Mill's writing on Utilitarianism isn't all about the greatest happiness for the greatest number, like Bentham's. He focuses also on the distinction between the intellectual and base, or animalistic pleasures humans experience, the former being the morally superior. Mill saw the intellectual virtues that we possess as rational beings as tools to achieving the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
So here's another kinda utilitarian bake: using the intellectual virtue of my love of baking, for the greatest good. I'm entering it into my university's charity 'bake-off' tomorrow...
Christmas Present Cakes
I used the basic sponge recipe for these, but to go that extra mile you could even decorate traditional Christmas cake like this, marzipan and all!
I used a whole packed of ready-roll icing to cover all four, which were composed of quadruple quantity (so 8 egg) sponge baked in a square tin.
The ribbons were made by various methods: colouring thin strips of ready-roll icing with thin red icing from food colouring, icing sugar and water.
Another was made of beads from a Christmas sprinkles selection/
On the green present, a pink ribbon was squeezy gel icing. I used gold spray for the two large presents, and green and a just a dash of red (for the pink) food colouring.
Points to note: use jam to stick together both the bits of sponge you want to make the desired shapes and to get the rolled icing to stick to the sponge too.
Should be a very happy Christmas....
