Today is the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. I was rather surprised to hear last night that Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were exactly the same age. In my mind Lincoln was very much of an older period in history than Darwin, but it seems it's not true at all, just a construct of my own mind. Liam decided last night that this was because Darwin is seen as the beginning of a modern age so I was simply associating him with being 'younger', whilst Lincoln is all big hats and civil war. I wonder why his birthday isn't being made a deal of?
In the spirit of evolution, this is me as an australopithecene. You can devolve yourself on this Open University web site, which is quite fun, except that it was male only and I ended up with a large beard in most of the iterations. Hey ho! No change there then...
That aside, in celebration, Liam and I decided to do some baking. We used Delia's recipe for all-in-one-sponge cake and got busy with the icing. It took two goes at making the icing as we were relying on internet recipes. The first batch was a disturbing lumpy mess that kept separating. The second was more successful and we managed to use a ziploc bag as a pipe. It's quite fun, if a bit messy when the bag explodes at the top and you get icing all over your nice lambswool cardigan.
So here are some photos (apologies for the quality - they're from a phone):
This is our amazing giant 60s cooker. I love it!
The outline in baking parchment:
After the icing sugar has been sifted over the outline, and the piping begins!
More piping:
Liam attacks the edge:
You'll have to wait for the final photo as Liam is withholding it from me, for reasons unknown.
More soon!
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2 comments:
ahh picks of Hen and of cake - what a perfect combination. Miss you chick, and what a wicked slice of evolution
I love this cake and those who made it happen!
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