Cake & Meeting

Today I baked a cake.  It’s the first time I’ve baked anything like that in at least 2 years, probably more.  My last place had a kitchen so tiny that you didn’t need to put too much out before the work top was full, so using my food processor wasn’t an option.  I had to be well enough to mix by (a very heavy) electric hand mixer, or manually.  That wasn’t very often.  My new place has a bigger kitchen with more workspace, so I can use the food processor.  I’m never going back.

Part of the reason I made the cake was because Mum, her friend and a friend of mine were coming to mine for a meeting regarding the appeal fund.  I thought it would be a nice gesture to do this.  Unfortunately, despite knowing my friend for around 12 years, I didn’t know he didn’t like bananas.  This is a (gluten-free) banana and chocolate chip cake.  Nevertheless, the rest of us ate some cake, thoroughly enjoyed it, and Mum’s friend even took some away with her.

I also met the newest neighbour in the block today.  Seems a nice chap, and certainly very pleasant on the eye.  He’d managed to lock himself out, and I was the only one in to let him in the main entrance.  It’s the first time I’ve met and really spoken to any of the 4 other occupants in this block, but then it doesn’t really lend itself here to bump into people on a regular basis.

One very happy, but shattered, Sezzy.