A new academic year means a new cake competition! And I have been a faithful participant since 2016. I registered again this year. And in the third week of first rounds, it was my turn. And earlier in the year I had baked a pear cake, which I liked, so I had decided to enter that.
I baked the night before. Neil came over and helped by peeling the pears. It was a bit hectic! But together we got it done at such a time we could still go to bed at a reasonable time.
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| Done! Mini tart for Neil. |
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| Delivered at work |
I was up against a chocolate cake. And I hadn't tried my own cake yet. It was nice to try them both! I thought mine was quite successful. And so was the chocolate cake, but these are traditionally not very successful in this competition. But a faithful email would let me know about the outcome had been.
I had lost! And my opponent had been a chap I sometimes have lunch with. He isn't actually officially in our School, but we have a lab that can accommodate him, while his own School can't. So he's based in one of our buildings now. He is a nice chap!
I always feel a bit two minds about winning a round in the cake competition. It's always nice to win something, but in general, I do prefer to do my baking when it's convenient, and not in the middle of a week that is probably quite busy anyway. So I'm happy like this! And I'll just do my duty judging in the competition for the rest of the year. And then try again next year…
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