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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:
OwlCatMouse · 21/01/2013 19:05

The famous Marslady lemon drizzle cake

www.mumsnet.com/Recipes/i/871-Lemon-drizzle-cake

trixymalixy · 21/01/2013 19:06

Your poor husband, you really are bonkers. And a control freak.

ToomuchWaternotWine · 21/01/2013 19:06

Trying for one second to take this seriously, everything I was thinking was explained much more eloquently than I could by hecate I think you should go back and read her posts, OP, for your own good.

OwlCatMouse · 21/01/2013 19:07

Seriously

"Mix all the ingredients together. Put in lined tray. Bake for about 30-40 mins (until knife comes out clean). Prick cake with fork and pour over some warm lemon juice (see below. "

It really is as easy as it gets.

weegiemum · 21/01/2013 19:07

I'M a Geography teacher! I bake cakes. Sometimes they get a bit burnt. We eat them anyway.

Being a Geog teacher says nothing about your dh. I've worked with screaming queens, militant lesbians, ex-sahms and otherwise working people.

Being a geog teacher gives you no say on cake-viability!!

PessaryPam · 21/01/2013 19:07

I think it can be carcinogenic, that's why burnt toast with butter tastes so good.

Growlithe · 21/01/2013 19:07

I thought you were my next door neighbours until you said geography teacher. He's a dentist.

Bottleoffish · 21/01/2013 19:08

they were lemon drizzle fairy cakes for heavens sake, and the recipe was no good. That is why they were going in the bin. Not sure how much simpler I can be.

Recipe? Oven? You do know a good workman never blames his tools, don't you?!

FloatyBeatie · 21/01/2013 19:09

Oh yes, Foggles! Doh. Why didn't I spot that.

PessaryPam · 21/01/2013 19:09

Oh no weegiemum you wrote screaming queens, this will not go well for you....

puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE · 21/01/2013 19:09

WTF has happend to MN today? I mean really? Is it the snow? Or perhaps its crack falling from the sky.

ArtsMumma · 21/01/2013 19:09

lol @ ocotoalert, my thoughts exactly!!!

exoticfruits · 21/01/2013 19:09

A very strange thread! I am trying to work out whether it could possibly be serious without reading every post-surely not? Hmm

DameFanny · 21/01/2013 19:09

Oh hazel I'm so getting one of those signs for the fridge Grin

KitchenandJumble · 21/01/2013 19:10

This thread has gone from odd to extremely loony. But it is very entertaining.

OP, on the off chance that you are being entirely serious about all of this, your controlling behaviour is rather worrying. You manage your DH's diet? Good Lord. He is an adult. Why not treat him as such? Who manages your diet?

I have distinct control-freakish tendencies of my own, but seriously, I find the descriptions of life at your house rather. . . extreme.

Glittertwins · 21/01/2013 19:10

I'm still reeling from the diet management comment. I'd get short shrift from DH if I managed his food. He's a lean, fit bod with virtually no fat so I reckon he's doing quite well by himself

TheFowlAndThePussycat · 21/01/2013 19:10

We should all bake the cake tonight and then ceremoniously dump it in the bin in front of our partners and children in a show of solidarity with the OP. The Great Mumsnet Bin-Off.

LtEveDallas · 21/01/2013 19:11

The famous Marslady Lemon Drizzle Cake is FOOLPROOF for crying out loud. That's why its famous. That's why we love it so much, I mean, we had bags made and EVERYTHING!

How could you get that wrong?

(and your husband is right, you are being controlling. You REALLY need to read Hecates post - until it sinks in)

weegiemum · 21/01/2013 19:11

sorry - nice gay men

And one who self-described as a "screaming queen".

Probably best classroom teacher I ever worked with, though!

DialsMavis · 21/01/2013 19:11

How much baking is "a lot of baking"? just a ball park figure please

crunchbag · 21/01/2013 19:11

What a complete waste of energy and cake.

condemned cake Grin

OcotoAlert · 21/01/2013 19:13

Wow, couple of blatant spammers on that recipe page!

I do wonder how subjects such as this and, ooo, I dunno, d-i-l and MIL relationships, spark the replies. Is the indignant nature and blinkered-ness of the OP directly proportionate to the number of posts I wonder?

LynetteScavo · 21/01/2013 19:15

No my dh is most definately not "hen-pecked" or a "manchild". He is a geography teacher.

Love it! Grin

Because no geography teacher was ever hen-pecked. Grin

That's made my day.

OP, did your DH become ill by eating the burnt cakes, (in which case it will teach him a lesson) or are you talking long term carcinogenic effects of eating carbon?

CheerMum · 21/01/2013 19:15

I really want some cake now.......

BoysAreLikeDogs · 21/01/2013 19:17

I've not yet met a cake that can't be married with custard when it All Goes Wrong

bash bash bash then smother with custard, job's a good 'un