Chapter Twelve

Too many Cooks

Dolly Ducktail had just returned from school, “What on Earth have you been doing Dolly?”Asked Mummy “as she took a look at Dolly in horror, Dolly was covered from head to toe in flour “You have flour all over your clothes Dolly, what happened?”

“We have been having a cookery lesson at school Mummy,” said Dolly “And I have been making cakes with David”

“Making cakes Dolly” said Mummy “I think you have been IN the cake’s Dolly, looking at the state of you, go upstairs at once and have a bath and change into some clean clothes Quack, quack quack”

Dolly went up and got herself all nice and clean and made her way down into the kitchen where her Mummy was, “Can David come over, and can we make some more cakes please Mummy” asked Dolly.

“Well alright Dolly” said Mummy “But I had better be with you this time as I don’t want my kitchen covered in flour like you were today,” Dolly jumped up and down with  excitement”

“Oh goodie goodie Mummy I will go and ring David now and tell him to come over as soon as possible”

David soon arrived, and Dolly with her Mummy started to get all the ingredients ready, “What sort of cake do you want?” asked Mummy,? Chocolate” they both cried “OK then that’s what we shall make, now then you too, first you need to whisk some sugar, eggs and milk together, you get the eggs David and  be very careful not to drop any, you can add the sugar Dolly and I will add the milk”

“How much sugar do I put in Mummy? “Asked Dolly

“Oh about 8 oz. Dolly said mummy with her head in the refrigerator, now Dolly hadn’t done ounces at school yet, so she put in what she thought was 8 ounces, actually it was more like a pound.

“It’s the flour now you two” said Mummy “so I will do this part but you can watch, first I will sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder over the top of the mixture, and fold it in, you can both have a stir if you want” both of them stirred until it was all mixed up.

Now that was easy wasn't it?” Mummy said

“All we have to do now is to put it all into a cake tin, and then into the oven and wait for it to cook”

At last the cake was ready, after it had cooled down Mummy cut a large slice for them, as they took their first bite Dolly screwed up her nose,”Oh it’s very sweet Mummy” And David agreed, “I don’t think we like chocolate cake as much as we thought we did, quack quack quack quack quack.