to dunk my cake in my tea?

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I'm getting the from dh. It's no different from biscuits is it?

Ooooohhh never tried that. Does it not disintegrate?

I like toast crusts in tea though.

YABU

It must make a horrible mess, mustn't it?

Mmmmm buttery toast dunked in sweet tea is the food of the Gods!

Not tried it with cake.

My husband does it - it drives me mad.
He gets a spoon and eats the cake at the bottom of the cup - yuk!

Yes, you are being unreasonable. Cake should be dunked in beer at this time in the evening. Beer and cake are niiiiiiice.

So wrong!

You need a sturdy cake. Fruit or my mum's jam tart works well.

It'd make crumbs in your tea, surely?! Crumbs in your tea is just wrong!

It is very different from biscuits in that one is and one is One is for dunking IN (the one that looks like ) and one is for eating WITH (the one that looks like )

YABU. silly!

YABU!!!!ugh!!

Very wrong

YABU The cake might have fallen in the tea, then you'd have to scoop it out with a spoon or maybe sieve the tea to get the cake back and it would be all soggy and the tea wouldn't be very nice by then.

Your theories of not dunking a cake because of the mess or indeed the social stigma that may or may not be attached to this and all that bollocks.
What about Macaroons, dunk or nay?

Wouldn't it crumble and get lost at the bottom of the cup?
Tea and cake are to be enjoyed ... your way
Maybe don't do it when having tea with the Queen, though ;)

Finally! I can share my dirty little secret too! I too am a cake dunker (when no ones looking).

Theres an optimum dunking time same as biscuits. A second too long and you bring a while new meaning to the word teacake.
Dunno about macaroons, they're not my favourite but each to their own I suppose. It works very well when confronted with 3-day old homemade sponge that's a little bit dry and solid. Stops it sticking to the roof of your mouth.

Yes to optimum dunking time. Also distance from cup to mouth needs to be considered.

YADBU.

No dunking.

Not allowed in my house.

grrrr......

Grimbo Jimbo.

YABU

Yabu it should be brioche in hot chocolate instead, even better than biscuits.

Slurrp!

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looks ok to me!

There's a scene in "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" where our hero actually pours tea on his cake - obviously dunking isn't enough.

So, there's James Joyce, along with Marcel Proust for cake-and-tea-company.

I sometimes dunk cake in tea, but usually only my husband's tea - I worry too much about the dunked bit getting too tea-logged, dropping off, and falling to the bottom of my cup, only to then choke me unawares as I reach the bottom of my drink.

japan

maybe you could put a little net on your tea mug, like a mini hair net to catch the crumbs?

(going to Dragon's den with mug net idea)