March 17
There was to be a cake stall in the main hall after school.
Funds would be raised for sprucing up the school garden.
Undercoverdad decided it would be a good idea to show what a great guy he is by baking a cake to contribute to the stall.
He chose to make a date and banana loaf.
Nothing could go wrong with a date and banana loaf.
Undercoverdad followed instructions and weights and measures to the letter.
When he checked how the loaf was doing, it was doing fine.
When he went back ten minutes later to take the loaf out of the oven it was burnt to a cinder.
It was an unmitigated disaster.
There was no way the loaf could be presented in public without inducing waves of laughter and ridicule accompanied by mass finger-pointing.
Undercoverdad decided to take the offending article along to prove his commitment, then give a donation before humanely disposing of the loaf so nobody would have their evening ruined by trying to eat it. Or their teeth.
Perhaps the date and banana loaf would sit nicely as a centrepiece in the school garden itself.
As part of the rockery for example.
