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to be furious with dh for eating cakes he knew were destined for the bin!

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alfrex · 21/01/2013 14:57

OK. I bake a lot. And sometimes my cakes are beautiful, and we all enjoy them. But sometimes it does not go so well and the cakes come out sunk or burnt or still wet in the middle (if dh would get the fan fixed on the oven this would happen a lot less often, but that's another thread)

There is a system, dh and the children are well aware of it. If the cakes are good to eat, they either go in a freezer bag for later use, or in a sealed tin for use over the week, or on a plate on the side so that they can be eaten now. DH knows this and I never complain about him "sampling" even if th cakes are meant for after dinner or whatever. I bake a lot so there is usually something there if he fancies a nibble.

If the cakes are not up to scratch, they go in the bin as soon as they are cooled (or as soon as dh empties the bin - there's another thread there!)

so this morning dh saunters into the kitchen to get himself breakfast. I come in and find him cramming his mouth with the burnt, crappy cakes that were sitting in the bun tray by the bin. I was really pissed off and had a go at him for it. I can make really nice cakes and I make plenty of them, so he has no need to wind me up and embarrass me by eating the ones that have gone wrong. He know it is a pet hate of mine.

so he strops off to work having called me a "control freak" in front of our children who were sitting having their breakfast. I am Not Happy.

OP posts:
ScarletWomanoftheVillage · 21/01/2013 18:25

Actually, op, seriously, thanks for this thread. I do hope it's made you laugh as much as it has everyone else. A funny afternoon's entertainment and no doubt you will enjoy the hilarious comments you invited when you created this burnt cakes alf Rex thread. Good one.

Grin
atacareercrossroads · 21/01/2013 18:26

Move along folks, there's muffin to see here.....

weegiemum · 21/01/2013 18:27

THis is beyond parody now!

Allinonebucket · 21/01/2013 18:27

Oh, thanks! Maybe I am in the wrong business. I'll become a poet, and make my millions!

Lorelailovesluke · 21/01/2013 18:27

ata that made me chuckle

EugenesAxe · 21/01/2013 18:27

Sorry but I think you are a bit weird.

  1. If you bake so much, why aren't your cakes always perfect? Like Gwendoline says... I bake maybe once a week on average and in about 26 years I've had one cake that was a bit pants. I've not had any that were inedible.

  2. If it's not bad enough for him, don't waste it!

Floaty Grin

DreamsTurnToGoldDust · 21/01/2013 18:28

Let them eat cake,

Or,

One mans burnt cake is anothers black forest gateau.

DreamsTurnToGoldDust · 21/01/2013 18:29

And, I wonder if this is a gentle reminder that Bake Off is on tonight (well celeb z list, but still).

CuriousMama · 21/01/2013 18:29

YABU think of the birds!!! they'd love a bit of cake. Although I make proper bird cake for them but even so yours would do I'm sure?

minibmw2010 · 21/01/2013 18:30

Watch GBBO tonight for some tips off Mary Berry and you'll never burn a cake again. GrinGrin

Honestly - get a grip on yourself !!!

CheCazzo · 21/01/2013 18:33

OP's DH

nicelyneurotic · 21/01/2013 18:34

Mmm I prefer burnt cake. Your husband obviously likes it too! Some of us don't mind things a bit burnt. Don't stress about it, let him eat the reject cakes if he wants to.

ScarletWomanoftheVillage · 21/01/2013 18:35

Checazzo! You just made me guffaw!

SummerRainIsADistantMemory · 21/01/2013 18:35

On a positive note, this thread has distracted me nicely today from my sore ankle, throbbing tooth and general feeling a bit pantness. So thank you op Thanks

(although, if you are in fact serious, please do consider getting some help for your control issues. It must be exhausting living like this)

alfrex · 21/01/2013 18:35

OK. I am back. Some answers.

No, my dh is not fat. He is fit and healthy and that is in large part because I manage his diet properly. Everything in moderation.

Yes I am good at baking actually. Evryone who has eaten my cakes agrees. The cakes dh was eating were put out for the bin

What kind of cakes were they? Well since you ask they were a recipe for lemon drizzle cake which is made much of on here. And it didn't work.

DH and I have had words over dinner, we were civil and it is now sorted. He won't be doing it again. He also brought me flowers which he Knows I love, and he stripped off all the spare foliage and arranged them in a vase so I know he is definitely sorry!

Thank you to those of you who understood. Andto the rest of you who were rude - F* Off!

OP posts:
CheCazzo · 21/01/2013 18:36

Seriously? You can't make a lemon drizzle cake? I'm embarrassed for you! I can knock those out with my eyes closed!

MunchkinsMumof2 · 21/01/2013 18:37

Snort at such a controlling and deluded OP, your poor poor dh.

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 21/01/2013 18:39

Who exactly were "the people who understood"? I want their names and badges.

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 21/01/2013 18:39

Are you the same poster who was mortally offended that your DH would season his food before having tasted it?

DialsMavis · 21/01/2013 18:39

Is he incapable of managing his own diet then?

CotherMuckingFunt · 21/01/2013 18:39

Vistaprint have offers on stamps all the time. Get one saying 'condemned' and then your silly silly silly greedy pig of a husband will never make such a seemingly innocuous, yet thoroughly insulting, error again.

DialsMavis · 21/01/2013 18:40

You do sound pretty terrifying.

HerRoyalNotness · 21/01/2013 18:40

slubber Grin It is truly the tool to get to the root of all frustrations and to add a few more

D0oinMeCleanin · 21/01/2013 18:40

Is it twilight zone week on MN?

Confused
Flossiechops · 21/01/2013 18:40

Ha ha ha ha ha ha hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahah!!! Oh your serious op?! Really?!!

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