They did cook well and will be a nice little treat for people living on their own, I will feed them but won’t overdo the amount of brandy!
Yesterday I wasn’t sure that the square cake looked quite like it should but put it down to the fact that it has not dairy spread in the recipe rather than butter. I had used both ovens and that one had been in the small top oven. Today I had two round cakes in there and they have come out definitely overdone although I had both ovens on as low as they would go. So, they cannot be my gift cakes and sadly I now have to make three of them again. I will try removing some of the surface of the others and feed them a couple of times, if they appear salvageable they can go to other people, if they don’t seem to be that good then I will not bother to carry on feeding them.
This afternoon Tina gave me a lift up to Freeport. I forgot to mention that her friend came to visit this morning and I showed her round the garden. She wanted something to grow in a shady area so I told her the bruneras should be fine. They had spread so I potted three up for her to take home.
I had some lunch at Freeport and went to the card shop. Then as I walked down the hill I bought a pair of pillows. They were reduced to £18 and I am hoping the lavender may be conducive to better sleep!
I passed this gorgeous large hydrangea.
I was excited to see that a pottery painting shop has opened and they even had a little wren in the window. I will definitely be giving them a visit.
I caught the bus home and did a couple of errand in the town. Also watered the tubs and the bonsai trees. There was a dead female blackbird on the front lawn which took the edge off the day a bit, to add to the fact I have more cakes to make!
Will go out with Tina tomorrow when she goes to the dentist and then to PC World so will get back to the cakes on Friday.
That really is a shame about the cakes ☹️ All the effort you put in makes it really sad. I really hope they are salvageable, and I’m more than happy to have one of them. The little loaf sized ones look really nice.
ReplyDeleteYour little trip to Freeport was fruitful. I know your lunch was really good, and hopefully those pillows will have you in the land of nod for a full nights sleep. If not return them for a refund 😊 Great news about the pottery painting shop. The blackbird on your return wasn’t so good though.
A day away from cakes, gardens etc is a good idea for tomorrow. You’ll have had a really good nights sleep with the new pillows so you’ll be ready for it.
The pillows were reduced so worth a try, not going to stop the hands hurting but I may sleep so well I don’t notice!
ReplyDeleteI give cake distribution some thought!