But let's focus on the happy aspects of cake consumption today. This morning, my colleague Lindsey presented me with a piece of her wedding cake she had promised months earlier - yes, that's right, Lindsey's wedding was in early December and I'm sitting here enjoying a slice of her gorgeous, yummy cake with a cup of tea right this second. 'Did she freeze it?' I hear you ask. Nope. 'Isn't it stale and moldy?' Um, no. That's because Lindsey's cake is a fruit cake, which apparently is the traditional type of wedding cake in Britain (it's also traditional to have at Christmas). Soaked in alcohol and heavily iced with delicious icing and marzipan, fruit cake is fabulous because a) you can have a little slice and be full already b) it lasts, like, forever and c) it's super tasty and goes well with a cup of tea.
Although fruit cake is also available in the States, it's not as common - we usually have a chocolate or vanilla sponge with matching icing. Or, if you visit Baskin Robbins, you can get an ice-cream cake, which I had for every single birthday probably from the age of 1 until I was about 12 (twelve is the cut-off for Baskin Robbins ice-cream cakes I think because that's about the age you start getting a little too old for the My-Little-Pony theme on top) which is basically ice-cream sandwiched between sponge. Delicious. Maybe I can have an ice-cream cake for my 27th this year.
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that is pretty exciting. As i START day 1 of a cake-free Lent, I have already been thinking about a lot of cake. My roomate made red velvet and chocolate fudge cake last night. But I do agree with you, the fruit cake that lasts forever, along with thick frosting, is indeed scrumptious. Here, cake life (especially boxed cake) has a yummy-life of about 4 days max and a half-life of 2 days.
ReplyDeleteI still think I prefer sponge cake because it's lighter. But fruit cake certainly has its merits so I ain't knocking it! xo
ReplyDeleteI am so excited - I feel famous! I have just read this out word-for-word to Sam (who is randomly lying face down on the lounge floor with a bag of iced peas on his back). There was lots of muffled laughter from the floorboards! When I read Judy Blume books as a tween, and watched Grease on video casette, my biggest mystery was what kind of cake a twinky was. Everyone seemed to eat twinkies. Love Lins (because I still can't work out how not to be anonymous)xxx
ReplyDeleteLins! You ARE famous and your cake was magnificent and delicious - thank you so much for sharing! Yeah, I loved Judy Blume - I remember when "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret" was banned from my elementary school. xxx
ReplyDelete'it probably just makes him sad' makes me laugh. sorry! good line.
ReplyDeleteI know, it's sad and funny at the same time - he claims he's not affected positively or negatively by cake and shrugs his shoulders when I ask him if he misses it.
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