The BBC Micro Cake - Nothing to do with being a gentleman*
By Robert • Oct 28th, 2008 • Category: Food and DrinkGreetings All,
Recently I got married to a wonderful American named Jennifer. For a Irish lad who grew up in the UK it was quite an experience getting married in the states. One of stateside traditions I loved was the concept of a Grooms cake, something that just doesn’t happen this side of the pond.
When I was asked what I wanted my grooms cake to take the form of, I wondered. Should it be a rugby ball (I play rugby), should it be a top hat (I love the 30s) or should it be a Whisky bottle (yep, I like Whisky). No, it wouldn’t be none of those, it would be in the form of a BBC Microcomputer, the classic British computer that taught a generation of 1980s kids how to program in BASIC.
So here it is…
Pretty nifty, eh? Peanut butter and chocolate, yummy!
For comparison, here is the ‘regular’ wedding cake…
Just a cake.
Thanks to Joelle for putting up with my ranting about how great the BBC Micro was and for baking such a tasty and beautiful cake. And further apologies to the assembled guests who seemed a bit bewildered by my geekish ramblings, trust me Elite was really good.
*In the sense that is has nothing to do with the main content of this site.
Robert is is the founder and main author on Chap Talk. He takes being a gentleman very seriously. He doesn’t own a television and has never read ‘Nuts’ magazine. When not working he likes nothing more than to read a good book, enjoy a glass of good Scotch and to be with his amazing wife.
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Awesome!