Colourful Cake!

When I was at university, my very good friend Ellie and I decided to find out what would happen if you bought a whole load of food coloring and actually put it inside cake mixture. Would the colour stay bright and vibrant or would it fade away during the baking. What if you split the mixture into two bowls and added a different colour into each and then marbled it. Well guys it worked, it worked a treat. Although our finished article was nowhere nearly as spectacular as this it will give you an idea of what we were looking at. 

Basically we made a red and green sheet cake but it was the most insanely vibrant colour that it looked like paint. I sadly no longer have the photos because... Well to be honest I never thought I would be writing a blog about it four years later! 

*insert facepalm here*

Moving on, We decided, being the intelligent and logical people that we are, the best thing to do would be to cover our cake in icing sugar mixed with food colouring. I have since learned you should add water and a drop of two of colouring. So there we were icing our lovely creation, and by icing I mean putting the icing onto my finger and eating it. When something truly strange happened. 

Roughly five minutes later we both found ourselves howling with laughter, sitting on the floor barely able to breathe with a pretty severe case of the shakes. What was going on?

Yep you guessed it, the only explanation... We had managed to ingest so many E numbers we had crossed over into hyperactivity/ Sugar overdose. This state lasted for about fifteen minutes, I'm not going to lie the first two or three minutes were truly hysterical. 

The ones which followed had me worried that my heart was about to explode. 

Take this as fair warning kids, your cake may look pretty if you add a million E numbers to it but  it can lead to collapsing on the floor (laughing), paranoia (that your heart will explode), stained worktops and in severe cases... a green face and teeth

Stay safe out there. 

P.S. 

I did try to recreate it using 'natural' food colouring but it made my cake the palest shade of green and the icing tasted vaguely of nettles. Urgh.

Foody Face

I have a question for you which may alter the way you think about the world. 
Why oh why is it so hilarious when two people are having an argument or debate and it starts to get a bit heated, then one of the people uses the retort.


"You have food on your face" 


The person who said it...

HA

Person with food on face...

Fuuuuu....

Cracks me up every single time!

x

Yesterday in York

Yesterday me and a group of lovely ladies went on a day trip to York to celebrate our lovely friend Laura turning 25! 

Happy Birthday! Yaaay

But sadly because all these ladies are much more well rounded than me, nobody did anything insane or stupid. The only potentially funny moment came when one of them got a huge splinter caught in her tights, despite encouragement she refused to sort it in front of everyone as she knew she would end up featured on here today. Sad face. 

Anyway much fun was had by all, cocktails consumed and insane trains traveled on, I  made the decision to depart before the night got too messy so I wouldn't be hungover today, still managed to wake up feeling dizzy thought! So if anything crazy did happen after I left then you all know where to send the photos and stories. As far as i'm aware no-one ended up like this... 

Here are a few of the things that kept us amused whilst waiting for a taxi in the cold and rain. 

Plus the Beyonce clown one I was telling you about! 

PLUS another funny one I have just remembered! 

Whilst I may not have managed to make you laugh today, hopefully one of the above did. 

Happy Easter! x

Anger in the Aisles

So today guys, i'm coming at you from a place of love. I want to share a few words of wisdom about something most of us have to do. Some people love it and some hate it, I myself have worked in it. Yep, the dreaded 'Weekly' Supermarket shop. I think the only time shopping in a supermarket isn't pretty much awful is when you go reaaaaalllly early in the morning, or at about eleven pm. 
Not only do you have to fend off other angry shoppers, it's angry shoppers who have a giant metal cages on wheels. They can nudge you, corner you and block you from getting where you need to be. In short shopping to me is like running the gauntlet. 

I only want some garden peas! 

Now because I am extremely well rounded and logical, whilst I was studying at university I got a job in one of the local supermarkets... ON THE CHECKOUTS. 

If shopping is something you don't really enjoy then I can categorically tell you that you will not like working on a checkout. Here's a few little things that might make getting through the checkout a little easier for you.

1. If you get to the checkouts and realise that you have forgotten half your shopping, take your trolley and continue shopping. They will still be there when you get back. 
2. Never go to the checkouts at either end of the shop, aim for the middle. Everyone uses the end checkouts and my word do you get pissed off. 
3. If there is more than one person shopping you do NOT need a hand with your packing. 
4. If the checkout operator is being overly nice to you its because they are scared you're the MYSTERY SHOPPER!

 

Basically I think if everyone would just calm down a bit shopping would be a much easier experience for all, I was shopping yesterday and a woman charged at me with her trolley so fast I started saying prayers under my breath.  

 

At the end of the day, It's just shopping. 

OH and if you go into the shop on Christmas eve and kick off at how busy it is and the fact there are are no sprouts, you are an idiot. Go home.

Never. Going. To. Happen.

Happy shopping guys. 

x