#9845 to be a bit disappointed that the school cake sale was full of nasty mageriney fake cakes.

[minkychunky]

You know, the ones that have magarine/cream not butter cream fillings and crappy fridge cakes.

I feel like such a mug I was asked to contribute and told (exactly)what kind of things to make which I duly did (and it cost a small fortune) Then the stuff I had made was sold off at the same price as the other rubbish(which they couldn't shift).

Go on call me a snobby beetch- I know what I will be making next year

The children like them though. And I did once buy a half decent Victoria sponge. Not as good as M&S but (quite rightly) cheaper.

Nkf mine whips M&S's arse I tell you.

vanilla cream and everything in mine.

{preens in a precious manner whilst pretending not to be bothered}

Children like all sorts of vile things though. Not all deserve space .

But I don't think your cakes are at my children's school sadly. Otherwise I'#d be first in the queue.

I think so too, nkf.

Minky, I think it was very unfair for you to have been told what to make, and so much of it . At our school we just ask for any contributions.

Anyway, I must take myself off. And I think it's cake stall day today.

Thanks for making feel a bit better.

I have learned my lesson and will contribute next time of course but I won't be told what to make, I will do my own thing.

[hides Tesco value biscuits wrappers under the sofa]

Oh no I am the only one who likes them mr kipling and sugarry tea once a years ok isn't it?I love the way when you get them home they are unrecognisable from what you bought they always disintegrate

the only time I've been told what to make is when I've asked and I was simply asked to make bog cakes rather than, say, individual fairy cakes.

Even if no one else makes the effort, I won't drop my standards and the cakes DSs take in (and DD to her nursery fair) are homemade ones.

Oh, and they're always made with butter

I was once asked to take an M&S one out of the box and ruffle it up a bit. Yes really.

What , like nibble the sides?

I only ever use marg in my cakes.
Sorry.
My coffeee and walnut last week, didn't even last the evening, so it can't be that bad though.

I too love just about every mr kippling cake.

Ob I'm sure it was much tastier than mine.

Oh i love coffee and walnut its my fave but I am rubbish at cakes! I am surpriswed people can get so hot under the collar about school cakes! But then i love summer fetes too and skinny sandwiches with egg and cress and plastic cups.

Noddy I am just far too sensitive for my own good.

Is 9845 a code for something??

Well i am not great at cakes but always sent in orange and walnut cookies and gingerbread men all organic blah blah but i prefrer to eat the garbage on the day!

Yes Puppy if you don't know then you may roll down your trouser leg, take away your wooden spoon , don't sahke my hand and walk away - you outsider.

DD1 is long out of primary and DD2 won't be going for a while, but the homemade vs vile sainsburys mini bites thing has got my goat before.

I notice my homemade stuff gets snapped up at NCT events, but adults are more descerning I suppose.

For those of you with children in school; do you think it would work to ask parents if they would like to bake and if so, would the parents not wanting to bake be willing to donate towards ingredients rather than spending even more on shop cakes? Would that be too much of faff for words? I'd be happy to make 6 cakes, but wouldn't on the basis that they'd be "up against" Mr Kipling and my hard work (not to mention money) would be wasted. 6 cakes, two "from me" and 4 "on behalf of" non-baking, non-shop-buying parents would be fine.

Oh go on, tell me.

SoupDragon...."bog cakes" mmmmmm!!!!

See Wannabe I don't understand your pricing because you say
"shop bought little cakes/biscuits were between 50-75p" but you were only charging 10p, or at most 20/25p for homemade biscuits/fairy cakes or muffins.

I see your point about children with pocket money, but surely homemade should be at a premium because they probably cost more and certainly took more effort.

minkychunky I can't believe you were told so specifically what to make, and so much too!

But can you imagine being the person who had to price all the cakes based on the quality?

"Well Mrs Smith's cake is clearly made with home made jam, so I am awarding it the prize of being £1 a slice, whereas Mrs Brown is clearly a lazy slattern who used a packet mix and her cake will be on sale at 10p a slice".