I have just blown my 17 year old ds's mind....

[BertrandRussell]

He was late this morning so I did his lunch for him. I made a cake yesterday that was iced on the top only, so I cut a slice in half and turned the top bit over so the icing was In the middle and wouldn't get everywhere. He has just texted genuinely amazed at my brilliance. Who knew being supermum was so easy.......

"unbread shaped" = like circular ham slices. Quarter the ham and put the pointy corners in the corners of the bread.

zzzzz I cant believe Ive reached the age I have without realising how that's how you do it

@BertrandRussell. You mentioned Death of Salesman! I did that for A level about a hunderd years ago . It was fab. At around the same time Dustin Hoffman was in it on Broadway. Our English Lit teacher was always talking about "Hoffman's Willy". Made a group of teenage girls giggle.
Anyway, as you were, back to cake....

My triplets are 34y 5m and have never had refined sugar. I feel sorry for your children

Actually Johnny you're children would be referred to as 413 months...

I showed my 16 year old dd how to pierce a tube of something by turning the lid over and using the pointy spike to break the foil..
She was so mind blown she had to Snapchat it

This is actually a good idea.

I expect to see it on a list of "FIFTEEN INSANE LUNCHBOX HACKS THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND" soon.

zzzzz I challenge you to use your 'unbread shaped' technique on Billy Bear without causing a child psychological harm.

JohnnyMcGrath You could have unrealistic expectations of your young children. I think they might be eating it behind your back.

I wouldn't have thought of this!

@Ironfloor269 this is the easiest chocolate cake in the world. I use sour cream instead of milk and lemon juice but no real need. And I just shove chocolate butter cream on top instead of faffing with a ganache.

You're making lunch for a 17 year old

He was late for college school and you enabled/rewarded him by making said lunch

You're giving him sugar for a college school lunch

You're raising a man child who will expect women to do everything for him. I pity his future spouse

If I pity his future spouse already, clearly you're going to be a MIL from hell

You only ice one bit of the cake so you make shit cakes. Then post about it on MN in some sort of stealth boast

Have I missed anything?

I'm sure you don't actually make shit cakes, by the way it really was meant as a joke

ForniteIsTheNewCrack I’m so glad I read that whole post, I was about to rop into you. 🤣

Ah yes, done the round ham cutting switchy corner thing With Danish salami (other salamis are available), cut two slices in half, offer straight edge to bread on all 4 sides. Third slice is placed artistically in the middle.

But the vanilla slice ?? That's a life-changing moment for me

I remember my DD age 9 was massively impressed once when I was helping her dress up as an alien for a party. She wanted to have green legs so we dug our some really lurid green tights but she was disappointed to find they had a rather large hole.... until I suggested we cut several more holes so she could have spotty green legs! She thought this was utter genius and I went up in her estimation considerably!

If your bread is traditional with a risen top then obviously, a semicircle of the filling goes in that and then the other half slice is cut in two to fit the bottom corners.

I saw Death of a Salesman last weekend with Don Warrington, Maureen Beattie and a good supporting cast - still got a few more days and the Manchester Royal Exchange if anyone's interested.

You are all so lucky you have valuable contributions to make. My years of y’know, being alive, getting a degree, post grad degree, having multiple jobs and two dc has rendered me incapable of anything except for ‘mum cliches’ and being on the end of. a general air of embarrassment and disgust. If my 15yr dd’s eyes rolled back any further into her head they’d get stuck .

I'm 44 and I'm impressed by that one! That is the kind of common sense thing that I NEVER seem to work out for myself.

If someone ruined my cake in such a way, it would ruin my whole day... whole life probably. I saw that on Pinterest, it is the most ridiculous “hack” I have ever seen and made perfectly good cake look so unappetising.

Op you are a genius !

unicycletheif

Turn over the top of a vanilla slice! My world has imploded. Do you get the same taste sensation or is it like eating a chocolate biscuit biscuit side up???

I did Death of a Saleman a zillion years ago also. Saw it in Sheffield whilst visiting my dB at uni. Quite a sad play, I thought.