It’s been a cold, wet month of May. And June is not looking much better.

Adrian likes dark chocolate. We always have a stash of Lindt Excellence at home for both baking and snacking. Currently there were two open packages, one of 70% and one 85%. Adrian was unsure which to choose (his real favourite is their Madagascar variety) so we had a mini chocolate tasting. The 70% version won.

Ingrid’s school has an annual cake competition. Ingrid and a couple of her friends made a volcano cake. Chocolate coating for the volcano itself, strawberry jam for lava, and some liquorice pieces for a staircase up to the mouth of the volcano.

It did not win any prizes but was the cake that everybody most wanted to eat.