in a right royal huff about cake recategorisation

[Slubberdegullion]

cor. I haven't done AIBU for an age, but I am I know I am (bu) and need some get some get a grips and bridge rebuilding tips.

For the last 3 years I have donated a decorated Christmas cake to the school Christmas fair raffle.

Last night I get an e-mail asking for its weight as THE PTA POWERS THAT BE have decided to put it into a 'guess the weight of the cake' comp and not in the raffle.

I know, OUTRAGEOUS isn't it? Man they have a nerve.

So I sent a few hoity e-mails.

Then I went to bed and had a lemsip and now have realised I am a giant precious-cake arse.

Oh, I love the purple one! I'd rather win that. I've never seen a cool purple cake like that.

hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaah slubber you are a girl genius!

You know how medieval plough furrows can be seen from the air...I am concerned that there may be a similar archaeological reveal on top of the cake. Icing slowly sinks and the words emerge in their full embossed glory...at the fair or worse, on some unsuspecting family's tea table on xmas day.

At my school we had a guess the weight of the dead possum. The possum was in a plastic carrier bag so we didn't have to touch it! i did not win.

Dammit, am no good at stealth, but slubber is a goddess in the mornings

Did someone win the dfead possum then Horopu?

They love your cake.:)

A bit disappointed: I thought this would be about whetehr jaffa cakes were biscuits.

Well I once baked the most spectacularly perfect example of cakery you've EVER seen for the school cake sale. It was an immaculate Victoria Sandwich filled with very expensive cherry jam and fresh whipped cream. I walked into the hall, so proud of my cake, went to take the lid of with a flourish (could almost hear the trumpet fanfare in the background) and a teacher walked in and said:

'Is that a whole large cake?'

'Yes' I announced proudly, 'It's fresh cream and che...'

'Oh, Good, I needed a whole cake. I'll have it'.

And she took the tin from my hands without even looking in it, paid her three measly fucking pounds 50p (the going rate for inferior large cakes ) and marched out of the hall.

I didn't even get to put it on the table. No-one saw it. No-one realised the extent of my baking genius.

That scarred me for life that did.

No, they did not win the possum Mumsnut There were heaps of prizes (as they say here in NZ) so I am sure it was something good.

It was our school's annual possum purge. People have a weekend to shoot/trap as many as they can. The possums are plucked of their fur and the fur is sold.

it sounds mean but possums are not good for native NZ birds e.g. kiwis and are a real menace.

We do not do a Christmas fair at any of the sschools I am involved with so I am loving this thread (1st year not living in the UK).

I'm not surprised Fellatio. You probably need some therapy to get over something like that. I am never going to put myself up for cake oneupmanship, I will only lose :(

Thank you for your understanding LB. I wanted my cake to go on Slubber's top podium of importance.

and THIS is why i will only ever do rocky road.

i love the marzipan level. genius.

Horopu - my dad would love the sound of that! He used to earn his picket money trapping possums with his bro (everyone in England thinks this is mental, I did a school report about it once and my teacher was extremely bewildered!)

Pocket rather.

Both cakes are awesome, slub!

Thank you all for your kind words. Am fretting slightly about Chippy's medieval plough furrow prediction, not sure quite how I will explain myself out of that one.

panettoiny re smooth sides - 1 big round piece of icing, put on cake, cake on cake turntable. Then with smoother in hand you turn and smooth, turn and smooth. It's a most satisfying activity.

LOVE the guess the possum weight game

Fellatio your story is the stuff of my nightmares. i feel your ongoing pain there.

I am going to need counselling following fellatio's story. Sounds nomulous.

Slubber, have no fear. It is like a magic cake spreading kindness and goodness with its magic message beneath. God bless us every one.

Re-zips. :-I

Thanks for the green egg btw, 'twas yummy. No go on the plumber today I'm afraid.
[could go round and tell you this in person but it's too cold and I can't be arsed emoticon]

That's ok, thought so and CBa to shift stuff in outhouse. I have many clean knickers and if I run out will shave to buy new lingerie :). I did hand wash bras, which were frozen solid with icicles within 30 mins. Impressive!

Omg how embarrassing iPad spellcheck fail!

I will have to buy new lingerie, not change the style I buy to accommodate a briefer style.

Runs away.

LOL

pmsl at the PTA message!

It was a very purple cake slubber... but gorgeous all the same.

brambleboooks- I am wondering what you will be shaving to afford lingerie ... maybe you were doing a charity Movember type thing???

slub from this day forth i expect you to place a marzipan message under every icing eiderdown. i think it's delightful. (but wish you had gone with BALD's original suggestion).

seriously though, how lovely to eat a cake that has 'god bless us, every one' or some such hidden in the marzi. i totally think you are on to something there.

i heart slub & her cake dilemmas, even if she did beat me in the Great Mumsnet Victoria Sponge Fix Competition.
No hard feelings, honest.

though I am quite astounded that she used fondant icing on a fruit cake - it really should be royal icing.