wolfy + cake = happy wolfy

[baratron]

My first student came 20 minutes early today. I was making gingerbread when she turned up, and had to finish it before I could see her. (Otherwise, the cake mix would sit in the pan and lose air, and be all sulky by the time I got round to baking it.)

She asked, "Is there a special occasion?". I replied "I like cake?!". And then went on to explain about my food issues making it impossible for me to buy cake, so I need to make my own. But that was something of a logical disconnect between h-l and the rest of society. Apparently, normal people only make cakes on special occasions. This boggles my mind. Cake is good! Homemade cake is even reasonably healthy. Even if my cakes weren't ultra-low fat, they'd still be lower in fat than a chocolate bar or packet of crisps, while providing a good mix of complex and simple carbohydrates.

Hmmm.

Comments

[mjl]

I pretty much never make anything, 'cause I'm crap. But in the office people are generally fans of cake, either made or bought. They do tend to be attached, in theory, to special occasions, but those occasions include people returning from holiday, anniversaries of employment, various stages of house purchasing/moving, new staff joining, staff leaving, as well as the obvious birthdays, christmas, etc. So we have special occasions pretty often.

I'm not sure if I'm confirming that other people think cake is good enough to eat regularly or that people attach cakes to special occasions - probably both.