Yes, it’s Saturday today. We had plans for company. Two of the ladies from church were coming
over this morning, so I got up early and put together a banana muffin cake with
walnuts. The bananas in the little bowl
that I had been saving in the fridge looked just awful when Melaney came out to
walk the dog. I wanted to get them
whipped with the eggs before she came out.
She is such a visual person.
Well, I put all the dry ingredients together, and whipped up the banana
mush and eggs, milk and oil in a separate bowl, waiting for the ladies to
phone. They were going to take the bus
from Grecia out to Poas, and when they got here, they would phone and Melaney
would drive into town to pick them up.
To come all the way to the house, where they hadn’t been before, would
require a bus change, and that is too time consuming.
We
waited, and waited. Finally I decided to
bake the muffin cake anyway so I mixed the two bowls full of ingredients
together, scraped it into the little pan that goes in the toaster oven, washed
out the bowls and dried them. I knew the
cake would take about 20 minutes to bake, so I showered and put on fresh bright
clothes. This melon coloured top and
pants always looks cheery.
By the
time I came into the kitchen again and looked in the oven the muffin cake was a
little over brown. Melaney thought it
was probably burnt on the bottom. I took
the cake out and put it on the rack on the cupboard. After it had had a chance to cool, I cut it
and dished out the very centre piece for Mel.
She likes the ones without any edges…..I don’t spoil her much, I just
like to give her the part that she likes best.
It wasn’t burnt on the bottom, and I was pleased with that.
In
short order we had finished the first square.
It really hit bottom because we had been waiting for the ladies so
long. We had a second piece, and this
time I put it on a plate, split it and poured syrup on Mel’s and liquid honey
on mine. As the cake was a little over
baked, it was drier than usual. By the
time we finished that piece, we both felt better, and the phone rang. I am not sure what the problem was, but the
ladies didn’t arrive. We couldn’t have
them in the afternoon because Mel was waiting on a call from a man in San Jose
Well, I
said to Mel that today was turning out to be a complete bust. No ladies, no business conference, but we did
have our banana cake and it made us so content that we decided to nap.
It’s a
good thing that American Idol is on tonight.
We can look forward to that.
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