You see, several circumstances conspired against me this weekend. 1) I had to work on Saturday morning, which meant I had to miss the North Saanich Farm Market, and my after-work trek to the Deep Cove Market turned up nothing but California strawberries. King Albert of Belgium might be able to get local strawberries, but no such luck for me!
Oh, and don't forget the people at Wimbledon.
The second circumstance was 2) that certain members of my family have to watch what they eat, and when I realized I was about to bake them a six-egg cake, split said cake in half and fill it with "2 cups of heavy cream, whipped," I had a slight crisis of conscience.
Normally cake wouldn't cause so much trouble, but this particular cake was meant to follow a (rather large) Father's Day dinner, and...well, in the interest of keeping all fathers present out of the ER, we opted for strawberry shortcake instead.
But not to worry. Next week's "exceptionally delicious" (p. 135) Mocha Almond Torte has a much better chance of becoming a reality!
Though I have to say, it is hard to argue with a good strawberry shortcake at this time of year...
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