Minty had a lovely time at the Old Folks Home. And the Old Folks had a lovely time with Minty.
Taking photos was difficult today as TonTon was being distracted and a bit bossy.
As Minty wandered about getting her share of love. 
Naughty Meadow hoofed it around the hall baa-ing in everyones ear. Especially annoying Ton who had been told to take a break. 
Here Minty fell completely asleep in this woman’s arms and she almost missed her lunch. She was quite happy for Minty to sleep there as long as she wanted, even though that lamb is getting heavy. The chickens did the rounds but I got overly involved trying to stop Meadow from wreaking havoc in every corner. So the camera was not out often. I am not taking Meadow again. She was just loud and naughty.
Minty was, of course, perfect. We came home to pigs in the pool and all the farm work. So it was off with the good boots and on with the gumboots. I swapped out the handbag and camera for the shovel and fork, tied my hair back and got to work. 
Later I was feeling tired and needy. I needed a cup of tea, a sit down on the step and a catch-up Think. I had been sent a wonderful surprise gift of GOLDEN SYRUP the other day and we were having THIS for dinner. One of ChgJohns Bartolini Kitchens Staples which is simple to make and deeply satisfying. All I had to do was pick greens from the garden to go with it. So I thought I would make a cake to go with my cup of tea. I told you I was feeling tired and needy!!
Here it is. The easiest and moistest chocolate cake in my Battered Book.
Mama’s Moist One Pot Chocolate Cake
In a pot (saucepan).
MELT:
- 75 grams of butter (3 oz)
- 2 big spoons of GOLDEN SYRUP,
- 3/4 cup of milk,
- 3/4 cup of sugar,
- a slug of bourbon (this was the needy bit)
ADD
- 100grams of melted cocoa chocolate or 2 big spoons of cocoa,
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
THEN
- 1 teaspoon baking soda in 1/4 cup of milk
Stir. It will be a very wet mixture. Pour into cake tin. Cook at 350 for 35 minutes.
Good morning. This is a very fast unfussy cake to make, it is moist but light. Because it is made in one pot with a wooden spoon, it has the absolute minimum of washing up, which is why it is a good cake for those tired, needy moments when you just want a slice of cake and a cup of tea.
We have a lovely day dawning here. Minty has already slipped under the fence and is waiting with the cats on the verandah for her milk. She is forgiven because she was so good yesterday. You can’t train a lamb to be a therapy animal and then wonder why it wants to get into your kitchen.
You all have a wonderful day too.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
78 responses to “Meadow is not a therapy sheep, ah well, how about some of Mama’s chocolate cake!”
This looks a great cake! If it’s OK I think I’m going to print the recipe. I always love to make cakes that don’t have eggs in. 🙂
I think you deserved pasta and chocolate cake after your day – poor little Meadow, but maybe she´ll be happier being naughty at home!
The cake looks lovely.
As a collector of chocolate recipes I will have to make this one immediately, and a comment on the aforementioned outing with the animals, I went to a curated exhibition last night of artists who have a passion for other animals and discovered via the guest speaker academic that there is a whole field of study in universities of the relationship between them.You are putting the real thing into practice.
send them the photos! they don’t need to study it bless them. The pics will prove it! I would love to have heard that talk too! Good morning and Welcome c
Hi Celi, one of the (many) bloggers I follow had the good sense to tag your blog, and I followed. Now I’m addicted, & look forward to thekitchensgarden email notifcations and greedily devour your posts & photos. If you can accomplish all this via a blog, who knows what power that chocolate cake could hold over me 🙂 EllaDee
Morning EllaDee and thank you so much for commenting and making my day, it is great to hear from you.. welcome to The Kitchens Garden.. c
I love how Minty is in the arms of that lovely lady and is so happy and peaceful that she can fall asleep. It’s a wonderful thing that you do for the residents in the retirement village but I can imagine, exhausting! Great looking cake xx
Such precious pictures, Celi. I just can hardly imagine traveling with such a menagerie, but looking at the faces of the older folk, the effort must surely be rewarding. You earned a catch-up think…as well as bourbon and chocolate, I’d say! Sounds. Like a wonderful recipe. Debra
As any director will point out, trying to put on a production with children is chaotic and unpredictable. Then with animal babies…well, poor Celi and Ton Ton! No wonder you needed a chocolate pick-me-up!
It would be delightful live at your house. Terry and I are exhausted and it is just the first of May, I wonder what we will be feeling the first of October.
Linda
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And we have the heat coming too! Pace yourself.. i wish i could pop over to lend you a hand, they say its a small world but really it is still BIG! c
Yummy! 🙂
It is so wonderful what you are doing. I felt touched at seeing the old woman holding the sleeping Minty. It sounds a huge juggle for you, like having a tribe of naughty children, as well as the old ones, the camera, the logistics of it all. No wonder you felt needy. I’m wishing you a homecoming that has a cake and cup of tea ready and waiting.
My 12 year old daughter and I are making your cake today! I don’t normally have bourbon but we recently bought some which is in the process of becoming vanilla (it’s been working about a month) so we used a slug of that. I also happened to have the sorghom molasses. It’s going into the oven now. As always I enjoyed your post and love hearing about your farmy.
The molasses will be a wonderful substitute, i hope it turns out, how lovely to cook together with your daughter, such precious time, even now that my daughter is grown when we cook together we fall into that delicious mother daughter rhythm.. take care, c
It was delicious and my husband wants me to make them to sell at our little local convenience store where he works. He REALLY loved it!
having a local store to sell stuff must be great!!! I am glad he liked it! c
Lovely post – I too think Ton Ton is annoyed with all the attention the lambs get which he used to have all to himself. Just like kids – do anything to get attention. Wonderful job you are doing taking your pets to visit every week – it would be the highlight of the week for them I am sure. What fun (afterwards?). Joy
I’ve heard about golden syrup but have never baked with it. This cake looks yummy.
I’ve been wanting to make that meal of ChgoJohn’s. I actually had all the ingredients and planned on it a few weeks ago and then things got nuts and I of course forgot. So now, I’m going to put it on this week’s menu. Minty is such a doll. I imagine she brought so much happiness to the woman she took a little nap with. So precious!