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Since I didn't have to cook today, save for putting together a salad, I decided to give [livejournal.com profile] curiouswombat's mystery apple and raisin cake a try.

This is the result:



I faithfully followed the original Edd Kimber recipe, with the only exception of adding some roast flaked almonds as decoration. I have to say, it is yummy indeed.

Then I worked on the castle puzzle page for Elise's granddaughter. The page base is almost done, including the sewing on of 9 pieces of Velcro - I never know which sides are the hooks and which the loops; these were the extreme hard and scratchy parts in any case. Am I happy to have them done! To actually finish the base page I still have to stitch along 4 sides, each 15 cm long, but since I'm doing it with running stitch, it won't be too hard. Or wouldn't if I could make straight, even stitches, which I cannot. Not even along the line drawn with a ruler. *sigh*

In any case, that and putting away the washing and preparing the flat for tomorrow's cleaning frenzy (although Mum did a good part of that) was enough activity for one day, I found. So I'm now reading some fanfic, playing some Solitaire and waiting for the Best British Home Cook to start on TV Paprika. Not a baking show, but it has Mary Berry, and that makes it worth watching.

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Date: 2022-05-29 05:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] noadvertising.livejournal.com
Uh oh, cleaning! I managed to smash a small bottle of olive oil when trying to get the sunflower oil out of the box. I swore to myself to never do this stunt again. Glass hunting on tiles is annoying! Your next quiet book seems to get along nicely! Will you post pictures, so that we can see the girlish version?

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Date: 2022-05-29 06:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Of course — whenever a page is done and seamed!
Glass hunting is annoying indeed; not to mention that the dratted oil gets literally everywhere, forcing you to live in a somewhat greasy environment for an unreasonably long time.

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Date: 2022-05-29 06:02 pm (UTC)
artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)
From: [personal profile] artemis10002000
Der Kuchen sieht wirklich lecker aus! Viel Glück mit dem Putzwahnsinn morgen.

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Date: 2022-05-29 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Hey, schön Dich mal wieder zu sehen! Wie geht's Dir denn?

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Date: 2022-05-29 06:03 pm (UTC)
meathiel: (Spring Peony animated)
From: [personal profile] meathiel
I googled the recipe and it sounds yummy indeed.

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Date: 2022-05-29 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Not to mention easy to make!

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Date: 2022-05-30 07:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elwenlj.livejournal.com
The cake looks good. As for the velcro...I think the 'hard' side is the loop side.

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Date: 2022-05-30 06:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Ah, thanks!

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Date: 2022-05-31 01:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beauty-forashes.livejournal.com
The cake looks great!

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Date: 2022-06-05 02:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mirasaui.livejournal.com
Sounds like a productive day. The cake looks lovely!

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Date: 2022-06-05 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Unfortunately, it didn't bake through properly, which might have caused the digestive problems coming up on the next day. There was a time I could eat raw batter without problems... obviously, it is no longer so.
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