Tom's Honey and Spice cake

This month's theme was April's fool.  I'm afraid my cake wasn't really a fool at all, even though I did make it in a torus shape.  Instead I made a card jester's hat to go in the middle!  You could add some colouring to the icing to make it a bit different.

Ingredients:

8oz plain flour
4oz butter
3oz caster sugar
3oz clear runny honey
2oz finely chopped mixed candied peel
1 egg, beaten
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1tsp ground cinnamon
1tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
grated zest of an orange
grated zest of a lemon

Method:

Butter a 7" square cake tin.

Sift the flour and spices together, then add the sugar and zest. Rub the butter in to form a crumbly mixture. Mix in the egg and honey (if the honey is not very runny then warm it in the microwave for 30s or so). Dissolve the bicarb with 3 tablespoons of cold water then beat into the mixture until it is smooth. Stir in the mixed candied peel, and spoon into the tin.  Bake for about 30 minutes at 170C.  Leave to cool for 10 minutes then turn out onto a cooling rack.

The Icing:

4oz sifted icing sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons warm water

Sift the icing sugar then mix in the water and juice to make a thin icing. Put a big plate under the cake and pour the icing over the top, letting it run down the sides a bit.

April - April Fools!

Since we did Easter last April, this year we went for an April Fool's theme.  The idea was to make something a bit different or surprising in some way.

Unfortunately Stacey (our usual all round awesome club organiser) couldn't make it due to illness so we did our best on our own.  I think we managed OK - cakes were brought and enjoyed.  The only major disaster was me forgetting the milk for the tea!

Without further ado, here are the bakes:

Laura made Chocolate Chip cookies, but with some surprise crisps in them!

Catherine also made chocolate chip cookies, her's had either coconut or cayenne in.

Ruth made an egg, chips and beans meal fashioned out of fruit!

This one's mine - a honey and spice cake with a jester's hat to make it foolish

Cupcakes with pretend meatballs and spaghetti topping

Lorna made scones which masqueraded as hot cross buns

All were delicious :).  And some were at least a little surprising!