Baking

[curiouswombat]

I've just had one of those moments when you realise you've turned into your own mother.

I was baking some gingerbread, for a cake stall at church in aid of the Philippines Appeal, and I looked at the tins I was using. They are very tatty and rusted. This isn't a problem, as I line them. But I suddenly thought how very old they looked - just as I remember my mother using very old cake tins when I was younger. And I realised that these ones I use regularly are ones I bought about... um... 30 years ago.

My mum's 'very old tins' were probably not that old.

Here is a picture of the two gingerbreads - as you can see, the cake didn't come into contact with the elderly tins!

Comments

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Those look wonderful. It makes me want to bake today. (I doubt that I will! Or maybe I should. I have some apples that need to be used. They were not very tasty as eating apples, but would be good in baking.)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh - apple cake! Or apple tart/pie, but apple cake is really good made with 'not quite eating apples', whereas pies are better with proper cooking apples, I feel!

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Yes. They are too soft and not tart enough to make a good pie. But in a cake that should work fine. (I am one of those people who have a serious problem with tossing out any food that is not spoiled.)