busy busy busy

its been hetic all last week what with sick kids, and my daughter had her friend over for a sleepover that lasted for 3 days  i haven't had much time to myself, but i did manage to make chocolate eclairs and fairy cakes that the girls spent hours decorating,
I bought them marsmallows, choc which i melted, smarties, googy eyeballs, orange and black sugarpaste, a floral embossing mat, various food pastes and icing sugar, and halloween jellies i must say it was the quietest i have ever heard them all weekend .i left them alone to decorate their cupcakes and they were brill uinfortuantely my camera let me down as i ran out of batteries to record their efforts but they will b at it again this weekend.

had to take one of my kids to the doctor as they weren't feeling great for a few days so after dropping the others at school, we headed in with no appointment, dan had his book, i forgot mine oh no the dreaded doctor magazines about golf, fishing, and wine i dont find any of these of any interest so imagine my suprise when i discovered a food magazine. There were 2 people in front of us in the queue so i settled in for the long haul with my food mag it was bloody brilliant full of all the nice desserts that i might like along with recipes, have to say i was a bit bold and ripped out about 10 pages of the magazine as i didnt have my book to write them down!!!! I am forever ripping pages from magazines i am known to have done it in the dentists as well, hey i am not alone it is a craze at least i dont rob the magazine, i only take the bits i want lol.

national baking week

It's national baking week and boy have i been busy! We made brown soda bread, white scones,butterfly buns, smurf buns and that was just monday. We have a family christening coming up soon and i am going to be trying out a few new recipes and as its halloween weekend i might do some scary buns as well.