Muffins that last a lifetime!

OK, it's been a while since I posted anything here...I've been waiting till something came along that grabbed me enough to make me want to write about it. So, what has prompted this then, I hear you ask!

Well, we've been making cakes at work, there's a little group of us....the cake club....and one of us makes a cake once a week, so we decided to all make two each this week and sell slices for Children In Need.....and very well we did too! Can't see where the connection is but that prompted me to think about the sell by dates on the cakes that you buy in the shops.

Now I'm not talking about most of the cakes that are in the supermarkets, although quite often they have a month or so on them, but in the little corner shop who sells a brand you've never heard of. You buy a cake in June and it has a shelf life till January next year!! I'm sorry, but what do they put in those cakes to make them last that long.....no cake should last 6 months and still be edible!!