If you had volunteered to bake cakes for a school stall, but had then burnt all the cakes....

[Caligyulea]

.... or put the wrong ingredients in to render them inedible, would you offer a traditional (Delia) christmas cake instead, or would you nip down to Tesco's and buy a few of their nasty ones?

go to tesco!

Tesco's without a doubt. You did your mother earth bit. Whilst you're there... buy some wine. It'll help. Trust me!

Buy some nasty (?)ones, bash em up a bit and sprinkle icing sugar on them (like Alison Pearson "I don't know...." book)

voila.. perfecto!

tescos

PSML. That sounds like something I'd do. go for shop-bought & put your own icing on.

The only problem with tescos is that it will take time out of my working day... about an hour.

Wheareas the crimbo cake is ready. But then I'd either have to make another one, or not have one.

having tried my best, i would choose whichever of those two options was the least hassle. i think either option would be acceptable to the school.

If it is children who are going to be buying the cakes then I would go to Tesco, think fairy cakes/mini muffins would be more up their street. Although I know what you mean, homemade is much nicer.

shall we call you kingalfredxmassaxontypename from now on?

hiya marsy! long time no see. What've you been up to?

moving on Saturday then going to the meet up lol

Ah but it's for the christmas fayre

But they might think I'm trying too hard and trying to get promoted up the muffia without serving my time

actually, having recently helped out at school cake sale, i agree with mrss - in the sense that those were the ones the kids wanted. otoh - whole cakes were sold for extortionate sums to the adults, so if this is an option, all is not lost.

Take it from me the Christmas cake will not be appreciated,I brought along a lovely chocolate cake made by my ironing lady. I paid her £5 for it, the other PTA Mummies wanted to sell it @ 8 slices for 20p = 1.60. I rebelled and the school secretary bought it. So please keep your Christmas cake it will sell, but not at market value.

if it's the christmas "fayre" then go with the delia cake - no brainer.

I did think of King Alfred earlier on and was about to launch into educational chat with DS about it, but he was in too much of a strop because the cakes tasted horrible

make shortbread. dead easy. grouchy ds could do them himself.

tescos

king alfred did that lol!

lol trefusis!

Off to find the malteser thread...