Or an icing sugar storm 🌬
It is B’s birthday today🎂 Can’t believe my little cherub is now old enough to drive! I thought I would try to be one of those yummy mummy types and make him a cake 🤔
Now in my defence I haven’t done any proper baking since B was small when we used to bake together. In recent years I have made brownies and the like with my good friend Betty Crocker. And I have had a very temperamental oven and baking on my own was never much fun😯
But I have a new oven so thought I would have a go. I measured the ingredients from memory, probably not one of my better ideas😋 I made an 8oz sponge mixture but new baking tins so think I probably should do a 10oz mixture. And new oven so need to experiment with that. My cake looks a bit flat and is a bit crisp around the edge but it did have a nice spring to the touch. I have sandwiched it together with raspberry jam and vanilla butter cream.
Note to self:
Soften the butter before attempting to cream it
Make sure the mixer is on its lowest setting when using icing sugar – everything ended up with a fine dusting of the stuff😉
I don’t think I will be doing the Great British Bake Off any time soon….
I am going to stick to my knitting. Anyone for a cuppa and cake?
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
WOOLLY WEDNESDAY 
The cake looks great. The good thing about baking experiments, even most of the failed ones, is that you can eat the evidence!
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Thank you Nicola, you are very kind. But yes with a teenage son it will soon be hoovered up 😄
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“Soften the butter before attempting to cream it” That was my laugh of the day! Thank you.
I also have covered the vicinity with powdered sugar. Nasty to clean up!
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Glad I have made you laugh. I thought it was soft enough but obviously not 🤔
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Sounds like the way I bake. 😂
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Throw everything in and hope for the best ???
Woolly ingredients are much more reliable 🤔
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That’s how I crocheted well!
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That looks delicious!
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Thank you that’s really kind. It is a bit crisp at the edges but tastes better than it looks 😊
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Happy birthday to B! My little cherubs are 25 and 27!! I. KNOW!!! The cake looks delish. I am fond of un-iced cakes. When the cake is cool, you can put a paper doily on top and powder the cake. When you remove the paper, the pretty lace design is left.
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Terrible how time flies. Will try the doily method next time I am feeling like s domestic goddess 😄
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Well it looks pretty, and that layer in between the cake layers sounds awesome!
I also tend to get powdered sugar everywhere 😂
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Thank you. Doesn’t icing sugar make a mess and everything gets so sticky 😝 but it tastes so good!
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The cake looks great. I giggled about the icing sugar explosion – been there too – more than once! I remember when my son passed his driving test at 17 – there was no way I thought he was safe on the road !
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Dreading it. He will have his old mum in the car when he’s 80 I am so controlling I will never let go 😃
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Ha ha – it took a while before I was comfortable not to hold onto a handle in the car whilst we were going along ! Now I only worry when he goes on longer journeys out of his regular way!
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🙈🙈🙈
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Be right there! I guess I’m a bit late .🤔 🍰
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Thank you Amanda 😊
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