26th November Sand Cake with Strawberries and
Cream and 2nd December Fudge
This is so late now, it’s hardly worth it – but it’s almost
the end of the year (and the challenge) so I can’t slacken off now.
After a bit of a break, I found myself at home for a whole 5
hours with nothing to do – this doesn’t ever happen! So after trying to watch
some DVD’s and realising I was the most restless and bored person in the world
– I decided to make a cake (or two). I found a recipe for a ‘Sand Cake’ which
sounds really unappealing, but I had all the ingredients so I decided to give
it a go.
It was ridiculously simple… and looked it. It was just a
plain cake and I had no idea what the hell I was meant to do with it. I decided
to top it with Strawberries and Cream to make it look a bit better. I had a bit
of trouble converting ounces and pounds to grams which didn’t help my budget and
meant I returned a shitload of stuff to Coles the next day (they refunded me
more than they should of though so I can’t complain).
The cream for some reason wouldn’t whip and didn’t get as
thick as it should have, but I got one batch thick enough that it would sit on
top of the cake and I coated that with the strawberries. The other cake I stuck
in the freezer along with the extra cream and thought I’d take that home for
mum and dad.
The Pig is on a diet (fool) so I took the cake into work. These
people clearly aren’t on diets as that same day they also had another cake,
Rocky Road and Mars Bar Slice. My cake was really dense, but it got eaten.
Unfortunately I didn’t remember to pack up my cake container before I went home
that afternoon and by the next day it was missing and no one has seen it since.
Jerk offs.
The other cake went to Mum and Dad and they seemed to enjoy
it. Even though the cream still wouldn’t whip and they just had to pour it on
the cake – they said it was nice and that they’ll “freeze it and eat it later”
hmm….
The next weekend I was home again to see my new obsession
(formally known as my friends’ baby Flynn) and decided to make some fudge. I’ve
never made fudge before, but it looked easy enough and Dad was on standby to
help me so I gave it a red hot go. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to make
Chocolate or Plain Fudge so I decided to make both. Unfortunately I didn’t
think this trough and combined the milk and the sugar in one bowl and then had
to split it back up again for my two batches.
It was really easy and I got to play with a candy
thermometer which was good fun. I’d never heard of “small ball” (too many jokes
to bother) but I figured out how to boil to small ball and it was fine. Was
really simple and seemed to work surprisingly well.
The Plain (Peta’s favourite colour) fudge was a really weird
texture but seemed to taste OK. The Chocolate one turned out really well and even
looks like proper fudge. I think the difference in texture is due to me
splitting the mixture in half and not getting the proportions right. Oh well.
I think they both just taste like sugar and nothing else –
but other people seem to like it. I left some for Mum and Dad and took the rest
for The Pig (diets going well!).
I amused myself while cooking by singing to myself. Fun for
the whole family!
Tips: Cake – Even
using an electric whisk wasn’t enough to get the cream to the right texture so
maybe just buy whipped cream? It’s not as nice but will look better. Fudge –
Boil to Small Ball. It’s fun to say and do.
Music: 30 Rock/
my voice
The cream I attempted was 8 ounces cream cheese, ½ cup of sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/8 tsp salt, 2 cups heavy cream. \
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