back-from-camp-cake

This afternoon, Year 7 son returned from a short school camp. He is a home-loving(like me) boy and I know being constantly surrounded by people and noise and stimulation for a few days wears him out (also like me). I loved the way he came home and went straight to his room, listened to music for a while, looked at his books and the stuff on his desk and just quietly unwound.

I made an old reliable cake yesterday, which we all had for afternoon tea today.
(Cookery The Australian Way recipe, Foundation Butter Cake, plain.)
The icing is pretty slap-dash because I did it at eight o'clock this morning.

Daughter and her friend ate big slabs too. They are not like some of the girls in their year level who would NEVER eat cake. Only a mini lemonade icy-pole thanks, with a cigarette chaser. True.