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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Cake is in oven. Estimated cooking finish time 1620hrs. The oven won't let me put in a time longer than 2 hours. Even technology has a short attention span these days.

Edit: Cake is now out of the oven, has been brushed with brandy and is cooling down under a foil cover. Next step involves more brandy and a thorough wrapping before putting it away to mature. A good rich fruit cake is a preserve, not a dessert. I will probably start eating this one in the latter half of next year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does the oven timer switch the oven off? If not surely in todays society there are multitude of better options for a timer :P

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It does turn the oven off unfortunately. I just need to make sure I reset it once or twice during the afternoon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I’ve got one of those. And stove burners that don’t do low simmer properly. Bloody annoying.