7th December

Seems I have not updated my blog for three weeks - thank goodness for my photos being stored in date order!! 

First of the last three weeks baking consisted of blueberry muffins, a new recipe for chocolate hazelnut cupcakes - very yummy especially if you are a Nutella fan!!, some lemon cupcakes with lemon butter-cream and sugar nibs. I also made a large white loaf. Off to a 50th birthday surprise for the weekend so no more baking till the following week.

The following week I made another giant cupcake - this one was for my daughters birthday and I had to transport it (very carefully) by train  to Surrey - it arrived safely and undamaged - phew! I also made a family favourite - oat and raisin cookies, plus some mini Victoria sponges with a lemon curd and butter-cream filling, some vanilla cupcakes with a chocolate and vanilla butter-cream topping - using my newly acquired large duo piping set and I finally got around to making 8 mini Christmas puddings which I put a low oven overnight in a large pan of water.
The kitchen smelt like Christmas the next morning :-)

Finally for this week (so far!) I have made some mincemeat cupcakes covered with a brandy butter topping and a Christmas themed decoration, some vanilla cupcakes with a 'sweety theme' topping and yet another batch of those oat and raisin cookies- I'll be able to do them in my sleep soon but they are delicious - thanks to Jo Wheatley and her book A Passion for Baking

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