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Amy Rose The Hedgehog
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stranding
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It's our wedding anniversary today so I've made an Almond Bakewell Cake.
DH has gone out to play bridge so have been busy to make it a surprise. Hope it's OK because nothing went to plan:-( (Where was Fleur when I needed her?!)
Forgot to grease the tin (I never do that!!) so it wouldn't come out cleanly and looks very untidy. Forgot to add the almonds on top before it went into the oven, so they are a bit pale & untoasted. The recipe said to cut it in half but that wasn't as easy as it sounds...
It also said to sandwich with strawberry jam, but for almond cake, thought apricot jam would be better. I doubled the amount of that too...at least...I am not stingy when it comes to things like that!
Then to "drizzle" with almond icing which took ages to do & it dried before I finished. Had to mix up more which means there's now too much...
Thought it needed some extra colour because of the un-tanned almonds so found those little chocolate bits, then some flags to make it an Olympic cake too
Hope it's been worth it. We shall see...
DH has gone out to play bridge so have been busy to make it a surprise. Hope it's OK because nothing went to plan:-( (Where was Fleur when I needed her?!)
Forgot to grease the tin (I never do that!!) so it wouldn't come out cleanly and looks very untidy. Forgot to add the almonds on top before it went into the oven, so they are a bit pale & untoasted. The recipe said to cut it in half but that wasn't as easy as it sounds...
It also said to sandwich with strawberry jam, but for almond cake, thought apricot jam would be better. I doubled the amount of that too...at least...I am not stingy when it comes to things like that!
Then to "drizzle" with almond icing which took ages to do & it dried before I finished. Had to mix up more which means there's now too much...
Thought it needed some extra colour because of the un-tanned almonds so found those little chocolate bits, then some flags to make it an Olympic cake too
Hope it's been worth it. We shall see...
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Gabriel1
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Amy Rose The Hedgehog said:My popcorn machine! It actually works too!
I want some of that popcorn!
stranding said:It's our wedding anniversary today so I've made an Almond Bakewell Cake.
DH has gone out to play bridge so have been busy to make it a surprise. Hope it's OK because nothing went to plan:-( (Where was Fleur when I needed her?!)
Forgot to grease the tin (I never do that!!) so it wouldn't come out cleanly and looks very untidy. Forgot to add the almonds on top before it went into the oven, so they are a bit pale & untoasted. The recipe said to cut it in half but that wasn't as easy as it sounds...
It also said to sandwich with strawberry jam, but for almond cake, thought apricot jam would be better. I doubled the amount of that too...at least...I am not stingy when it comes to things like that!
Then to "drizzle" with almond icing which took ages to do & it dried before I finished. Had to mix up more which means there's now too much...
Thought it needed some extra colour because of the un-tanned almonds so found those little chocolate bits, then some flags to make it an Olympic cake too
Hope it's been worth it. We shall see...
I'll pass on the cake until we have a doctors certificate to prove your other half has survived the tasting!
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stranding said:It's our wedding anniversary today so I've made an Almond Bakewell Cake.
DH has gone out to play bridge so have been busy to make it a surprise. Hope it's OK because nothing went to plan:-( (Where was Fleur when I needed her?!)
Forgot to grease the tin (I never do that!!) so it wouldn't come out cleanly and looks very untidy. Forgot to add the almonds on top before it went into the oven, so they are a bit pale & untoasted. The recipe said to cut it in half but that wasn't as easy as it sounds...
It also said to sandwich with strawberry jam, but for almond cake, thought apricot jam would be better. I doubled the amount of that too...at least...I am not stingy when it comes to things like that!
Then to "drizzle" with almond icing which took ages to do & it dried before I finished. Had to mix up more which means there's now too much...
Thought it needed some extra colour because of the un-tanned almonds so found those little chocolate bits, then some flags to make it an Olympic cake too
Hope it's been worth it. We shall see...
Well whatever misfires you faced in the kitchen the end products look - as Ramsay would say ...
"STUNNING !"
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Happy anniversary from yesterday, Stranding.
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