There is nothing better than sneaking into the open washing machine as it’s being loaded with clothes. Select a lovely sock and then leg it outside. Once the sock is outside then it’s lost to the wilds…
If only some other things could be lost to the wilds.
With the Great Bloggers ‘Festival of Love’ Bake-Off fast approaching it was time for another creation. Yes it was time to move to Def Con 3.
I tried to keep this simple. A basic sponge cake. Dairy and Gluten Free. Well it started well, with carefully measured out ingredients then the first disaster. For some reason my mind mixed up 20ml of tepid water with 320ml…. Talk about a mucky swimming pool. Not quite the smooth batter I was looking for.
I’m sad to say I panicked. I grabbed the flour jar and just poured. But why was the flour brown…. Yes I had grabbed the cocoa tin. Then I checked the next tin, this one had white contents. But as I poured it became clear this was caster sugar. By the time I had found the proper flour tin the cake mic was looking a right mess. Hawklad recommended that the best course of action was now just to randomly add more ingredients. So we added cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, orange peel and maple syrup.
The end result. Well it looks like a cake. Bizarrely it’s feels like a cake. As for the taste….. Well love can take many forms, but this cake probably isn’t one of those…
Do you feel the baking love.
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Already Mel is receiving so many fantastic submissions and the occasional disaster 😂😂😂😂.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
I think this one is very good G!!
…and I love Hawklad’s suggestion to add those flavours – they all work for me.
I am impressed!!!
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Me too, it looks edible and what more can you ask for? Well actually a cuppa to go with it, ☕️ but that’s beside the point. Nice tag team going on there, seems to have worked out.
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Looks can be deceiving 😂
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That’s very kind of you 😂
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Just a tip for next time. Save the maple syrup to pour over the concoction afterwards. It looses its flavour entirely when cooked.
As for Captain Chaos, if he doesn’t charm the socks off anyone who sees those snapshots, then they have no heart.
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Yes that’s a better strategy
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Hahaha! 🤣 What a comedy of errors, followed by a valiant rescue mission! Shame as it sounded pretty good!
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It was a disaster
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As long as it looks good for the photos! 🤣😂
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Yes there is that
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👍👍👍
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That was a CAKE?!?! I thought you finally had a successful bread bake!!!
I am laughing SO hard!!
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Apparently so…
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😂😂 I used to be really good at baking…I think I should revive my passion for mixing ingredients in that way… many would benefit from just my baked products.😉😉
I really don’t mean to appear cocky but that really looks like bread…🙈
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Yes it does
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You have made a good day even better. ❤️ it
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❤️❤️
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She is having so much fun with the sock! Like when you give a little child a box, LOL!
Oh the cake sounds good. Haha! Eager to know what your next creation will be!
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Giving a cat-loving box to a child, how dare you? Cats love boxes more than almost anything else in this world.
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That cake sounds better than it was 😂😂😂
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LOL!!😄
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Looks like a fantastic cake and your dog is so cute
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He does have his moments
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You are such an honest soul, Gary 😂 The cake looks wonderful, so nobody would have questioned the taste 😂😂
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When I get one right I will overly bask in its glory 😂
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Haha, what a feeling, right 😂
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Whoops! My cake disasters were covered in custard and either Frisbee Cakes or a Di Surprise.
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Custard works well
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Does he ever take clean socks?
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Oh yes he does
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That is definitely out of order
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It LOOKS good! That has to count for something!
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With good lighting it does.
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I would love to bake more, but I don’t like wasting food and it’d probably just me eating it all, haha … Also may I play with your doggo? hehe
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He would like that.
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Watch out! I’m coming over, lol Don’t know how, lol
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You inspire me to attempt another cake. When the heatwave passes.
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Cool
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Well, I would try it.😊
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I wouldn’t if I was you
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Lol! Is chocolaty?
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Cake? I thought it was a rather dense wholemeal loaf. Your persistence does you great credit, as does your fortitude in the face of adversity. However, I fear for your teeth. 🙂
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It might as well have been 😂
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One day I will have to tell the tale of the Grantham Gingerbread, the Scones That Went Badly Wrong. and the Peppermint Creams with Blue Bits in Them. You are not alone in your baking failures, but I was at least able to feed my worst ones to the pigs.
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love this frisky little post 🙂 my dogs think likewise 🙂
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It’s in the DNA
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Perhaps you should label your tins?
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Those taste combinations sound good together, Gary, and it looks good too.
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Gary, I have to say you are very adventurous and you NEVER give up. I love it!
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