Nobody’s perfect ;)

After a busy morning yesterday, I came home to make cake for the beleagured shopkeepers – #cakefriday. Because some of our local young friends aren’t too well I’d decided to make a double quantity of Ginger cake – it’s soft, sticky and has a great flavour to tempt their tastebuds. So, ingredients and equipment ready, I began…lots of flour, sugar, bicarb etc and also water. As I poured the mixture into the lined tins I just knew something wasn’t right, it wasn’t wet enough. Looking at the recipe it dawned on me that although I’d doubled the dry ingredients, I had forgotten to double the water. So I cooked them to the point of being solid, then had to jettison that batch and start again. This time, less distracted, it worked as it should have and it’s been delivered today. Phew! Earlier in the week I made Braised Red Cabbage to freeze ready for Christmas. Going through the method I realised there was no mention of the Bramley apple . So that’s been amended. I need to concentrate to avoid basic blunders… we all make mistakes, let’s hope they aren’t too costly!