Friday, 8 February 2013

Rhubarb and custard cake - rated or slated?

We're all busy people (I have to view that David Beckham ad again quite urgently) so let's get straight down to business.

The graphs:




The comments:

"great look and taste"

"lovely yum yum"

"really lovely fresh flavour"

"loved the icing sugar leaves"

"oh yeah" 

"very soft, nice decorations"

"very interesting to have this combination as cake"

"good texture and taste"

"lovely one, fresh, decorated, jolly good"

"disappointing"

"its fab all round"

"I hate rhubarb, I love the cake, made me like rhubarb, liked the rustic presentation which suited the taste, sort of arts and crafts cake, William Morris style!"

Now there's an element of swings and roundabouts for me with these results. Regards the comments, I think "oh yeah" is THE best comment I have ever had for a cake. Genius. But "disappointing" cuts me to the quick. Is there a worse word than that? I think not. I'd prefer "crap" or "rubbish" to "disappointing".

And perversely, I find the unanimous 5 out of 5 for appearance totally galling. This is a direct result of that bloody stencil and I am still being taunted by the bestower (I can't even type his name). Normally, such high scores for appearance would have me giddy as a kipper, but in the circumstances, they are compromising my continued flouncing status. There's a word for it. Disappointing.

6 comments:

Kat Buckley said...

Wow these scores are super high! Is this the best result you ever had?

The View From The Table said...

Could you pop out of your flounce Barnes just to high 5 yourself??

Sarah Barnes said...

Aren't they good Kat! Certainly I've never had 5 out of 5 across the board for appearance. Thanks again for the inspiration :)

Sarah Barnes said...

Table, I am slowly exiting flounce mode but that "disappointing" really didn't help. Just a tiny high 5 then...yay!

rita cooks italian said...

Rhubarb is not my favourite flavour so I wonder if the 'dippointing' comment comes from a not rhubarb lover... I have been inspired by your website and I baked a huge chocolate cake (brooklyn blackout) for the birthday party of my little boy instead of the usual kids cupcakes and it was a HUGE success.

Sarah Barnes said...

Not everyone loves rhubarb, thats for sure Rita. I am so pleased you made the Brooklyn Blackout cake and your little boy and his friends liked it! Got any pics?!

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