The cake has cooled and been turned out of its tin. I inverted it and gave it a good stabbing before adding a couple of tablespoons of dark rum. I clearly failed to slam the tin hard enough, as it has a dint in the bottom where there must have been an air pocket remaining. …
Monthly archives: April 2013
Hiatus
I am having a break
Rich Fruit Cake
This pathetic looking thing is my recipe notebook that I started when I was at school, taking my A-level in Home Economics: and this is the page with my favourite Christmas Cake recipe on it: Now, I am certain that you are very proud of the rich fruit cakes that oyu make yourself but I …
Erratic
We don’t seem to be eating much bread at the moment, so there has been little need to bake any. Today was different – we had some roast pork in the fridge and ‘is nibs requested a milk roll to make pork sandwiches for tea. I think I’d have to say that this was the …
Oh, my
I’m baking cake today (the yeast is all gone). I am tackling the somewhat extravagant Poppy Seed Torte from the Guardian’s 10 best Seed Recipes. The thing is, I am not feeling too god and am really not on top of things today, and have ended up making the cake all wrong. It was the …
My Little Pink Cloud
Daily Prompt: Charitable You’ve inherited $5 million, with instructions that you must give it all away — but you can choose any organizations you like to be the beneficiaries. Where does the money go? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWomXklfv8 Oh, this is an easy one. I would start my own charitable trust. I have long wanted to be rich enough …