Yesterday was cold temperature dropped to minus 22. I had no desire to venture outside and housework was not high on my list of things to do. It was a challenging week at work, the requests kept pouring in and by Friday I was so swamped with work it took a while to clear up all the request for service. The business of domestic violence pauses for no one. I didn’t leave the office until 8:53 pm, before leaving work I filled up my bottle with water ordered some wings, picked it up and ate it on the subway on my way home. I was wiped and cooking was out of the question, a shower and bed were the only two things my brain had the capacity to absorb. Saturday morning i was still coming down from a long night and the daunting tasks of house work was not enticing so I decided to bake a cake, no real measuring just a whole lot of guestimating. Below is a visual of my process….there are no artificial ingredients, all simple and you can pronounce the names, butter, sugar, egg, flour, cinnamon, lemon, lime, baking powder, salt.
The outcome was fantastic. It was light and fluffy and the taste is absolutely fabulous if I do say so myself. I had a piece oops…i cannot tell a lie, a couple of pieces, it was so good I had to take a picture of each slice (haha) yep I am praising myself, no apologies here. I washed it all down with my own tea blend of green tea, raspberry, licorice, passion fruit and bitter melon. A delightful way I say to spend the evening.
YUMM! The cake looks delicious! If you weren't so far away I would stop by for a piece and a cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteAs Beth says What shame! A bit too far from here to visit you just have a cup of tea with your beautiful cake?
ReplyDeleteI just wondering that how much you ate in once?
surly you don't have as dinner ha ha ha
You do realize they have cake mixes in a box. YOu don't even have to eyeball anything. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm teasing you. It does sound like your week knocked the good out of you, as my mother in law would say.
Have a great week, hoping this one is a bit more gentle.
Mmmm - can I have a taste, Rhapsody?
ReplyDeletemm mm, now you have my attention, and mm mm, it does look wonderful....(no wonder my jeans are too tight!!) :-)
ReplyDeleteand I do so agree, a wonderful way to pass the evening... xPenx
I gained 5 pounds just looking at it. I had a similar moment last week and baked blueberry muffins. There is one difference, most of the ingrediants came out of a box. I'm no Betty Crocker. I'm not even her husband Eddy.
ReplyDeleteHi Rhapsody just to say thank you for your comments on my blog. It was much appreciated . Your homebaked cake looks fantastic, yummy. On a cold day I always head for the kitchen and rustle something tasty up.Smashing blog you have here I shall be visiting again. Take care Sheila.
ReplyDeleteI counted 4 cakes in that oven :-). The simple things in life. I could use a slice right now. I believe some strawberry preserves would go nicely with a slice and a great cup of coffee.
ReplyDeleteDam woman, that cake looks goooood…….. Yumm!!!!
ReplyDeleteLooks good to Clint...
ReplyDeleteam glad u like
DeleteLooks good to Clint... I'll take three chocolate cakes please...
ReplyDeleteChocolate huh, hmmmmm, i'll think about it.
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