I think I may be turning into Fanny Cradock

An unexpected round of errands leads to most of the morning being taken up today but that's ok and it gets me out of the house and doing stuff, which is all good.

By the time I get home I'm quite a way behind with my list of things to be done that I made yesterday but crack on with a few bits such as a bit more cleaning. I also have to pop back to town as I'd missed a delivery earlier which I know was my beads that I'd ordered for my wedding jewellery so I had to go back and pick it up from the post office. Not a problem as that neatly fitted in with going to the super market and getting some supplies for a cupcake recipe that I'd seen in a magazine and wanted to try out.

Call me mad, but I have delusions of running my own cupcake shop one day because to me cupcakes are a just little servings of good soul food and decorating them is fun too! Especially now I've been looking around several sugarcraft websites, there is even more scope for potential in terms of making them look too good to eat!

Anyway, back in the real world I finish the shopping and head home and set about baking the cupcakes, making the sugar syrup they are soaked in, and preparing the orange zest cream cheese frosting to adorn them with... yummmmmmmm!

They take a little while to make but worth every ounce of effort I put in, they are delicious! Mind you, I can only ascertain this from the bite I had of Phils as I know each cupcake is about 60 zillion calories!

While tea is cooking I take the dogs out for a nocturnal walk, I'm afraid this will be more common now that then nights are drawing in quite rapidly. When I get home I then try to figure out how much each cupcake cost to make and was horrified at the 44p price tag. I'll have to work hard to get that down if selling them is a realistic idea....

.... and back to reality....

Posted by Abi on the September 30, 2009 8:28 AM