Sunday 18 November 2012

Theatre and Cake

On Friday night, Andy and I went to see 'The Memory of Water' at the Guildhall in Derby. We're not big theatre goers but were fed up of another night in front of the telly drinking too much wine, so off we went.

The Guildhall is tiny, we had end row seats thinking we'd be alongside the aisle, but instead we were up against the wall! It was incredibly hot in there, and as the evening went on it got hotter and hotter. The play is about three sisters (and later on their partners) the day before their mother's funeral. The relationship between the three of them has always been strained, and the high pressure environment led to some interesting and hilarious discussions between them. I was so impressed with the high quality acting; there were so many lines, with one of the characters being on stage for the whole of the first half (over an hour).


Of course the best thing about going to the theatre is that there's always ice cream in the interval! Andy didn't believe me that it would be there, but happily I was right and we had a Magnum each. Sadly only a Classic, they didn't have anything as fancy as the new Infinity ones!

Last Wednesday we had dinner with friends, and it was our job to supply pudding. Normally I'd bust out the classic banoffee pie recipe that never disappoints but I fancied trying something new - so using TGBBO book (obviously!) we attempted this:


It came out as a bit of a monster! From the bottom up, it's meringue, brownie, raspberry cream, brownie, meringue, raspberry cream and decorated with chopped hazelnuts and pistachio nuts. Yum!



Unfortunately between making it and serving it, the top half kind of slid off to one side, meaning it didn't look quite so pretty. But it tasted delicious!

4 comments:

  1. Oh my god the cake looks incredible!

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    1. Thanks! It tasted pretty good too. The sheer weight of it crushed the bottom meringue layer a little...

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  2. that cake looks a m a z i n g! makes me wish I wasn't such a baking failure haha x

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    1. Thanks! The beauty of it is that it doesn't need to rise, that's the bit I always struggle with with big cakes!

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