If you were going to bake a Jane Asher cake that best summed you up, what would you bake and how would you decorate it? TopTramp
Summing somebody up is a tall order. I do love ginger cake, particularly the dark, Jamaican ginger type. I would make it nice and sticky, then obviously it’s got to be iced and decorated, maybe with little theatre masks and TV screen decorations to sum up the work side of my life. I guess I should put a cake on a cake because cakes are a big part of my life. So: a tiered cake? The cakes that delight me the most are those made by my grandchildren, which come smothered in sprinkles. I have all different kinds of decorations, so whenever my grandchildren are here, they pile it on. They are chaos, but to me, they’re the most beautiful cakes in the world.
You are – as am I – of a certain age, and it will be my birthday soon. Does the thought of time’s winged chariot occupy your mind? Or do you think it’s just another day – ‘Que será, será’? studsup
It more occupies one’s nights rather than days. You can drop into dark pits if you’re not careful. Age becomes part of the yawning abyss that is beside us all. The things that worry you change. At a young age, I was terribly afraid of losing my parents, especially my mother. In midlife, you worry about dying yourself. What will it be like? Will I die in terrible pain? Now in my ancient age [she is 78], I get depressed and scared if I think about my children at my funeral, so hurt and upset, because it’s horrible when the people closest to you die. Or maybe they won’t care at all! All the cliches that you’ll make the most of every day … but you can’t go around thinking: “I’ve got to enjoy every minute,” because you can’t. Looking back, you are often happiest when you’ve been doing something really boring, ordinary, just getting through the day. So – yes – but not to an overwhelming extent.
