Tea? (Part 2)

[potsy]

What did a small piece of carrot accidently fall into your kebab and chips

There was also strawberries in the strawberry and cream donut

Time to undo a button on my pants

 

[phil_hg_uk]

There was also strawberries in the strawberry and cream donut

Time to undo a button on my pants

Oh no ......... hang on ............. DANGER CLEAR THE AREA

 

[Arch]

Does anyone know where cakes go when they die?

I purchased a rather large cake for my Aunt's 90th Birthday ( she's in a home so friends, relations and staff to be catered for) but she was rushed into hospital with a gall stone the night before.

Having bravely chomped my way through 2/3rds of the cake it's appeal is starting to wane and I would like to dispose of it humanely.

Is it Sponge cake?

Trifle. Line a bowl with slices of cake, liberally doused in sherry, or alcohol of choice. Make up jelly, and pour over. Allow to set. Cover with a layer of custard, then one of whipped cream and top with hundreds and thousands, glace cherries and, if your my Mum, little strips of angelica. TO be healthy, sprinkle fruit of choice among the sponge. For my taste, go heavy on the sponge and keep the jelly minimal , just enough soak into the sponge really, not to create a whole layer of just jelly. Slightly stale sponge is just what you want, because it withstands soaking in the alcohol better.

If it's chocolate sponge, you could go for a Black Forest style trifle, add tinned cherries, cherry jelly (can you get such a thing? Raspberry might do well too) and chocolate custard.

Or, do something like an Apple Charlotte or Summer Pudding, only with sponge instead of bread.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/applecharlotte_88965

I'm trying to think of something for fruit cake now. I suspect soaking in alcohol is still an option, but maybe then just serve with cream, like Xmas pudding....

 

[accountantpete]

It's a Choccy cake i'm afraid Arch and if I have any more

 

[phil_hg_uk]

It's a Choccy cake i'm afraid Arch and if I have any more

Wow choccy cake poisoning .......... dont tell Jo whatever you do

 

[potsy]

It's a Choccy cake i'm afraid Arch and if I have any more

Wow choccy cake poisoning .......... dont tell Jo whatever you do

 

[Arch]

It's a Choccy cake i'm afraid Arch and if I have any more

Freeze it? Then use it for chocolate trifle at a later date? Seems a shame to waste cake.

If all else fails, crumble it up for the birds, esp if we're having snow.

 

[Night Train]

I didn't have cake in the end!

You've let the side down you know. It's just not good enough.

Regretting it now, of course!

And I should think so too.
You should treat yourself to Accountantpete's chocolate cake as punishment.

 

[Arch]

Hello?

Anyone in?

I better get the kettle going...

 

[Speicher]

I am just about to have a bowl of spicy carrot soup with toast. Does that go with Tea?

 

[Arch]

I am just about to have a bowl of spicy carrot soup with toast. Does that go with Tea?

Does anything not?

Soup and toast sounds good. I've had that for dinner a few times recently, since Sainsburys had tinned soup on offer....

 

[Speicher]

I find a lot of tinned soups are too salty. I did not add any salt to my soup, just carrots, one potato, peppers, and Five Spice Powder. There might have been some salt in the butter used to soften the carrots, that's all.

 

[Arch]

Yes, I avoid salt mainly, never use it in cooking at all, so I do notice that processed foods are salty. I just use tinned soups as a very quick dinner on the days I work extra hours cleaning, so by the time I get in, I can't be bothered to cook properly.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

somebody mention hot soup?

 

[coffeejo]

As far as tinned soup goes, I only like Heinz tomato soup.

I'm still in bed. Must get up and walk the dog soon. Need to get some bananananananananananas ... pondering what else to get to make up for yesterday's foolish decision to avoid excess calories.

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