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The rarely updated blog of Joel Dixon
Monday, May 15, 2006
Merry (belated) Fishmas
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 15/05/2006 23:10:00I was cleaning out my camera phone (which I don't use very often at all) - and I found a few old photos.
Firstly, a bit of history. Apparently an Australian thing - my mother's been making Chocolate Ripple Cake for as long as I can remember. Very simple to do, you basically stick many chocolate biscuits together with a lot of cream, to form a long white cake (or "log"). A simple white log can get boring eventually, so my dear mum would make different letters / shapes out of the cake - to my varied amusement! For instance, she would bend the log into a giant "G" for my brother's birthday - and a huge "21" when it was his (or someone else's) 21st.
This practice must have struck a cord with me - because I remembered it all when Bell's mum asked me to help her with this year's Christmas deserts. I decided to make a tree:
Bell then suggested we decorate it - which turned out the be quite easy as her mum had every colour of sprinkles imaginable to man. Here's the final piece:
It's a pity I don't like eating Chocolate Ripple Log - as I doubt I'll get much of a chance to expand on my desert creativity!
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gav |
Well aren't you just Tonia Todman in the making? It actually looks really good. I'm a little worried you're turning. # Posted - 17/05/2006 13:52:00 |
 joeldixon  Posts: 170 |
In the making? Does that suggest I have room for improvement - bah! worried I'm turning? I guess I should be concerned then  # Posted - 21/05/2006 22:16:00 |
| gav |
Ha ha Damn you and your research assistants. # Posted - 23/05/2006 14:49:00 |
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