Since I posted my essay, I've been feeling a bit at a loose end and vaguely irritable.
I'm not sure what I should be concentrating on.
So I am going to bake a cake. Not any old cake, mind. A Dobos Torte, named after Austrian pastry chef Josef Dobos, who created it. The Buckwell has been going on about Dobos Tortes since I met him, and earlier this year I tasted one at a Hungarian restaurant. Indeed, it was mightily tasty. I went home and looked up a recipe, only to reel back in horror when I read that every slice contained around 1250 calories, more than half the daily recommended amount for a chick/sheila/bird/laydee.
According to most recipes, it should take me around 1 hour and 30 minutes to bake and ice, although I think it will take more like 2, as there are 9 eggs to beat, and I only have a hand whisk. Yes, this is truly going to be challenging.
The other criteria is that I will need to bake it for guests, because there's no way that the Buckwell and I are going to eat an entire cake in 3 days (which is how long it will keep for because of the chocolate buttercream). Especially 4 slices at 1250 cals each.
It will not be a life-changing mission, but it will be a delicious one.
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