The Inkwell#Patience #Freedomofexpression
Perhaps it’s a special gift
Angels have tonnes of the stuff – apparently
Time stored away – to be
Instantly used in that one
Exceptional moment –
Note the handywork in the
Craftsmanship –
expertly laid on the coconut sponge – that takes patience.
#Fruit #Sponge #Custard #Pudding
Something to eat not quite after
Partaking in the evening meal, – full
Of yummy fruit – or maybe even Chocolate!
Now, its nice to have with Custard
Great Hot (or Cold)
Enjoyed by all after teatime
In response to Fandango’s one word challenge
You knew your nephew wouldn’t eat his greens
every mealtime saw a trip to the bin
but appreciating his happy sweet tooth
you snook something into pudding unseen
and eating with the custard you did grin
as he ate up his carrots with a great big smile
hidden in the sponge cake with sultanas between
and wouldn’t complain about veg – for a while
Salford 17th August 2018
#Cake #Marzipan #Sweet #Battenburg #Sponge #Pudding #Jam
Built like
a sponge colossus
to many – a
teatime snack to
enjoy just after your chops and vegetables
now how much you have is down to you
but then again – its a question of how much sponge
unless of course, you don’t like Marzipan
reactions to this cake – understandable
“great! can we have one more slice please ?”
Crafting a dessert, is a bit of a magic trick
Oranges sliced and pineapples diced get laid in a dish, and
Next comes the syrup and then the batter, before the dish is covered in foil
Just before the dish is put in the oven – four holes are made to let out steam
Until its time – for it to be turned upside down and
Royally presented to all sat at the table
Excited little ones ask – can i have custard with mine ?
taken as a snack or a pudding
a buttery biscuit base inlaid with
rich fruit jam in its centre
totally tasty at tea time
twist on the tale ?
a bake well places an almond sponge
right on top of the fruity bit
tempting nevertheless
Salford, 12th February 2017
I have a vague recollection of Local Authority school puddings.
I speak of course of school dinners.
The sweet smell coming from the ovens whilst great vats of sweet smelling sauce bubbled away on a stove away from the main course.
The very idea of cabbage (or worse, curry) permeating through the desert ovens was a nightmare reserved specifically for Mathematics classes. Horrors unleashed over a protractor or set square. Thankfully, the cooks saved us from that.
Of course, there were likes and dislikes.
Pears in Syrup with cream (or if you were lucky – Chocolate custard), Peaches in Cream (or Custard) and Fruit Cocktail were regulars on the pudding menu – Fruit Yogurt on Odd days, and if it were something special – Angel Delight. Of course, the good stuff was always balanced out with the bad – Prunes made an appearance on more than one occasion – and it took a load of Condensed Milk or Custard to take the taste away.
The Chocolate sponge and Apple pie always ended up with empty plates – They always covered the pie with vanilla custard, so thick – it would coat the back of the spoon and refused to budge. Mash up the sponge in the custard, and it made an interesting (but very tasty ) Mix, and very little ended up in the slop heading for the litter bins. Jam covered sponge (mostly strawberry) and Fruit sponge (mostly sultanas) were also favourites
Tapioca – a lesson in life if ever there was one and Rice pudding were regular puddings, if you got the rice pudding – you always got a drop of strawberry (or damson) jam
it changed your rice a different colour when you swirled it round.
And despite you all meeting up in the hall, and getting your dinner together – there would always be more than one goldilocks moaning her sponge and custard were cold.
As I got older – I understood where they were coming from.
The fussy eater
was caught off guard
by an addition of vegetables
to his favourite pudding
Carrots remained buried
under a mountain of sponge
and mum just smiled
as the kids munched away
What was that yummy stuff
under the sultanas and lashings of custard?
Mother knows what it was
but she’s not telling….
Empty plates all round,
Not a vegetable to be found
And fussy eater wont know
as for another piece he does go….
a response to the prompt by inkdrop to One, Two, Three!
with a humble nod to the prompt Pour Some Sugar on Me
Three Sponge Puddings
Golden Syrup
Strawberry
Chocolate
(all served wi’ custard)
Three Cakes
Treacle
Coconut
Sultana
(all served with cream)
Three Cheesecakes
Vanilla
Mandarin
Blackberry
(Nice wi’ ice cream)
Tuck in!
The oven contains my favourite pud
a golden cake of family renowned
served up for after the dinner to eat
with butter and sugar and sultanas that’s good
and often with custard accompanied I’ve found
falling cross syrup and into the bowl
creating a fusion – a real tasty treat
this favourite pudding – the best all around.
