Another (minor) baking disaster and other stuff

[wiseheart]

I tried to make a very festive pineapple cake today. Well, the cake itself remained as flat as the Great Plains of America. The fact that I forgot to add baking powder in time and then made a pathetic effort to stir some into the dough when it was already in the baking tin might have to do with the result. But I still managed to cut it diagonally twice (although it ended up in more pieces than it was supposed to) and added the pineapple jelly and bourbon vanilla filling, respectively.

Then I fought a bitter fight with the marzipan. I managed to cover the cake with it... mostly. When I tried to pull it over the naked pieces, it tore. I flicked it together as well as I could. Then I had to make ungodly amounts of decoration of green and red coloured marzipan to cover the faulty pieces. Coloured marzipan sticks to one's fingers like crazy, in case you haven't known it. Anyway, the result is a small cake that looks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa with too much holly leaves and red berries. It's rather bizarre, but the fillings are delicious, and Mum likes it, so I can live with it. I just wanted to make a beautiful cake once in my life. Well, it was not meant to be, apparently.

In other news, the concert went well yesterday, I finally managed to buy the Christmas tree and to dust the bookshelves, we went to the Christmas market today, and tomorrow I'll be able to start putting Mum's present together, so thing are good.

Comments

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

I'm so impressed by your baking adventures! Your courage in the kitchen is amazing: marzipan?! I wouldn't dare even think to make such a thing.

Bourbon vanilla...mmmmmmm.... I love chocolate, but I also have a real love of a good vanilla.

Hurrah for a good concert! And a tree! And shopping!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I must ruefully admit that I always buy marzipan ready made from Dr Oetker (biggest producer of baking ingredients on the continent and the best one). Forcing the raw mass into the intended shapes is adventure enough. ;)

[sammydragoncat]

As long as the cake taste good - that's the really important thing! I haven't even started my baking - so who knows how well that will go.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I baked two measly sorts of cookies and that will be it. I'm just too drained.

[sammydragoncat]

I have tomorrow off from work - we will see how much baking gets done.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What are you planning to bakelit?

[sammydragoncat]

I'm soooooo tired! I made 4 types of cookies (a honey sugar cookie, a lemon sugar cookie, chocolate peanut butter cookie and a oatmeal walnut chocolate chip cookie) gingerbread, double chocolate walnut brownies and some fudge.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Jesus, those are industrial amounts! No wonder you are exhausted!
Here is to hope that you recover, soon. I'm sure they all turned out delicious.

[disthrainsdotte.livejournal.com]

I am sure you will be able to bake a beautiful cake, it may just take some time and patience.

It is good to hear that the Consert went well. It is such a joy to sing with a choir, not to mention how much energy it gives.

By the way, I received your Christmas Card today and it is very beautiful. I love it a lot. *sends hugs to you and Mom*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, good, I'm glad it arrived safely!