Christmas prezzies!

Hello all you lovely people!

Good tidings and festive blessings. Christmas has come and gone and - to steal a turn of phrase - we are now in the non-time until the merriment of New Year's Eve. So, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to write a sneaky little blog post (as the OH entertains himself mis-singing Call Me Maybe while watching the Big Fat Quiz of the Year).

Plus, I was truly spoilt this Christmas, with crafty goodies from my own family and the future in-laws (big thank yous all round), so I couldn't wait to get in the kitchen and play with my new toys. As it was a test-run with my new food processor (thanks Mum), I kept things simple with an ordinary sponge. It took three minutes! Three! Everything in the pot, quick whizz and ready to go. The oven hadn't even warmed up.

Anyways, I spooned the mixture into my new plant pot muffin cases (thanks Erin and Craig), let them cook and then let them cool. Made a minor boob with the icing mix - not enough butter - so my flowers went a bit squishy. But I think you get the picture...

I have also finished another of my crafty projects so I will have to write about that later in the week. Until then, I hope you had a merry Christmas and have a fabulous New Year.

Much Love

Creepy Cake

A few weeks ago our office went all out for Halloween this year. Everyone dressed up, we had cakes and creepy music. It was amazing.
OK, so not everyone dressed up.
Well, a few people dressed up.
Alright! Five people dressed up and it was pretty mediocre. But the thought was there! And to mark the occassion I embraced my inner Nigella and hit the kitchen.

My vision involved a beautiful bright orange cake with a ghoulish ghost and scary black spiders. I hit only two stumbling blocks in my efforts. Number one - enough food dye to make ready to roll regal icing turn that perfect shade of orange will also make it incredibly sticky and soft. Number two - I neglected to buy any black food dye, so had to make do with gallons of blue in the hopes it would be close enough. It wasn't.

The cake went down well at work and I think made up for my lacklustre costume. On an unrelated aside, it is very difficult to have serious meeting with your manager about resourcing when dressed as a skeleton.

Oh and by the way, those are spiders. Not crabs. Obviously.