Is a cake appropriate??????

Zed42

I think that is a lovely idea

It doesn't matter whether or not they like cake / eat cake / allergic to cake ... the thought is beautiful and I would appreciate it far more than anything else :j

full-time-mum

Nix143 wrote:

What do you think? Too stingy? At the minute it's about all I can afford to be honest.

1. Is a cake appropriate as a thank you in this situation? What else would you do?

Cake is a lovely idea - they've obviously been so busy that they won't have had time themselves! I often give cake as a thank you, or sometimes jam/chutney depending on what is available.

If you are around when the fence arrives, do think it would be appropriate to offer to help erect it?
I always think that I might not be able to offer cash, but I can offer time - what do others think?

Nix143

ana123 wrote:

This is a gorgeous and easy cake to do and they will love it! You need a food processor though unless you want to chop up the orange by hand. Also it might need a trip to the shops - it costs £3.34 exactly to make but that doesn't include the cost of the left over ingredients. (Tesco's prices)
Chocolate orange cake
1 large orange
6 eggs
1 heaped tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarb soda
200g ground almonds
250g caster sugar
50g cocoa

1 boil the orange for about 2 hours or until soft.
2 when the orange is cold put it and everything else in a food processor ( if you have one). mix it all together then put in a tin and bake in the oven for and hour on 180c or gas mark 4.

Trust me it's delicious and fool proof!

Hi ana, that sounds like even a recipe I can't get wrong.

Couple of questions
1. Whizz the WHOLE orange? Skin and eveything? What about the pips? WIll Gladys want them back? Sorry, couldn't resist
2. What size cake tin? I've dug out two round ones, both of different sizes, think one if a 7" and one an 8" which was why I put off doing a Victoria sponge - or is it a loaf tin? In which case I am stuffed. Does it matter?

Thanks, Nix xx

x_raphael_xx

angeluk69 wrote:

I would love it if a neighbour was to bake me a cake, I regularly cut the neighbours'(on both sides) grass and don't even get a word of thanx, they just grunt at me and ask when I am coming round again.

So I go and bake my own cake....

Send them a mowing bill!! :rotfl:

x_raphael_xx

beachbeth wrote:

I would also love it if a neighbour baked me a cake. As said before, even if I didn't like cake or couldn't eat it I would appreciate the gesture.

I once baked fairy cakes and tomato soup (which was very hard to give away because my family love it!).which I gave to my neighbours as a thank you. They just gave back the empty tins a few days later and barely said thanks! So I didn't bother again. I didn't expect them to be gushing about it but they acted like they didn't really appreciate it at all! (I know its not my cooking by the way!:D)

Um...fairy cakes with tomato soup? or 2 separate dishes??:rolleyes:

freyasmum

Nix143 wrote:

Hi ana, that sounds like even a recipe I can't get wrong.

Couple of questions
1. Whizz the WHOLE orange? Skin and eveything? What about the pips? WIll Gladys want them back? Sorry, couldn't resist

Thanks, Nix xx

I was wondering that, too!

jordylass

ana123 wrote:

Chocolate orange cake
1 large orange
6 eggs
1 heaped tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarb soda
200g ground almonds
250g caster sugar
50g cocoa

I'd like to try this, but does it really have no flour?

tawnyowls

Penelope_Penguin wrote:

I agree with Snowyowls, I can't think of an inappropriate time for cake!

No, no, wrong owl!:D

tawnyowls

jordylass wrote:

I'd like to try this, but does it really have no flour?

Gosh, I remember making this one for a work 'do'! The ground almonds work just like flour, although it makes a heavier, more moist cake with a slightly gritty texture. Not good for people with nut allergies obviously, but I remember it being very yummy indeed.

razra

The choc orange cake sounds yummy but I dont have any ground almonds do you think I would be able to sub them for sr flour?

TIA