Since various craftsmen - builders, plumbers, sparkies, chippies, tilers, shotblasters, metalworkers and scaffolders - have been our extended family for four months, they've benefitted from my frequent oven sessions. You might expect an illustrator to put a great deal of effort into the appearance of her cakes, but prepare to be disappointed.
Not all were captured on film, but here's a round-up of my flour-and-marge endeavours. Disclaimer: not all of them are cakes.
*actually there is, and that is eating them all yourself.
Vanilla Fairy cakes in star-shaped silicone. Date unknown but most likely January.
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Fruit loaf. 10.2.10.
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A tin of peanut butter and chilli cakes. 3.3.10.
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Hardcore Chocolate Sandwich: baked in an industrial-sized loaf tin, jam and buttercream filling. 11.5.10.
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Baked especially for Mark and Mick the Builders. Vanilla Sponge with buttercream icing and obvious sprinkles. Two layers. 4.5.10.
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Chocolate Bruiser. Two layers, damson jam and chocolate and carob cream. 10.4.10.
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This is a haggis pie, 16.5.10. Pastry excuses: see below.
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Mincemeat and Apple Tart, 25.5.10. Borrowed Mum's baking gear (and kitchen) because mine is all boxed up, which is the only reason why the pastry doesn't look like a boxing match in a pie shop.
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Well they can't have it without tea, can they?
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4 comments:
Haha, you sound so much like me. In fact I just bought a treadmill a few months back to counteract the baking! :)
Greetings Sarah,
Because of my absence from blogging I was taken a bit back but ever so delighted to see your baking pleasures. If I were not facing health issues, I would be spending more time in the kitchen baking European style cakes and delighting in the aroma escaping from the oven mid-way through the baking process.
The chocolate sandwich loaf is very interesting and I would love to obtain a copy of the recipe and any special notations, if time permits.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend,
Egmont
Hi Egmont! Well the recipe is actually available at http://www.theppk.com - it's a vegan cookery website since I don't do dairy or eggs or anything animal, in fact. So the cakes you see are not only tasty but 100% guilt-free and even more so if you use organic ingredients. So get that oven warmed up! :)
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