Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Saturday 11 August 2018

Putting It In....

It's Saturday....
Time for "Sound of the 60's" 
&
Tea in bed!
 Has some fun playing with the gear stick..
Now for breakfast...
The time was going fast...
 
 
 Puts the Angel Cake in the car ready to take part in the local Bake Off comp.
 
I hand my cake in and pay £3.
Now to enjoy cake & coffee
Has a go on the raffle..
My cake got judged...
 I didn't make the top 3...
I however I did make the fifth spot out of the eleven.
Hubby won some Dove products off his raffle ticket.
 Now to get back home for a light snack..
More Bake Off...
Hubby did my dad's shopping.
Now for chop chop...
Steak,with vegetables...
We caught up with the first episode of Masterchief...
Food shopping will have to wait until Wednesday...
Amazing what with little money,
Some great meals I can cook...
More playtime using my hands....

Friday 10 August 2018

Give Me An Angel Anytime!

Woo Hoo it's here...
*Friday*
 Chill with tea↓
 
 Coffee and toast time..
 
 No sun out today.
Fed the ducks around the lake.
 
 Met my friend for a chat.
It started to rain, so we all took shelter...
Went back to hers for coffee.
Strocked her doggies..
 
 
 Said goodbye.
Dropped the newspaper around at my dads.
 
 
 
 Just got home,
The thunder, rain and hail stones...
 
 
 
 The wind got up and was knocking over my plants...↓↓
 I gave up on the chocolate cake I made yesterday.
Out came the reliable Kenny the Kenwood.
 After using 8 eggs, I done the first butterless sponge.
 I had to nip to Asda to get more eggs, coconut and strawberries...
Made another sponge....
 Angel Cake

 The Chocolate cake is going with hubby to work on Monday, to raise money for Dementia Charity.
Now to put my warm hands to more good use.....


Thursday 9 August 2018

Drama & Crisis Rolled Into Cake!

Today was the day I was going to make that cake.....
I got out of the house to get some milk from Lidl...
 
 
 I asked in Lidl if they sold the Wonky box.
They didn't :(
 Dunelm selling nice stuff...↑↑
Now to start on the cake finally...
Wrote out the recipe..
 Things didn't start brilliantly when I discovered we had no coco powder!
Into Sexy Beast to get some...
 
 
 I decide to use Kane the Kenwood this time.
It didn't help, that as soon I turned him on.
He went way too fast, and I lost most of the mixture through the gaping hole of the lid...
 I added some more mixture, and poured it into the cake tins..
Into the oven it went...
Time for much needed Coffee....
 Once the chocolate sponges were cooled down, I knew I was going to have problems...
I made the peppermint chocolate mix to go in the middle of the cake. The top sponge was falling apart. I add the shiny chocolate for the top of the cake....
Oh dear, this isn't going to end right....
I made a chocolate collar and put it in the fridge to set...
In the meantime...
It's tea time...
 Chop Chop Time.
 Vegetables in Creamy Mustard Sauce with Chorizo
To the sound of groans in my house..
Back to watch more Bake Off... 


 

Wednesday 8 August 2018

Ready,Willing & Able....

Welcome to my hump of the week!
I decided to give the walk around the running track a miss this week..
Instead I was going for a walk around the lake with my kids...
Nice to have some coffee and toast...
I did some job hunting.
Applied for two jobs.
Lots of copying and pasting my qualifications from one application form to another.... 
Off to see my dad in the Sexy Beast.
 
 
  Big big sunglasses back on...
Saw my dad for a bit.
Back home for a light lunch before our walk.
 Dark clouds coming over..
Fingers crossed it's not going to rain..
 
 Waits around for the people to walk around the lake with. By 1pm no one appeared, so we started to walk as a trio.
 Those dark clouds are coming nearer.
 Smoke coming off my trainers...
 The clouds coming nearer...
 Finished!
 Gets home before the rain starts...
Bake off series 1 we start to watch.
Comes back from Job with some tubes for our Gerbils...
 
 Enjoyed a ice lolly...↓↓
 
 There is a break from the rain.
Time for chop chop..
 West Country Chicken:
 Savoy Cabbage,
 Chopped onion
, Garlic,
 Chick peas,
 Worcestershire sauce,
 Chopped chicken 
&
 Cooked in cider
 My baking hand started itching...
I quickly made:
Mango, cherry, caramel, & pecan tart
 Managed to keep my eyes open to watch the final of Bake Off Series 1.
I will start on cake tomorrow....
Even if I have to chain myself to Kane the Kenwood......