Ikea and baking
Oct. 21st, 2011 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylQuick morning visit to Ikea with mater: she in search of a large picture frame; me in search of scented tea lights to cover up the smell of drying plaster in my flat. We both found what we were looking for, but I managed to persuade my mother to defer her actual purchase of a 70x100cm frame until she had the car — a matter of self-interest because you can be sure I'd have been the one to do the actual carrying...
With that behind us, we returned home and entered into a frenzy of cake baking in an attempt to reduce my mother's reserves of rice flour. In the end we whipped up a batch of coffee and sweet potato muffins and another of orange and lemon and carrot cupcakes — both much tastier than they sound. After a gentle afternoon, a flying visit from my nephew and spaghetti for supper, the three of us settled down in front of the TV in the drawing room to allow my parents to initiate themselves in the delights of Fringe.
With that behind us, we returned home and entered into a frenzy of cake baking in an attempt to reduce my mother's reserves of rice flour. In the end we whipped up a batch of coffee and sweet potato muffins and another of orange and lemon and carrot cupcakes — both much tastier than they sound. After a gentle afternoon, a flying visit from my nephew and spaghetti for supper, the three of us settled down in front of the TV in the drawing room to allow my parents to initiate themselves in the delights of Fringe.
