Help!
Am trying to make battenburg cake but every time I try, it's a disaster!
Does anyone have a decent recipe for battenburg, or any tips I could use.
Am making this for a lovely old lady and don't want to let her down.
x
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Monday, 5 September 2011
Happy camping
Woke up this morning to find 2 caravans, 3 cars and about 12 people outside the front door, all waiting for me to let them park up in our back garden. It turns out that Martin had met them in some chat room on the internet and had told them they would be made welcome in our village, whilst on their sightseeing tour.
Lionel is livid - especially as he's only just got the stripes perfectly straight on the lawn.
I did politely mention that there was a decent b&b down the road, but they said they like to travel the open road and see where they end up.
Spent all morning, making bacon butties and strong tea. I should have charged them really, but they kept saying what decent chap Martin was, and how right he was about us.
Anyway, have got to stock up on baking supplies as I have 2 wedding cakes to make and a retirement cake in the shape of a a cruise liner. Lionel suggested I might want to do a re-make of the Titanic, not sure that's in the best taste as Doris is 70, grey hair and flat as a pancake, looks nothing like Kate Winslet, I mean even I can't perform miracles!
Lionel is livid - especially as he's only just got the stripes perfectly straight on the lawn.
I did politely mention that there was a decent b&b down the road, but they said they like to travel the open road and see where they end up.
Spent all morning, making bacon butties and strong tea. I should have charged them really, but they kept saying what decent chap Martin was, and how right he was about us.
Anyway, have got to stock up on baking supplies as I have 2 wedding cakes to make and a retirement cake in the shape of a a cruise liner. Lionel suggested I might want to do a re-make of the Titanic, not sure that's in the best taste as Doris is 70, grey hair and flat as a pancake, looks nothing like Kate Winslet, I mean even I can't perform miracles!
Friday, 2 September 2011
Who's camping in my garden?
Martin's just phoned to say he's got some friends who have a caravan and are on a travelling holiday - could they possibly pitch up in our back garden?
Never heard of them before, but martin assures us that he met them on the internet and they sound like really nice people.
He said something about they're looking at re-locating.
Never heard of them before, but martin assures us that he met them on the internet and they sound like really nice people.
He said something about they're looking at re-locating.
Trouble and strife
Lionel is acting very odd!
There's something the matter for sure. He came home smelling of some very nasty perfume last night and claimed it was just because he was sat next to someone wearing it, in the last meeting he was in. He's also told me he's thinking of growing a goatee - think's it might make him look a bit younger. Say's he needs to keep up with the younger generation in his firm. Well the last time we went to a works do, the only person younger then Lionel was Hillary the cleaner and she's nearly 50!
Our accountant has been looking over our books this week - looks like we've gone through an awful lot of icing lately - might be down to the cakes we provided for the naturist society, we always want to do them proud!
Heard some shocking news on the baking grapevine - Heavenly Buns has gone bust! Believe the bad publicity about the bodily hair that was found in one of their cakes might have had something to do with it. I'm not one to gossip, as all my friends know, but when I was telling Margaret, she'd heard it was curly and ginger. Felt quite sick. Enough to put you off your fondant fancies.
There's something the matter for sure. He came home smelling of some very nasty perfume last night and claimed it was just because he was sat next to someone wearing it, in the last meeting he was in. He's also told me he's thinking of growing a goatee - think's it might make him look a bit younger. Say's he needs to keep up with the younger generation in his firm. Well the last time we went to a works do, the only person younger then Lionel was Hillary the cleaner and she's nearly 50!
Our accountant has been looking over our books this week - looks like we've gone through an awful lot of icing lately - might be down to the cakes we provided for the naturist society, we always want to do them proud!
Heard some shocking news on the baking grapevine - Heavenly Buns has gone bust! Believe the bad publicity about the bodily hair that was found in one of their cakes might have had something to do with it. I'm not one to gossip, as all my friends know, but when I was telling Margaret, she'd heard it was curly and ginger. Felt quite sick. Enough to put you off your fondant fancies.
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