General Chat

:-(

I made a carrot cake last week.

We liked it, it's all gone, so I wanted to make another one.......

All mixed, just the walnuts left to go in

I keep all the nuts in one container, in their original packets. Tipped out some walnuts to chop them........ they were all stuck together..... with COBWEBS!!

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

I didn't use the walnuts, I used pecans instead.

Does anyone want the recipe?

Urgh!

Hope the pecan/carrot cake tastes just as good, but try not to think of those walnuts lol

I know lots of things can have little weevils growing in them if left too long (flour and such) but not heard of this with nuts

Lizx

They're not near their use-by date yet....... and no weevils, just this sticky icky cobweb......... they're now in the bin!

I won't tell Himself.

We both ate the first cake......... didn't notice anything on the walnuts...... but you never know!

I haven't noticed a crawly feeling in my stomach...... yet... and I don't have an urge to walk on the ceiling.

shudder :-(

Well you know what they say ..spiders webs are vey good sorce of antibiotics ....Enjoy your cake won't be coming for tea at your house for a bit unless I have an upset tum :-D

I must get a new website

:-D

Why? One with recipes for spiders webs cake :-D :-D

Lol Scozz.

I would have thrown the nuts cobwebs and all, out to the birds, or taken them back to the shop and complained lol

Lizx

Don't forget the song about the old lady who swallowed a fly lol

Thought I'd mention that my "Nuts" have got cobwebs through
lack of being used.. ;-) ;-) ;-)

F.

You better watch It then Frederick ...... they may just get thrown out :-(

or attacked by birds

:-(

the webby walnuts were thrown over the balcony.......... they've probably been eaten by now, by birds or possums :-D

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

F.

Do you know what?

I would have cleaned the cobwebs off and used them.

could the "web" have been fungus threads????

that's more likely, I think, with nuts than spider webs.

Fungus threads? never heard of them but still not an edible option I would think :-0

it looked like spider webs, and they were sticky ewwwwww

I didn't examine the nuts too closely....... scared I'd find a spider! Whooooooooooosh over the balcony.

I think I heard birds coughing yesterday afternoon.

:-(

We can't keep things for too long here especially in warm weather, because of the humidity. Things I used to keep in the pantry now go in the fridge because they go fuzzy.

your temperatures and humidity were why I was thinking along the lines of a fungal infection ........

...... fungal hyphae can look cobwebby as they spread over the surface of things.

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a bird,
How absurd! to swallow a bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a cat,
Imagine that! to swallow a cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a dog,
What a hog! to swallow a dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a goat,
Just opened her throat! to swallow a goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a horse,
She's dead—of course!

that's true Sylvia, but it's still winter here......... and I've never seen "mould" like this.

mould or cobwebs......... over the balcony!!

:-(

Wow! a singing sheep!............. and less of the "old lady" thanks Burl lolol

:-D

If you're interested, here's the recipe

CARROT & ZUCCHINI CAKE

2 eggs
½ cup soft brown sugar
1¼ cups self-raising flour
½ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
1 cup grated zucchini
1 cup grated carrot (about 2 carrots)
1/3 cup (80ml) vegetable oil
¼ cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Frosting
250g cream cheese, chopped, softened
1/3 cup icing sugar
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Grease and line a deep 20cm x 10cm loaf tin.
Preheat oven to 150°C fan-forced/170°C conventional.

Beat the eggs with the sugar until light and fluffy.

Sift flour, salt and cardamom together; gently fold into the egg mixture.

Grate zucchini into a sieve over a bowl and squeeze out any excess moisture; place in a large bowl. Grate carrot into the same bowl. Add the oil, walnuts and vanilla; stir to combine. Gently fold the vegetable and oil mixture into the flour and egg mixture until well combined.

Pour into prepared tin. Bake in preheated oven about 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool cake in tin 20 minutes before transferring onto a wire rack to cool completely.

While cake is baking, make icing by beating cream cheese with remaining ingredients until smooth.

When cake is completely cool, spread thickly with frosting.

:-)

I didn't have cardamom, I used cinnamon.

Cobwebs are optional.


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It looks a really nice cake...BUT there's something missing I think ..ahhh a handful of stringy webs maybe :-S