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matildabj

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Jun 15, 2011 20:35

Went out to the cinema last night. My oldest schoolfriend lives in Durham and we've been rekindling our friendship (which hasn't ever really gone away completely, after three and a half decades that would be difficult to kill!) - last night we went to see X Men: First Class, while her husband stayed in with their three young daughters. It was great ( Read more... )

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vilakins June 15 2011, 21:02:14 UTC

I'm glad the cake worked out. I've only made it once myself so I was hoping it would be OK. Did it rise OK? I just found out that my customary 1 tsp of baking powder per cup of plain flour as a substitute for self-raising has been wrong all those years; it should be more like 3. which seems rather a lot.

I have the BEST chocolate cake recipe if you're interested: it's always rich and moist and delicious--and so easy to make. Easier than the ricotta cake actually as there's no beating or separated eggs. (But I do adore lemony things.)

matildabj June 15 2011, 22:24:06 UTC

I went with SR flour plus 2 tsp baking powder, plus I sifted it together, as you said you'd had problems with it sinking. And I baked it for about 45 minutes in the end.

Post the chocolate cake recipe!

vilakins June 15 2011, 23:24:51 UTC

How did that turn out? I don't do enough cake baking to keep two kinds of flour but I'll add more BP next time I try. It was delicious anyway.

I'll make a new post for the chocolate cake recipe. :-)

matildabj June 16 2011, 09:39:46 UTC

Turned out fine. It's very moist, but light - I think it could do with slightly more BP even, as it was slightly too soggy in the bottom.

Can't wait for the choccy cake recipe.

glitterboy1 June 15 2011, 21:50:40 UTC

I'm glad that you were able to get out - time out sounds good for both of you, as well as it being a chance to see each other. Did you enjoy the film?

Yay win! I often look at such surveys and assume that I would never, ever win - and so don't even fill them in. I'm glad that you did.

I hope your hayfever eases soon!

matildabj June 15 2011, 22:25:24 UTC

I really enjoyed the film, except that I don't buy James McAvoy as a young Patrick Stewart!

Very excited about the big Amazon purchase. I nearly bought Doctor Who DVDs (the Martha series) but then decided to go with all books.

I think it's a cold rather than hayfever :(