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As we are about to go on a short break, taking the grandsons with us...

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Marmight Sun 23-Aug-15 18:57:37

Have a lovely holiday - hope the sunshine shines for you

Eloethan Sun 23-Aug-15 18:57:04

jingle Tempting to buy and save yourself all that hassle, but a bought cake is no match for a lovely home made one.

Have a nice break.

Marmight Sun 23-Aug-15 18:56:40

It looks very yummy Jings.
Reminds me of when I made a 70 cake for my Mum. It took forever and after getting the toddler, the baby and all the paraphernalia in the car, we arrived at my parents' house some 60 miles away without the b* * * * y cake. [tears emoticon]

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 23-Aug-15 18:50:10

Oh my God!!! shock

I would actually cry! (mind you, it's been done before grin)

merlotgran Sun 23-Aug-15 18:48:36

Put a note on your door so that when you leave you DON'T FORGET THE CAKE!!

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 23-Aug-15 18:46:48

I've stil lgot the washing up to do. And the floor to wash. And the soles of my slippers to clean.

And that's before I pack for this flippin' holiday!

MiniMouse Sun 23-Aug-15 18:45:27

... And I can't get smileys right either!

Try again angry

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 23-Aug-15 18:45:11

margsus sometimes I think it's time to pack it in and just buy. But I get this sense of duty. Which is ridiculous really. hmm grin

MiniMouse Sun 23-Aug-15 18:44:18

Mmm Upsidedown Cake - yummy wink

My pics always seem to do the same, no idea why [cross]

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 23-Aug-15 18:43:19

Oh! That was upside-down on my mini i-pad. confused

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 23-Aug-15 18:42:05

shock And it's still going wrong! hmm

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 23-Aug-15 18:40:44

You wouldn't think it would be difficult to turn this out would you?!

Margsus Sun 23-Aug-15 18:36:47

.......and that's why I have never baked a cake!

hildajenniJ Sun 23-Aug-15 18:36:18

Sounds like my normal baking day jingl.grin

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 23-Aug-15 18:30:53

And to think I nearly bought one from Waitrose. shock How could I have even thought of it.

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 23-Aug-15 18:28:43

...I thought I had better be a good granny and make a chocolate cake to keep them going through the week. It seemed like an ok idea. I have done it often enough before.

Big mistake!!! Everything that could go wrong, went wrong.

Luckily I tasted it before I put it in the oven - with no sugar in it. That could be remedied easily enough hmm if some of the mixture hadn't snuk (sp?) it's way quietly onto the kitchen floor on it's journey from pans back into bowl, or bowl back into pans. And if I had seen said mixture on floor before treading it all over the place.

And if I had pointed the mixer with the mixture-coated beater inwards on the work surface. Then I wouldn't have brushed against them and got choccy mixture on my clean cardi.

And if I had given up there and then and left the sodding cake kitchen, I would not have spilt caster sugar on the floor. Is there anything worse than scrunching on spilt sugar when you move around the kitchen? Eurgh!

Never mind. It's done and dusted now. Kids will enjoy. and I will go to bed right now hmm