Cooked up Burnt Butter Biscuit recipe from Fulton on two occasions the other week: the first time I rolled the dough into balls, which were too big- how big's a walnut? I don't have any walnuts lying around how am i suposed to know how big a walnut is?- the recipe said roll into balls the size of a walnut, is that the size of a testicle?; the second time I did without the recipe and so by feel because I didn't think I had 4 oz. of butter- however much that is, the metric system is the only system for me, and it makes sense too- and I rolled the whole mixture flat into one big biscuit- this was tasty except i think if i had made several small bisuits they would have been even more satisfying being crunchier, never mind.

Tomorrow I'm baking another cake for another birthday, I think it will be rock cake!

Depression Birthday Cake Poem and other Musings

Cake was what I thought would be a nice present for a friend's birthday last Saturday, and indeed it was a nice idea. I mixed flour, water, sugar, fruit and spice for a cake that would provide plenty of cheer. I baked it to perfection, considered adding icing, and let it cool. A Depression cake it was, from the skill of some past mother, and when I presented it to the birthday-boy all he could do was drool.

Actually that's a lie, but I think I've written something that rhymes there? Even if the meter is off. No matter. In other news, my brother has gone. YAY! and oh!:(. But I think all those curries he was feeding us were rather bad for one's system. Nevertheless I've begun to start using the word "nevertheless" cause I think its a fun substitute for "however", however "however" has its merits. Oh and guess what, it hailed the other day so that it looked like snow on the ground, in Sydney!, in Spring! WOW! and it was so cold yesterday, yet so warm today. Weather make up your mind. Now what does this have to do with cake, well not much but I guess you could say its rather like yesterday was when the cake was being cooled and today was like it being cooked, so that the weather is in fact crazy, not me, and it's working in reverse. Are we in El Niño, or La Niña?