Red Nose

I'm still sniffing and coughing.  I've done absolutely no training at all this week, and have struggled to walk uphill with Freaky as I seemed to get out of breath.  I'm also very grumpy.  Good grief.

So as I have no training to write about, and as it's Red Nose Day on Friday, and I have a red nose, here's my Red Nose Day Cake recipe...

Red Nose Day Chocolate Cake

225g   Plain Flour

50g     Cocoa Powder (e.g. Bournville)

1 level tsp Bicarbonate of soda

¼ tsp   Salt

275g   Caster sugar

100g    Soft tub margarine (e.g. Stork)

¼ pint  Mix of half milk half water

2           Medium eggs

Grease two 20cm cake tins

1.             Bung everything into a large bowl. 

2.             Beat for exactly one minute either with an electric mixer or with lots of energy.

3.             Put half in each tin and cook in a moderate oven (180C) for about 30 minutes.  They should feel springy to the touch.

4.             When they're cool, sandwich together with buttercream (100g soft marg, 200g icing sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla essence, all beaten together) and put the cake on a plate or board.

5.             Cover in white 'ready to roll' icing bought from any supermarket.  Don't buy the 'ready rolled' stuff - it tastes like chewing gum...

6.             Cut out some red spots (you can use the top of a spice jar, it's about the right size), dampen them with a little water on a paintbrush and stick them all over the cake.

7.             Add a big red ribbon!

So that's it.  If I'm still red nosed and ill next weekend there won't be a blog.  There'll be a big empty space and a Very Cross Sarah.

Well, unless Wales have won the rugby in which case I may have to GLOAT!