could too. You clearly come from a family of foodies with sweet-tooths.

But black walnuts in everything?! That has to be a certifiable illness.