Oh drat! I was going to tell you about an "adventure in housekeeping" since they can make you smile.
There's a blogger from Australia that I follow called Love Swah who has done a number of single-serve recipes. I've been making her "Lonely Girl Pancakes" for some time and decided to up my game with one of her single-serve cakes made in a mug.
Now - being a guy I don't always follow instructions and it didn't help that I didn't actually understand the instructions. They called for caster sugar which I had never heard of. A quick Google indicated that it was a finer sort of sugar so I rummaged in the depths of the cupboard (you remember my freezer? the cupboards were stocked by the same person) and found a large tub of icing sugar so I used that. It also seemed like too much sugar (I rarely eat sweets) so I put in less than called for.
I tried to mix it in the mug but that didn't go well - so poured the mix into a bowl and then back. So much for limiting the mess.
To cook the instructions said 1 minute in the microwave on medium. Well - my microwave has no "medium" setting so I guessed. After 1 minute the batter looked completely uncooked so the instructions suggested trying short bursts of more power. I - ahem - overdid it. Fortunately I thought to put the mug on a plate so when the mix inevitably oozed up and over the side it didn't make a mess inside the oven. Simultaneous with this my doorbell rang and a neighbour was there who wanted to ask me some questions about the back garden so I'm talking to him while the microwave is possibly about to have a minor cake explosion in the background. It was a short conversation
S23 and I had our cakes for dessert. He pronounced his as "needs work" and only managed 2 spoons. He said that it was bitter and probably needed the recommended amount of sugar. I did eat mine though and while he was right, I've learned not to be too particular about anyone's cooking. He did say that he would be willing to try it if I made it again.
As a laugh I posted a picture of my cake on Instagram and tagged LoveSwah on it. In her picture she had a candy egg perched on the top of her's. The less said about what happened to the candy eggs I used the better She's a lovely lass and probably had a laugh and made an encouraging comment back. My picture looked absolutely nothing like her's.
There - you smiled.
Oh and a friend of mine who is a professional baker and who reads cook-books for pleasure told me that caster sugar is just the regular every-day sugar we use here in Canada.
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for some time and decided to up my game with one of her single-serve cakes made in a mug.
She's a lovely lass and probably had a laugh and made an encouraging comment back. My picture looked absolutely nothing like her's.
