One becomes Three

So the cake baked away happily in my lovely new oven for just under three hours before I removed it fully cooked and smelling delicious, I coated it again with alcohol as per instructions and then waited the five mins before removing from the tin, this proved to be more difficult than it should have been, due mainly to the fact that my spring loaded tin had a lip on the base and I couldn't slide the cake onto the board. Considering how much fruit went into the cake it was no wonder it was heavy and proved too heavy and awkward for my small hands, thus I now have three cakes, one half and two quarters, so the half is going away from Christmas and My Beloved and I will work our way through the two quarters over the next couple of days, although having given me a 10/10 for Christmas cake My Beloved might have trouble making it last that long.

Whilst the cake had been baking I took myself of to the gym, the smell of the cake mix travelling all the way down the stairwell to the gym gave me incentive to pedal faster, and I'm still watching Bones whilst pedalling just now, so every now and then I burst out laughing, I really do love that series. So I giggled my way through one hour and forty minutes of Bones before falling into the shower, I really should have left the showering until after I had hoovered and washed the floors as it really is hot work.

Apparently it's winter, Rafael told us this when he informed us the pool is sitting at about 30 degrees now as it is on its winter settings. Lou Lou would love it if she was still here, she would be able to swim everyday again, and I could throw cake at her.

Trip to the Supermarket 

The big guy at the back was around three and half foot long, but god was he ugly