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Nancy Kelly Quits Stonewall

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OhHolyJesus · 10/07/2023 14:34

The tweet, sharing without comment. For now at least!

https://twitter.com/nancymmk/status/1678389649515982849?s=46&t=3vhGKDq77qvuwlnTiE6jg

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JanesLittleGirl · 11/07/2023 16:13

OK, confession time. I have no knowledge of or interest in cooking but I'm very keen on eating. I only go into the kitchen to eat breakfast or to pour a glass of wine. DH does the cooking but has never baked a cake. Fortunately, his Mum is a baking angel. She bakes loads of fruit cakes and a perfect chocolate sponge with chocolate fudge icing (perfect with cream). But my absolute favourite is a plain sponge that is so light that it is only the weight of the lemon curd and whipped cream filling that stops it from floating away.

RebelliousCow · 11/07/2023 16:06

Slothtoes · 11/07/2023 16:04

Hold on, Welshcakes though lovely aren’t actually cakes, though, are they. A bit like seahorses, or ladybirds…

Why are you doing this cake thing. Seriously? It is annoying trying to sift through the pages trying to see if there is anything of relevence.

Slothtoes · 11/07/2023 16:04

Hold on, Welshcakes though lovely aren’t actually cakes, though, are they. A bit like seahorses, or ladybirds…

RebelliousCow · 11/07/2023 16:03

Are people seriously going to fill up this thread with this cake stuff?
Wouldn't it be better to leave some space for discussion of the consequences of Nancy Kelly quitting?

RedToothBrush · 11/07/2023 16:03

ArabeIIaScott · 11/07/2023 15:40

same. I don't discriminate like some of these bigots. I guess you could say I am pancakeual.

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I am going to be controversial here and say, I don't just like cake.

I like beer too.

Slothtoes · 11/07/2023 16:00

You’re all ridiculous and it’s coffee and walnut cake all the way. Apple Welsh cake sounds delicious but surely it must make the cake too wet? Recipe please if you have one?

Where is NK off to? Who is the successor? Will she apologise to LGB people for not representing them? Will Stonewall compensate all the public bodies that they have misled with Stonelaw?

MavisMcMinty · 11/07/2023 15:59

Also, because I have an Aga that’s unregulatable temperature-wise and is usually MADWOMAN HOT, I do all cake recipes in muffin cases, as they cook more quickly and evenly than a big cake.

MavisMcMinty · 11/07/2023 15:56

I can only make three cakes - Nigella’s chocolate cherry cake, Nigel Slater’s triple ginger cake, and Victoria sponge because I love that the recipe I learnt from starts with “First weigh your eggs”.

(I also make shortbread biscuits but this isn’t about biscuits.)

Nigelladamascena · 11/07/2023 15:53

All cake is valid, acceptance without exception.

Chersfrozenface · 11/07/2023 15:43

@ArabeIIaScott equally comfortable with a crêpe or a galette, eh?

Boiledbeetle · 11/07/2023 15:42

ArabeIIaScott · 11/07/2023 15:40

same. I don't discriminate like some of these bigots. I guess you could say I am pancakeual.

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Controversial take there from @Nigelladamascena and @ArabeIIaScott

ohhhhhh GIF
ArabeIIaScott · 11/07/2023 15:40

Nigelladamascena · 11/07/2023 15:36

I am here for all the cake 🎂.

same. I don't discriminate like some of these bigots. I guess you could say I am pancakeual.

Nigelladamascena · 11/07/2023 15:36

I am here for all the cake 🎂.

WickedSerious · 11/07/2023 15:26

My mother used to make a cake with raisins and chunks of apple in it,I think it was called 'bonfire cake.'

viques · 11/07/2023 15:10

Chersfrozenface · 11/07/2023 14:30

I mean who puts Apple's in a cake?

There's a traditional variant on Welsh cakes where you put in grated apple instead of currants (cheaper, what with apples being grown locally, unlike grapes).

Speaking of Welsh cakes, anyone who ever visits Cardiff, go to Bakestones in the indoor market. Drool!

In the aforementioned garden tea room we used to celebrate apple day every autumn , and the tradition was that each of the volunteers would bring in an apple themed cake. I have to say there were some stunners. One volunteer was German and used to bring a couple of amazing apple cakes in.

My own apple themed cake won first prize at our local town show, the Mayor ( judge) himself said it was the best cake he had ever eaten , and I think it is fair to say he had eaten a few in his time. I haven’t made it for a few years, because it is a complete faff, my go to cake these days is a lot simpler.

Emotionalsupportviper · 11/07/2023 15:08

And also that some people were very demanding and forward in asking for the extra crusty drizzled bits. Especially if they fell off the cake slice but they considered them part of their portion.

Damn right they're part of my portion.

LEMON DRIZZLE IS THE BEST CAKE!

(Coffee and walnut is pretty good ,too)

IcakethereforeIam · 11/07/2023 15:08

ProtectAndTerf · 11/07/2023 15:01

Just find some celery that identifies as cake - job done. After all that's exactly the same thing...

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How about cake that identifies as celery? Or, it's not for me, but < blergh> carrot cake is carrot.

viques · 11/07/2023 15:03

I used to volunteer at a garden tea room on the odd Sunday and I since I am no longer bound by their code of confidentiality I can reveal that lemon drizzle was always the first cake to sell out. And also that some people were very demanding and forward in asking for the extra crusty drizzled bits. Especially if they fell off the cake slice but they considered them part of their portion.

Emotionalsupportviper · 11/07/2023 15:02

All this talk of "too much cream" and "leftover "wine, yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes - come on!

We're gender critical here - that means we don't believe fairy stories.

(Honestly - some people must just think our heids button up the back or summit 🙄)

ProtectAndTerf · 11/07/2023 15:01

SinnerBoy · 11/07/2023 14:24

I feel very sad, because I've just started a keto diet, because of high blood pressure and being a fat knacker.

You are all torturing me with talk and pictures of lovely cakes.

sniff

Just find some celery that identifies as cake - job done. After all that's exactly the same thing...

Emotionalsupportviper · 11/07/2023 15:00

Boiledbeetle · 11/07/2023 13:15

You're safe. When they realised it was a woman trying to report a woman they hung up.

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😂

IcakethereforeIam · 11/07/2023 14:59

Have a lovely time 😁

Chersfrozenface · 11/07/2023 14:58

IcakethereforeIam · 11/07/2023 14:50

Ooh, would you consider having a cornish split for me?

Be pleased to. Might even post a photo.

Emotionalsupportviper · 11/07/2023 14:58

JanesLittleGirl · 11/07/2023 12:51

I now have a mental image of a bowl of cream-filled chocolate profiteroles with so much double cream poured over them that it's lapping the edge of the bowl.

Your bowl obviously isn't big enough.

IcakethereforeIam · 11/07/2023 14:50

Ooh, would you consider having a cornish split for me?

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