Not Fully Done Yet

… so every Christmas, if not Christmas day itself, over the festive period at least, I like to bake my signature cake. It is like none other, it is definitely not a Christmas Cake, as I said, it is my signature cake. It is a cut somewhere between Maidera, Sponge and fruit Cake. So it is unique and taste great. I use a bit of all the three recipes. I must admit I am a bit of a rebellious cook or baker, I find it hard to follow a recipe to the letter, I must do a bit of my own thing, thrown in my own ingredient, my own twist. It must have my own stamp. But it works, as I always get my order for the cake.Now, the interesting thing about this cake is the cooking method or baking method, shall we say. None of the oven temperature works for it, given it is a mish mash of all three above. So I am forever fiddling around with the oven temperature knob, so it bakes right without burning, but rising and not being over done. Almost on every occasion, it looks like it is all nicely baked, sending forth glorious aroma, and every one is keen to tuck in, but put the knife through the middle and it is all raw inside. “Not ready”, I tell my people, it is not fully done. It looks like it is, but it is not ready for consumption.In getting my properties ready for marketing I like to do it up nicely, but the over keen Estate Agents are always eager to market. I guess commission is always a strong motivation. Never seem to understand that it is not ready.When it is not done, it is not done😊