When I told our son about the Great Blogger Bake-off he smiled and said
“Oh dear Dad. It’s a good job they haven’t perfected actual food tasting over the internet.”
Very true. I remember the attempts which even the garden birds refused. We call it Weapons Grade cooking.
“You had better practice.”
Good idea.
So tonight we had a practice. And what a practice…
Sticking to my current dietary fad. My attempt is going to be Gluten Free and Dairy Free. AND now Sugar Free. It’s a good job every food cupboard has at least 3 jars of out of date honey…. Also found 2 jars of out of date pesto – probably not much use in baking.
“Wow Dad is that supposed to be a cake. Or is it a pancake.”
Sadly son it’s not a pancake.
“Is it ok if I don’t try it. Better not give it to birds – just in case.”
We will be publishing posts detailing what the challenge is
for THE GREAT BLOGGERS’ BAKE-OFF all of next week.
Look out for future posts!
Lol! Kids!
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Lol. Those birds are really fussy! I’m sure it’s not THAT bad! Is it? Lol
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Oh it is….l
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This is great,lol
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Thank you
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😂 lol
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Looks like one of mine – took years to break down in the compost …
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They use my cakes to plug holes in nuclear reactors… Join in and fight for the wooden spoon…..
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With a critic like him you need great stamina 🙂
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I am Crushed. Critic always wins…
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I think getting that cake to rise would be beyond even Jesus’ ability to restore life.
I recommend cremation!
(How can honey have a use by date?? – They’ve found jars from the Pyramids in Egypt that were still edible after 3000 years? They used to use it as an ingredient in embalming fluid… looking at that ‘cake’ (and i use the term very loosely!) it’s not hard to see why.) 😉
Hope the concussion and the cold have cleared up?
P.S. Friday is World Sleep Day – you get 2 chances (early or late) make the best of them!
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Why can’t we have world sleep day on a Sunday when you can stay in bed……
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Ahhhhh… now that’s a GOOD question ! ? 🙂
i got nuttin’
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See the should get a sleep deprived person to organise it properly.
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Geee!…. if only we knew of someone who’s organised and sleep deprived??
Oh – well Friday it is! 😀
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Let’s see if I can stay n bed all day then…
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That’s a plan! Would your son be willing to cover for you at work?
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Do a better job.
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Well,…. i wasn’t going to SAY it…… but….. 😉
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Is it sleepy Friday yet……
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One more sleep… THEN it’s sleepy Friday (also known as World Sleep Day) 😉
I was going to suggest you download the World Sleep Day ‘toolkit’ ( in PDF form!) … But i don’t want to worry you over the ‘risks’!!! 🙂
Don’t lose any sleep over it is my advice.
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That’s a good one. What’s the odds on it turning out to be that perfect day but with the addition of LESS to one of the words…
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Oh now you’re just Asking for trouble! 😉 🙂
You’ve heard of a Self-fulfilling Prophecy, I assume??
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We shall see. I feel a court case coming on, false advertising….
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😂… Did you try it???
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Unbelievably the one bit I found which was not concrete tasted ok.
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😂😂😂
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Ooooh man, the expired food I found in our fridge when we started the Whole30…
Honestly, I’d probably still eat that cake. Coffee can counter a lot of baking sins. 🙂
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It can. Are you still sticking to some of the Whole30 or ditched it.
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Bo is. Most of my meals tend to follow Whole30 style, but I’m back to creamer and peanut butter and the occasional filched sweet treat 🙂
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Using it in the meals is good. It’s as Yoda would say about balance. The good food and walks need to be offset against the bad stuff.
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How right you are, that it is 🙂
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It’s like life, you need happiness to balance out the shite.
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You do indeed. x
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That’s a lot of peanut butter….
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There is never enough peanut butter. 🙂
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Smooth or crunchy ?
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Always smooth! 🙂
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It’s a winner. Smooth is a lot butter than Crunchy……
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It is! I never understood people’s love of crunchy. What’s even nummier is when the smooth peanut butter’s got honey mixed in. YUM. 🙂
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That’s an idea.
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He is so funny 🙂 Great attempt!
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He is. Thank you. Have you tried the gym again.
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Yes, I have been going twice a week – I signed on as a new member as my trial period ended so I may go more now to really get my money’s worth. We’ll see!
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I really hope you end up having fun and enjoying the gym.
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Were you considering putting the pesto in the cake mix?
It took three attempts to make brownies – is this the first attempt with the cake?
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Yes. I am going to scour the internet for baking with pesto. Shame to waste it….
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You can bake a lasagne with pesto…
…let us know if you find any cake recipes with pesto 😉
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No luck so far..
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Honey does not go bad.
Only food in nature that doesn’t.
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Honey is magic. Besides its delicious taste, it’s pretty much the only food that does not spoil while in an edible state. But why, exactly, doesn’t honey go bad?
Honey has a lot of pretty incredible properties. It’s been used and investigated for medicinal properties for a long time, especially as a treatment for open wounds. Herodotus reported that the Babylonians buried their dead in honey, and Alexander the Great may have been embalmed in a coffin full of honey.
The oldest honey ever found was unearthed in Georgia, and dates back over 5,000 years. So, if you found yourself in possession of some 5,000 year-old honey, could you eat it? Well. . .
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I like this, new it was good but not this good.
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Just a bit hard round the edges…
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Son was smart. 🙂
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He is.
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🙂
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Know the feeling with failed cakes. They became Di Surprise desserts covered in custard or cream and fresh fruit, failed sponges either went in trifles or became frisbee cakes.
Have made a choc chip cheesecke today. Waiting the necessary hours for it to ‘chill’.
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Now that’s dedication
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Not really…… economy on a tight budget. At one stage I was feeding a family of 4 and 2 dogs on £8 a week.
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That’s good housekeeping
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We ate pretty well. It wasn’t uusual to see me hanging over the freezers (if not in them) looking for split bags of veg at reduced prices.
I could do wonders with a tin a spam (only 17p in those days!). Working for a vending machine copmany also had its perks as things like pasties or pies came back off site which I could take home for dinner.
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Can’t beat pasties at home…
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With chips and pickle!
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Lovely.
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yummmmmmmm
Spag bol tomorrow.
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That works.
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Um … your son is wise beyond his years, as I’ve said before! Looking forward to the details of the Bake-Off … I might just be able to come up with something! 🍪
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That’s what I like to hear.
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I don’t even bake unless I can use all the bad stuff. 🙂
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That’s proper cooking.
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Ah, you’re a joy to read about!
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you
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just found you, you are a joy to read , you make me laugh
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Thank you so much more taking the time to read this.
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