....on licking the bowl

[British Red]

Just finished the last batch of Jul cakes. I only do 4 at a time...even with my monster mixing bowls and spoons thats my limit.

On my own today so I get to lick all the bowls

My mates kid had never licked cake mix out of a bowl. Is that child abuse?

 

[Robbi]

Mummy mummy can I lick the bowl..........no dear, pull the chain like everyone else.

 

[Macaroon]

Yes, it is!............The tradition when I was a kid was that the eldest got first go, then down through the ranks, and the onlookers would chant "yum yum pig's bum, wrapped up in chewing gum", and if you still had your finger in the bowl at the end of that phrase you got a drubbing from your siblings..................................

 

[Clouston98]

Surely in some form or other...

 

[British Red]

Surely in some form or other...

Nope....they buy cakes. Sad

All my best memories are of my parents spending time with me - not money.

 

[Tengu]

me too. As an only child I got it all

 

[santaman2000]

Yes; it's got to be a form of abuse
Yes; time is a better thing than money

 

[Stew]

My wife has a worry about the raw egg in cake mix. Makes me sigh!

 

[British Red]

I'm still here Stew! The eggs I use were up a chicken two hours before I cracked them and they have never made me ill yet. I like my fried eggs nice and runny too

 

[Stew]

Yep, never caused me a problem either.

More worrying, it never caused her a problem as a kid either.

 

[Gooner]

What is a Jul cake?
Thanks

 

[Macaroon]

On a really cold and damp morning, if I'm off and out before daylight I'm very fond of a couple of raw eggs lightly stirred in a glass with a little white pepper and a small shot of a good dry sherry, then down in one.

Then stop somewhere a couple of hours later and cook the bacon and bannock Happy days!

 

[British Red]

What is a Jul cake?
Thanks

I'll do you a picture when they come out of the oven

 

[andybysea]

My middle daughter started helping her mum early on (she's now ten) she now goes into the kitchen herself to knock up a batch of cakes only simple stuff but she enjoys it, only down side is i have to clean up the flour that she's missed(which tends to be alot).

 

[John Fenna]

I gave up licking the bowl when I grew my beard ... now I just scrape it out with my well licked finger!
It IS Child Abuse not to let em lick the bowl (Safeguarding Young People page 50,001 section A subsection iii clause 15b line 5002) I know - I just did my training for the 47th time!

 

[British Red]

My middle daughter started helping her mum early on (she's now ten) she now goes into the kitchen herself to knock up a batch of cakes only simple stuff but she enjoys it, only down side is i have to clean up the flour that she's missed(which tends to be alot).

It'll be worth it later - my daughter always bakes for me when she comes home or a visit - and she is a fantastic baker - far better than I am. Artistic too - I love her icecream cakes

Sams Cakes by British Red, on Flickr

 

[British Red]

What is a Jul cake?
Thanks

Here we go Jul (Yule) cake. A bit like Christmas cake but no icing or marzipan and the like. decorated with candied fruit and nuts.

Jul Cakes by British Red, on Flickr

 

[bilmo-p5]

Here we go Jul (Yule) cake. A bit like Christmas cake but no icing or marzipan and the like. decorated with candied fruit and nuts.

Jul Cakes by British Red, on Flickr

A nice slice of Danish Blue with that...

dribbling just typing it.

 

[santaman2000]

Ahh, fruitcake then? Now you've got me hungry as well.

 

[Gooner]

Thanks Red they look really tasty.