Is MIL's slice of cake a bit stingy? (Picture)

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MIL is a lovely women really, but positively enjoys being frugal and detests any excess in all its forms.

She's baked us a lovely cake, but is determined for it to last for as long as possible. She is the master slice cutter and won't let anyone else near it.

AIBU to be a bit disappointed with the size of this slice?

(Everyone disappeared into the other room, so I was able to take this sneaky photo with handy scale provided by new pound coin!)

If it's fruit cake, that's probably a reasonable portion. Would always cut smaller pieces as fruit cake so dense.

Def slivver. Although had an old aunt who used to pronounce it 'slither'.

Are you a white mouse Stitch?

In human terms it is a very tiny portion indeed.

I would definitely go for another "slither" of cake, though

It's probably the reasonable, sufficient, healthy sized slice of cake you should have.

It's not how I eat cake though. If I eat cake, I EAT CAKE

I know this thread is all funny and stuff but if I gave my DIL and her family a bit of cake and she posted on the internet how small her slice was I'd be shoving the rest of it up her arse.

I know this thread is all funny and stuff but if I gave my DIL and her family a bit of cake and she posted on the internet how small her slice was I'd be shoving the rest of it up her arse.

This

Don't you know there's a war on?

Well you wouldn't shove it up her arse, because that would be wasteful. Your cake would be eked out over the week, one increasingly dry and miserable crumb at a time.

Cake is for enjoying.

LTB!

I agree with stitch. Standard fruit cake slice. I actually cut it in matchbox size slices for lunch boxes. Take it not many people commenting ever buy / bake / eat fruit cake. DH can eat half a cake at a sitting but he is a greedy pig. If the DC eat any more than my standard portion it makes them ill later so they have learned.

glitter you do know fruit cake improves with keeping? Why do you think people make their Christmas cake in November?

Sorry but this has made me laugh. I love the tiny slice picture.

😂😂😂

I'd eat it in two seconds flat then say...

"Ooh, that was lovely! Can I have another bit?"

Seriously, one of those small cakes you get in Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose cuts into six slices and that's a good guide.

Is she always stingy?

To be fair if my MIL ever baked a cake, that slice would be more than enough.

Glitter you do know fruit cake improves with keeping? Why do you think people make their Christmas cake in November?

I do as I do, but I'm fairly sure the vast quantities of brandy it contains help with the preservation.

Anyway, is that a fruit cake? It's a bit hard to tell.

Heck! I would have stuffed it in one go and said “lovely- can I have my proper slice now?!”

That’s barely a gobfull!!

Thanks, Ceto and Schadenfreude

Definitely ask for an XXL slice next time

Lost more in a hole on my tooth....

I'm dieting so I'd be happy. It is little though!!

It’s small, but it’s also what my MiL would cut. My MiL is not stingy, or short of money, but grew up with rationing, and to her, that is normal for a slice of cake. Given that so many people are overweight in this country, I suspect she may be on to something.

This is a slice I would get at my gran's.

By today's standards, the slice is way too small. I suspect it shouldn't be, though.

That's the size of slice I want. No one will ever cut that size for me. It makes me very cross.
I'm Team MIL.

Clearly MIL's idea of a medium-sized slice is not your idea of a medium-sized slice. Could you buy MIL a protractor cake plate so that you can all be a bit more scientific about things?

She’s doing it wrong. She needs a traybake. She can make the pieces even smaller then.

Cake is a treat, not for every day, so I would probably have a portion that size.

If it's 'not for every day' then why not push the boat out and eat more than two forkfuls?