Slept late this morning, didn't get out of the house to walk to the shops until about twelve. Decided to make meggie's plum cake [1]. But I had no plums so I had to go shopping. But there were no plums to be had in the supermarket I went to so I decided to make it with apples instead which I already have.
It was a glorious day, more like early spring than late autumn or early winter. But of course the day is quite short with the solstice only just ovr three weeks away.
@meggie I couldn't find any plums so I used Granny Smith's. It seemed to be cooked after an hour and twenty minutes but I haven't cut it yet. I had to add quite a lot of milk to get it to a dropping consistency so I'm wondering how it will turn out. We'll probably have it with a pot of spiced tea when No. 3 son turns up in an hour or so. Perhaps I should stick some icing on top too. But now it's time to make some jam tarts.
@ninalanyon i add a teaspoon of bicarbonate soda to fibal batter and when i remove cake from oven leave it to cool, about 4 hours, in tin so the cake sets. If you remove while still warm it falls to pieces. Oooh i do like a jam tart.
@meggie Yes I left it to cool in the tin, it went down very well indeed see Sunday's entry: https://similarworlds.com/social/blogs/5454813-Ninas-Blog-Sunday-30th-November-2025
