Saturday is Caption Day

over at Rocknrollmum. In case any of you were thinking that vicar's wives are purely ornamental I want it known that tremendous skills are demanded of us. Baking, for instance. My oven fancies are the ballast of church fetes and socials. Here, for instance, is the birthday cake I baked this week:



Any appreciative caption suggestions would be welcome!

Comments

  1. SarahMummy2 March 2013 at 08:50

    Brilliant! Slightly distorted Polo is exactly what they wanted. I'll save the fairy castle wtih 12 turrets for next year.

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  2. Anonymous2 March 2013 at 08:51

    Her baking skills gave a whole new meaning to 'cake hole'

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  3. Unknown2 March 2013 at 08:57

    The doughnut look was all the rage in cakes this year.

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  4. All At Sea2 March 2013 at 09:32

    Unfortunately for Anna, the bottom fell out of a career in catering.

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  5. Iota 2 March 2013 at 10:00

    The vicar's wife was trying out new designs for frisbees. "Aerodynamics are the new spirituality", she said.

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  6. Young at Heart2 March 2013 at 10:53

    add a couple of eye holes and build a shrine to the miricle of Jesus in a cake??

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  7. Unknown2 March 2013 at 17:53

    Oops?!

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  8. Unknown2 March 2013 at 17:54

    Oops?!

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  9. Rachael Sterrett4 March 2013 at 10:15

    I totally sympathise and share similar cake baking skills!! For many year my husband despite loving his mother's chocolate cake, banned me from making him birthday cake! However then I discovered Betty Crocker - her cake recipes have saved me in Denmark, where every mum (and dad for that matter) has to produce a home baked cake at some point!

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  10. A Little Light Work4 March 2013 at 16:47

    Mrs Vicar's sponge was so light you could see the work surface through it...

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  11. Singing Angel4 March 2013 at 18:27

    Mum's started on my Easter bonnet really early! Hope my head doesn't get any bigger.

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  12. Molly4 March 2013 at 20:10

    I'm officially awful at captions, so I'm not even going to try. But I will say one thing - it looks rather tasty from where I'm sitting right now. (Granted, I'm on that stupid Fast Diet thing and have only eaten 500 calories all day. But still...)

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  13. Erica Price6 March 2013 at 14:52

    Wouldn't mind it in my cakehole!

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