24-07-2023, 07:09 PM
We had a coal range when I was young. One year my sister and I, 11 and 9 years old, decided to make a birthday cake as a surprise for mum as she was out for the afternoon. We rushed home from school and stoked up the fire, mixed a sponge cake and put it into the oven as soon as the gauge got to the right temperature- not realising that we needed to let the fire die down or the temperature just keeps on rising.
Mum came home to 2 very dejected girls in a rather smoky kitchen - the cake was solid black on the outside while still runny on the inside
By then of course the oven had settled down and together we made another cake which the whole family appreciated
Everything mum cooked turned out beautifully.
Mum came home to 2 very dejected girls in a rather smoky kitchen - the cake was solid black on the outside while still runny on the inside
By then of course the oven had settled down and together we made another cake which the whole family appreciated
Everything mum cooked turned out beautifully.