souleh 0 #1 February 27, 2004 Okay, so I've had a few beers. Let's not dwell on that part. So, I decide I'm rather hungry, and apparently want something sweet. Aha! Pancakes! They're easy to cook! Following my stomach downstairs to the kitchen, I dig out the ingredients. Eggs, milk, water.. flour. Bugger, no flour. <*rifles through recipie book*> Parsnips.. quails eggs, roulade.. aha. Sponge. That can't be hard. Just gotta beat it well and get lots of air bubbles, right? <*Out comes whisk*> Note by this stage, I've found the plain flour. Great! 1. Break 3 eggs into a bowl and whisk in 75 grams of caster sugar until the mixture retains rough shape. Okay, <*mad whisking*>. Hmm, no shape.. damn. [10 minutes later].. Sod it, this will have to do. Surely if it took longer than this nobody would cook the bloody things anyway, right? 2. Fold in 75 grams of sieved flour. Piece of cake. Ahahaha. Quite. Anyway, <*shake shake*> done. 3. Put equal amounts of mixture into two 7" round tins, bake for 10-15 mins at 180 degress C in fan oven. Right, cant be hard, eh? In to the oven it goes. Another beer, and 15 minutes later, out it comes. Ohhhhh dear. See attached photo. Note the stella bottle is there to give you an idea of scale Well, when I started cooking sponge cake, I didnt expect it to literally taste like a sponge. Pancake-style.. perhaps I got the best of both worlds? What went wrong?!?!!? My conclusion from this scientific (read: alcoholic) experiment is that drunk people can't cook sponge cakes! Help! 'buttplugs? where?' - geno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #2 February 27, 2004 I made my mom a birthday cake today. __ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wlie 0 #3 February 27, 2004 Happy Birthday Stacy's momMy other ride is the relative wind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcrocker 0 #4 February 27, 2004 Um, I think you are only supposed to whip the whites of the eggs until the form stiff peaks. If you get even the slightest bit of yoke in there it won't work and you'll get what you got. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
souleh 0 #5 February 27, 2004 I've also been told I needed self-raising flour, too. The instructions said plain! Damn them! I'll stick to pancakes next time 'buttplugs? where?' - geno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islandcool 0 #6 February 27, 2004 It appears you are missing baking powder which helps cakes rise. Of course that's just a guess. LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #7 February 27, 2004 so how was that brick?...semi yummy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #8 February 27, 2004 Bwahahahahaaaa....Soul trying to make sponge cake...~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
souleh 0 #9 February 27, 2004 Well, thanks for all your help guys. I'll give it another go at the weekend.. if it works there's a piece in it for you all! 'buttplugs? where?' - geno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
souleh 0 #10 February 27, 2004 Bwahahahahahahhh to you too And the brick wasn't too bad actually. Kinda like eating a thick, rubbery pancake with lots of cream and blackcurrant jam. Except it was more like blackcurrant cardboard 'buttplugs? where?' - geno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lainey 0 #11 February 27, 2004 i've got 2 and a half words for you: shake'n'bake And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need 'Cause you knew you were finally free - Death Cab For Cutie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chute 0 #12 February 27, 2004 So what your trying to say is you are sponge worthy?Bottomless Beers and Blue Skies! * Brother_Brian * D.S.W.F.S.B. #2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
