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Sunday, April 5, 2009
Australian Spongecake (Normal Pants)
I really love
Tuck Shop
(1st Street just west of 1st Avenue) for Australian eats. Last night they had this great spongecake. I don't even like spongecake, usually. Shot with a phone camera, but you get the idea.
1 comment:
lukeskibinski
said...
That looks like a
Lamington
:D
Yup - pretty damn Australian
April 16, 2009 at 1:40 AM
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1 comment:
That looks like a Lamington :D
Yup - pretty damn Australian
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