A newlywed wife attempts to make a cake for her husband’s birthday with disastrous results. The wife buries the burnt cake in the garden of their new build home but her husband accidently discovers it. This 1960s comedy short was a Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) production. Title: Beginner’s Nightmare Credit: Those taking part Mr & Mrs Newlywed – Reg. & Doris Hall Neighbour – Elsie Holland Friend – Mary Earl Producer, Director etc. - Flo....

A newlywed wife attempts to make a cake for her husband’s birthday with disastrous results. The wife buries the burnt cake in the garden of their new build home but her husband accidently discovers it. This 1960s comedy short was a Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) production. Title: Beginner’s Nightmare Credit: Those taking part Mr & Mrs Newlywed – Reg. & Doris Hall Neighbour – Elsie Holland Friend – Mary Earl Producer, Director etc. - Flo. & Geoff Richardson A newlywed couple look at the husband’s birthday cards, many arranged on the mantelpiece. The husband looks at a card from his wife. The wife shows him a recipe book with a special iced birthday cake she’s planning to make for him. He kisses her and leaves for work. She heads to the kitchen to start baking. She adds ingredients to a mixing bowl, places the bowl on a Kenwood mixer. She gets cake mixture (mostly flour) all over her face. Close-up of some of the ingredients. She appears to have forgotten the eggs. She starts another cake, her face still covered in the old cake mix. She manages to knock the bowl and cake mix on the floor. Close-up of the novice baker scraping it off the floor and back in the bowl. Sometime later, she places a cake tin in the enamel oven and claps, delighted that she has finally been successful. Close-up of the dirty cooking implements dumped in the kitchen sink. The wife is putting lipstick on. She selects the temperature on the oven and puts the cake on to bake. She heads off shopping with a basket. She browses the windows of a supermarket and bumps into a friend on the street. They begin to chat. Brief shot of the oven back home. The wife continues to chat with her friend. Brief shot of the oven as time passes. The wife returns home with her shopping. She opens the oven door with her oven gloves and smoke pours out. The cake is burnt to a crisp. Her friend calls round, ringing the doorbell. The wife opens the door, dabbing the tears away. The friend consoles her on the doorstep and guides her indoors. The wife shows her friend the burnt cake. The two friends sit down at the dining room table. The wife shows her friend the fancy cake recipe she was trying to make her husband. The friend has an idea. The wife smiles gratefully and agrees to the plan. She disappears outside with the burnt cake and tin. Later, her friend rushes back with a cake on a plate. Title: That Evening The newlyweds and the wife’s friend are enjoying a delicious piece of birthday cake. The husband enjoys the cake immensely. The friend smiles, knowingly. The husband kisses his wife. When he leaves the room, the wife giggles and shakes hands with the friend. But looking out of the window, her friend looks dismayed and points outside. The husband is digging over the garden in their new-build house. His spade has hit a solid bit of ground and he’s having difficulty digging the patch. He scrapes around an object with his fingers and pulls out the wife’s burnt cake, still in its tin. The wife and friend are watching this from the window. Her wife puts her hand to her mouth in shock. Close-up of the husband examining the object, puzzled. He gestures to the burnt cake he’s holding and calls to his wife indoors for an explanation. Title: The End