
I'm not a religious person but I think I witnessed a miracle yesterday.
On the way to work, I stopped and bought an orange and almond cake from Pamela's Pantry. I don't know, I just thought it would be nice to have a treat. As the clock hands moved towards the earliest legal morning tea time, I reached for my cake to take it to the traditional communal cake spot, the Features area's fridge. However, I found there was already a cake waiting- also an orange and almond, from Joceleyn's Provisions. (see the gorgeous pic above) No-one knew who had bought it in, whose birthday it might be or where it had come from, but journalists, never ones to look a gift horse in the mouth starting hoeing in.
Mouths still full, as we decimated it, a colleague walked in with a chocolate cake, to celebrate his birthday. We commented on our good fortune and took a slice of that as well. The feeding frenzy over we all returned to our desks, but coming back later for a coffee (ok to pick at the crumbs!) I found yet another cake had appeared- this time a Jocelyn's chocolate cake with pretty little sugared violets. Again, no one claimed it and the mystery thickened further when yet ANOTHER Jocelyn's cake appeared sometime late, a very moreish Jaffa cake.
No one had seen anyone put any of these cakes on the fridge; they had simply appeared and no one claimed them. We are a fairly small department, yet we managed to eat all four cakes. (I saved mine for today) and were revelling in our communal piggishness when four dozen assorted Krispy Kremes doughnuts appeared. You'd think we'd be hitting our sugar high by then, but no, they disappeared post haste too.
(Apart from yours truly who believes doughnuts, unless they are hot and straight from the oil and just sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar are the work of the devil.
It's going to be an austere day today cakewise- unless I can somehow manage to weave a miracle and multiply my very small orange and almond cake.
Brisbane's Best Cakes (in no particular order)
Cakes by Judy C
Jocelyn's Provisions
The Welsh Lady
Cakestar
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