A nice discovery about cake, and a cautionary tale

[CarterBeatsTheDevil]

1. You can improvise a very decent jam and coconut sponge by spreading some raspberry jam on a fairy cake or madeleine and then dipping it in some dessicated coconut.

But:

1. Do make sure that what you are spooning from is a jar of jam, and not a jar of Italian tomato sauce.

Thank you for the tip! How did it taste?!

In a way, it was a taste sensation 😬

Definitely taken on board!

Have you tried coating in chocolate spread (make sure it's not gravy!) before the coconut?

I once grabbed the wrong can in the bathroom and sprayed hairspray under my arms.

Ooh, that sounds excellent too!

Tomato sauce! 😂

To be fair I think this kind of accidental experimentation is how Heston Blumenthal comes up with half of his concoctions! Quick - open a pop-up restaurant OP and reap the benefits of alternative cuisine combinations!

my tip would be that piece of cheese you are about to eat off the chopping board is in fact garlic 9 times out of 10.

Argh! It's not even the taste, it's the jarring difference between what you thought you were eating and what you are eating