There comes a time to bake. A time to bake that Christmas Cake. So the festive playlist was cranked up. The baking implements readied. Time to get the ingredients out. That’s when the plan unravelled slightly.
Butter, eggs and Marzipan FOUND.
NOT FOUND
Raisins
Cherries
Sultanas
Oranges, orange juice or orange peel
Dark Sugar
Treacle
Almonds
Flour
Spices
Jam
Icing Sugar
🙀🤯🤷♂️🤪
So I had better add those to the next order. But what to do. Simple make egg sandwiches and then start to nibble on the marzipan. That’s a result.
Then go outside and catch a beautiful sun setting moment. Yep that Christmas Cake turned out very nicely.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
Yummm!
That cloud looks like an alligator lizard in the sky 🎶🦎
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It really does
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What is treacle?
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Treacle is the British term for molasses…
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Thank you. 🇨🇦
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🙏 🇬🇧
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It is isn’t it
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Sticky toffee thing.
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It’s all a part of the process! I hope you’re enjoying this part of the journey towards a Christmas cake. At least you know you’ll be prepared once the order comes in!
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I do hope I’m prepared. Hope you are smiling.
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I’m sorry… but I did heave a sigh of relief that you didn’t bake today.
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But tomorrow…
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😖
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🙏
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Ah, yes, baking the Christmas cake! I have a long list of things to order yet myself. Sounds like you made the most of your day. 🙂
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Would you bake? 😀
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Hmmm…sure. It’s my therapy, anyway. 😁
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We all need something 😀
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Beautiful sunset. We didn’t see one at the beach today
Just a really long thunderstorm 😴
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You get some beautiful sunsets
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They certainly are 😊❤
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Sadly they are ❤️
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Sounds perfect!
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🙏
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At least you had egg sandwiches and beautiful sunset
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It’s something
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👍👍👍😉
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Hope you are ok
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I am. Thanks 🙏
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😀
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I had fish & chips, but my sunset was kind of a dud. You win! 😂
That really is a stunning sky.
Are you looking at Jupiter & Saturn just after sunset? Monday night is the Big Night!! Its nearly impossible to see the separation between them. Thank you Carl Sagan for making Astronmy so cool!!
And thank you Gary Kermit Superdad for making me smile!😁💌💌💌
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Completely clouded out sadly.
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☹ that sucks!
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Just one of those things
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I would be very happy to settle for marzipan!
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It’s good stuff.
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You had marzipan. That is all 😂😂😂
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Can just eat marzipan all night.
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You really need to make a Xmas cake well before the date to allow it to mature. When you get the dried fruit can I suggest you macerate it for at least overnight in warm liquid, preferably dark rum or, at worst, orange juice. This will ensure a moist cake.
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Yes left it late.
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now…you will do this.
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Eventually x
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It may be a little diff from usual… But hey.
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Make the most of it.
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Marzipan beats mayonnaise
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So does.
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That is a beautiful sunset!
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It was wasn’t it.
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I bought some butter and sour milk, there are some dates and spices in the closed… What else… The recipe!
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That helps…
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By the time I got around to ordering a cake for my housemate it had become a sometime after New Year cake, but he won’t mind!
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Any time of year is great.
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I was just about to say: if there’s ever a year for not following a recipe and just making do with whatever you discover in the cupboard, it’s 2020.
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Yes it is that type of year
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Personally I think that’s the best outcome possible 😊
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It is
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It happens to the best among us. lol Sounds like you improvised well. And, that really is a lovely view🤍.
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I think improvising is a skill we all learn eventually. x
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Okay, that cloud looks like an alagator walking from the right towards the left, one huge paw. if that’s what aligators call their limbs? alogaters, aligaitors, alligators “Woohoo! Alligators” and all that by trial and error, without the use of Google search to do my spell checking.
Note to self: Alligators have two L’s.
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