Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not
so great) words of knowledge:
> If you were to cook a fantastic cake for a bake off at work what would
> you make?
>
> Temily
>

A lemon poppy bundt cake. Make part of the glaze on the tart side and
pierce the bottom of the cake (while still in the pan and warm ) with a
bamboo skewer and pour this part of the glaze over the cake so it soaks
into the holes.

Then remove the cake from the pan on to a plate and let cool. Sweeten
the rest of the glaze and brush a couple of coats on the outside.

The result is a cake that is sweet, but not overly sweet, with a
slightly tart aftertaste. Everyone who has tried my lemon poppy cake
has raved about it.

The appearance of a cake in a bake off is important, but the tasting of
the cake weeds out the amateurs quickly.