It’s been a while since I’ve posted, not because I have forgotten but because I’ve been so busy. I’ve taken my friend Jules advice, and signed up for the 31 day blogging challenge – to blog for all 31 days of October, once a day on average. (31 posts / 31 days). We’ll see how it goes.

Last week there was a Cake sale here at work, in aid of one of the local schools for the disabled / differently abled children. As the autumnal chill was in the air, and I didn’t want to yet turn on the heat in my apartment, I decided that I could contribute best by baking items for a few nights. The key here is that I don’t make cakes. So, I emailed the team sponsoring the sale and suggested that I might make a few other goodies.

On Sunday night, I made brownies and chocolate chip cookies.

On Monday night, I made a triple batch of gluten free Peanut Butter cookies, a lemon Drizzle cake, and mixed up the pie crusts.

On Tuesday night, I made a Summer Berry & Apple Pie, a Mince Pie, and a proper American Apple Pie (with 10 apples, cinnamon, etc.)

By Wednesday, the day of the cake sale, I was pretty well baked out. However, the sale went very well. We raised 725 Euros for the charity. All in All, I ended out with 4 pieces of pie left – which is just fine with me.

And today?

Well, today I found out I won the prize of the “best cake” at the sale, for my ginormous 6 inch thick in the middle American Apple pie – which was auctioned off for 25 Euro! The winning pie is below:

So, what’d I win? A week of coffee and lunch in the work canteen, a bunch of company swag, and well, the joy in knowing that I am a stereotypical American – I can make Pie! 😛