Practising for Easter...

This afternoon I tested out one of the recipes in the "Bake" cookbook I got for Christmas; Hot Cross Buns!!

They were surprisingly easy to make and less time consuming than I expected, and taste delicious!

While they were rising I finished off stitching the binding onto the baby boy quilt while watching "Julie & Julia". I'll post photos of the finished quilt once I've had a chance to take photos in daylight

Not sewing, but just as fun!

This week I made gingerbread! It was so much fun! My housemate's joined in too, helping with the cutting, decorating and of course the eating.


The recipe I used was from exclusively food and turned out Delicious! I made a couple of changes, I didn't have any "mixed spice" so used 1sp Cinnamon and 1tsp nutmeg, and I'm not sure if "Baking Soda" and "Baking Powder" are the same or different, but I used "baking powder" as that's what we had in the cupboard.

There were of course gingerbread men with Smarties for buttons.

There were also ballerinas, pussy cats, flowers and smiley faces!

And of course, a few Australia's (courtesy of my awesome Australia shaped cookie cutter!).