I like my cake and I like to eat it too.
Last week there were MacMillan coffee morning across the land as loads of people held events to raise money for the charity by asking people to eat cake and drink coffee. Alas, I was thwarted by a bit of a tummy bug which meant no cake for me.
I consoled myself by watching the Great British Bake Off, Series 2. I started to watch it as Paul Hollywood is like a chubby version of my husband and he knows about cake. The final last night literally had me on the edge of my seat (the rest was now too wet from the drool falling out of my gob). The finalists were all mums. One married at 17, and a stay at home , one highly educated, well travelled now stay at home and one a company director on maternity leave. Now, woe-betide the mum that doesn't bake. I can whip up a cake and can be shall we say "creative" with toppings but these ladies were something else. I didn't like one contestant (the mad staring eyed Holly company director) and was really rooting for the inventive, bake obsessed, creator of Gargantuan cake Mary Ann (a Terry Pratchett fan no less so a person with good taste). I liked her humour especially in the light of cock ups. Though in the end, I was happy that Jo Wheatley won - the mum since 17, who had raised 3 boys and now wanted to do something for herself. And bloody hell, she did it - she won. Wooo hooo there is life after parenthood - there is hope. And in the meantime, there is cake. I wonder if she would hire herself out as a Cake-Mummy for a day?
Jo Wheatley's blog - Jo's Blue Aga
Mary Ann Boermans blog - Time to Cook
P.S. Before you judge me and start rolling your eyes, let me assure you, I'm not a
reality TV show fan. Most of it is mind boggingly crap and I'd
rather scratch my eyes out with brillo pads then watch. This statement doesn't apply to ballroom dancing which I watch with the mother in law, or to cake shows.
P.P.S. The final show was educational. I now know what a squirrel's willy looks like without having to resort to unsavoury experimentation.
2 comments:
I too loved the great british bake off. Those ladies could bake! I dont class that as reality tv at all and Im with you with ballroom too.
have to say I absolutely laughed out loud at the squrrel thing. I thought I had seen that but was unsure
Wendy have you been watching the follow up shows where Mary Berry and Paul cook their dishes the right way. Quite fun.
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