We had tea and cake in the garden this afternoon. As Julia had gone to the trouble of baking banana bread I thought this called for a revival of the Scone Chronicles.
She has been working away in the garden all lockdown and the patio is looking like the sort of place you might find a new species of beetle. Or even a lost tribe.
As you can see, we also had Battenberg, though that came from the shop. Life really is too short to make your own Battenberg. We’ve had Battenberg nearly every week since the start of lockdown, which is one of the brighter spots of the last couple of months.It’s a very reliable cake, and usually cheap. Other budget cakes can be a bit hit and miss, while other, pricier, cakes can be be covered in calories and three or four times more expensive. There is a case to be made which suggests Battenberg is an aid to dieting, but that might be pushing it a bit, even for me.
Banana Bread and Battenberg
The banana bread was excellent – moist, tasty and light without being soggy or crumbling. Fortunately we still have some left. This is the advantage of afternoon tea at home – plenty of chance for second helpings. I won’t recommend it too heartily as I don’t want to have to queue for a table next time I’m here. It is possible for venues to become too popular and I don’t like crowds.
It’s back to work tomorrow. However, the good news is that I have two days off after that.
As I sit and think, it occurs to me that about 68 years ago my parents were married in the time of sugar rationing. I’m now, despite the recent shortages from panic buying, able to buy more sugar than is good for me. History can be a strange thing.
Later we had banana bread for supper with a nice cup of tea. It was slightly drier than when we had last eaten it, but still good. We have enough left for a couple of good slices, but will probably butter them.
Is it just me. or does the position of dried fruit and plate decoration make this slice look like a face?
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It all looks lovely!
It was quite pleasant. 🙂
This cake looks scrumptious. Just by looking I will break my diet. 😁
Banana Bread is full of healthy fruit so it must be good for you, and one of your five a day. 🙂
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The patio sound intriguing.
It is a poor substitute for a well run garden like yours, but I am a man of small ambition.
I see the face for sure. The orange nose. The sad eyes. And just a hint of a mouth. Your banana bread could be an emoji for my feelings.
I will have a word with Julia and instruct her only to produce cheerful baking from now on. I feel we owe it to our readers. 🙂
That would be lovely.
I will keep chasing her up. 🙂
The case could be made for a face in the banana bread. It looks sort of teddy bearish. 🙂
🙂 In fact it is rather like the knitted teddy bear pictured a few weeks ago, now I come to look at it.
What a relief that the cake warranted a good review. I like the lost tribe joke. Yes, a face, complete with ears.
I am fortunate in never having met a cake I didn’t like. 🙂
I didn’t see the ears until you mentioned it. lol
I didn’t see them when I took the picture but once you see them they are hard to miss.
🙂
Sounds delicious but It does look like a face.
🙂