Wednesday 18 November 2009

Just call me Nigella

No birding today, but check this out!


Oh. My. God.

Yes, I - that's me, moi - made a cake! I followed a recipe and everything. Measured stuff. Using scales, and tiny weeny spoons. From start to finish, I did it all. I used the beater thing as well, for the first time ever. I worked out how to insert the metal beaty things, and even went up to FULL POWER, whereupon bits of cake mixture went on the wall. A minor inconvenience, and fifty minutes later Chateau Lethbridge is permeated by the aroma of warm cake. And do you know what? It was easy! Piece of cake. And I did it without an apron.

This is proper domesticity. This is a level beyond vacuuming and emptying the bins. Washing, pah! Dusting, pah! No, it is all about HOME BAKING. I have been running this house, doing all manner of domestic rubbish, for over ten months now, and yet with a feeling of emptiness, of merely going through the motions. Repetitive tedium. This is what was missing. Baking.

I had been imagining earning in excess of two-trillion brownie points and going out birding from now until 2012. Turns out Mrs L does not like Banana and Walnut cake. Stands to reason really, as she doesn't like bananas. Don't know why I didn't think of that. Still, I expect the kids will eat it, and I have had three slices already. There is something about warm cake, can't quite put my finger on it...

4 comments:

  1. That is indeed an amazing looking cake.

    Seeing that cake and kbnowing it's in London, it seems almost a shame that I'm up in Norfolk this weekend.

    Oh wait, no it doesn't :-)

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  2. you reckon there will be some left by the weekend?

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  3. Baking can indeed be most satisfying. I had a brief obsession myself once but rarely seem to have the time lately.
    We have one of those bread makers and use it regularly but I find the loaves too small and don't last anywhere near as long as you'd like them to.

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