Gah! Gâteau Reine Élizabeth! Gah! Nightmares of my childhood!!!

:-)

Recipe not withstanding, what a darling little story. I loved Fraser's enthusiasm and Ray's effort and this line:

Bella rolled her eyes. "Well, you see, we don't get too many nuclear submarines loaded with
terrorists in the Territories, so those stories tend to make the news."

*laughs*