"We need flour and sugar." Sam said as she read the recipe.
"Flour and sugar." Jack got a bag of flour and the canister of sugar out of the cupboard.
"Eggs and butter." She continued. He opened the fridge.
"Eggs and butter."
"Pre-set the oven to 350F." She turned on the oven and turned the dial. She put the book down and opened a cupboard and took out a bowl and the scales. Jack grabbed the cake tins out another cupboard.
"So how do you want to go about this?" He asked.
"Weigh everything out, and then follow the instructions step by step."
"You do know I can just about bake a cake."
"You can supervise and line the cake tins." She smiled as she started to weigh out the ingredients and put them in bowls. "Step one, cream 110g of sugar with 100g of butter until pale."
"You know what that means?" He asked looking over her shoulder.
"Yes, I'm not that inept." She grabbed the whisk and started beating the sugar and butter together. Five minutes later the mixture was pale. "See."
"Impressed."
"Very easily it seems. Right what's next?" She checked the book. "Step two beat in two eggs." She cracked the two eggs careful avoiding letting any shell fall in and continued beating the mixture until it was incorporated. "Step three; sift in 110g of flour. Jack can you hand me the sieve?"
"Do I have a sieve?" He questioned, Sam looked at him. "I'm kidding." He turned round and got it and handed it to her. She sifted in the flour and then stirred it in. Five minutes later she had the mixture in the tins and put them in the oven. She set the timer for twenty minutes.
"See that wasn't too bad." She said.
"We'll see what happens when it comes out." Sam glared at him. "I'm sure it will be wonderful. You know you have flour on your nose." He put his thumb out to swipe it off.
"So do you." She tossed flour into his face.
"You'll pay for that." He grabbed a handful of flour and sprinkled it on the top of her head. Sam took some more flour and threw it at him.
"We're wrecking our nice clean kitchen, which Annabelle spent hours cleaning." Sam said between handfuls of flour.
"We're baking its only natural." He kissed her. She dumped flour down the back of his shirt. "Hey!"
"I'm trying to bake here."
"You started it."
"Well I'm stopping it. I'm trying not burn down the house."
"We have a timer for that."
"That's so the cake doesn't burn." The phone rang.
"I'll get it." Jack went and grabbed the phone. "O'Neill."
"Jack its Daniel. I dropped by the base someone said something exploded in Sam's lab."
"Hey Daniel." He looked at Sam who was trying to brush the flour out of her hair. "We know about that. Hudson called Sam into deal with it. Someone left a microscope on after they went in there without her permission. It's all back to normal."
"Good. I just wanted to check everything was okay."
"How brave do you feel Daniel?" He asked.
"Why?" Daniel questioned.
"Sam's baking a cake."
"Is Annabelle supervising?"
"She went home this morning."
"Get the fire extinguisher and I'll put Janet on stand by."
"Actually I think this one will work out okay. Do you want to come over and try some?"
"Give me a call in four hours if you're still alive and I'll think about it." Daniel replied.
"Okay, I'll let you know. Bye Danny." He hung up. "Daniel might be coming over for cake later."
"If you live?" Sam questioned.
"I have every confidence in you. It's Daniel that wants to put Janet on standby."
"Why don't you go and clean up I'll clean up here?"
"Sam?" He questioned. "What is it?"
"Why is it people trust me to build a bomb but not a cake?"
"Because you're a scientist not a chef and you can't be good at everything."
TBC
"Flour and sugar." Jack got a bag of flour and the canister of sugar out of the cupboard.
"Eggs and butter." She continued. He opened the fridge.
"Eggs and butter."
"Pre-set the oven to 350F." She turned on the oven and turned the dial. She put the book down and opened a cupboard and took out a bowl and the scales. Jack grabbed the cake tins out another cupboard.
"So how do you want to go about this?" He asked.
"Weigh everything out, and then follow the instructions step by step."
"You do know I can just about bake a cake."
"You can supervise and line the cake tins." She smiled as she started to weigh out the ingredients and put them in bowls. "Step one, cream 110g of sugar with 100g of butter until pale."
"You know what that means?" He asked looking over her shoulder.
"Yes, I'm not that inept." She grabbed the whisk and started beating the sugar and butter together. Five minutes later the mixture was pale. "See."
"Impressed."
"Very easily it seems. Right what's next?" She checked the book. "Step two beat in two eggs." She cracked the two eggs careful avoiding letting any shell fall in and continued beating the mixture until it was incorporated. "Step three; sift in 110g of flour. Jack can you hand me the sieve?"
"Do I have a sieve?" He questioned, Sam looked at him. "I'm kidding." He turned round and got it and handed it to her. She sifted in the flour and then stirred it in. Five minutes later she had the mixture in the tins and put them in the oven. She set the timer for twenty minutes.
"See that wasn't too bad." She said.
"We'll see what happens when it comes out." Sam glared at him. "I'm sure it will be wonderful. You know you have flour on your nose." He put his thumb out to swipe it off.
"So do you." She tossed flour into his face.
"You'll pay for that." He grabbed a handful of flour and sprinkled it on the top of her head. Sam took some more flour and threw it at him.
"We're wrecking our nice clean kitchen, which Annabelle spent hours cleaning." Sam said between handfuls of flour.
"We're baking its only natural." He kissed her. She dumped flour down the back of his shirt. "Hey!"
"I'm trying to bake here."
"You started it."
"Well I'm stopping it. I'm trying not burn down the house."
"We have a timer for that."
"That's so the cake doesn't burn." The phone rang.
"I'll get it." Jack went and grabbed the phone. "O'Neill."
"Jack its Daniel. I dropped by the base someone said something exploded in Sam's lab."
"Hey Daniel." He looked at Sam who was trying to brush the flour out of her hair. "We know about that. Hudson called Sam into deal with it. Someone left a microscope on after they went in there without her permission. It's all back to normal."
"Good. I just wanted to check everything was okay."
"How brave do you feel Daniel?" He asked.
"Why?" Daniel questioned.
"Sam's baking a cake."
"Is Annabelle supervising?"
"She went home this morning."
"Get the fire extinguisher and I'll put Janet on stand by."
"Actually I think this one will work out okay. Do you want to come over and try some?"
"Give me a call in four hours if you're still alive and I'll think about it." Daniel replied.
"Okay, I'll let you know. Bye Danny." He hung up. "Daniel might be coming over for cake later."
"If you live?" Sam questioned.
"I have every confidence in you. It's Daniel that wants to put Janet on standby."
"Why don't you go and clean up I'll clean up here?"
"Sam?" He questioned. "What is it?"
"Why is it people trust me to build a bomb but not a cake?"
"Because you're a scientist not a chef and you can't be good at everything."
TBC