r's adventure

mmmhmm

was the collective opinion of everyone who tried these little beauties fresh outta the oven. today was my second attempt at the recipe, the first time i think it was too cold and the yeast didn't get much of a chance to rise. this time they were a lot better, the hardest part is waiting the 20 minutes to ice them!

hope you're having a lovely weekend... we're off to meet friends for dinner :)

joie de vivre: august

hello august.

and day two of joie de vivre: august

over the next 29 days i'm planning a post-a-day, lots of adventures, baking & creating...

 

key lime meltaways

i wrote this recipe down a couple of months ago and had been patiently waiting for a couple of spare limes to roll my way... i ended up halving the recipe but next time i'll definitely be making a full batch! delightful would be the best word to describe them. think zesty shortbread dusted with icing sugar.

 

mmmm...

i think that eating these rolls of cinnamon-y goodness...

...could just be the cure for the inspiration-blogless-blues. i bought a new sieve in the weekend (not often you'd hear someone getting excited over that, but a lumpy cake does not a happy baker maketh) so a batch of these cinnamon rolls could be the perfect occasion. i'm pretty sure my workmates will enjoy them too :) photo & recipe from joy the baker

and i am finally an adult...

today at 25 years + 86 days i bought my first ever cook-book

wow. it is so exciting. we have books for sale at work and all week i have been picking this book up and being inspired. i'm kinda new to this whole cooking business (mainly why this is such a momentous occasion for me!) but a girl can only survive on pasta for so long. this book is full of recipes with 90% of the ingredients already in your pantry. perfect. i'll let you know when i start creating.

plus... to continue the cooking theme i just saw these on inchmark. 

photo from {inchmark}

beautiful + thoughtful + yummy. i am going to have to find an occasion to make these. 

sunshine is a state of mind

beautiful flowers... can't wait to plant my tulips :)

gorgeous 'mezzaine' by patty young fabric found on true up

and last night i cooked these simply sweet cookies. they were so easy to make and even though i totally forgot they were in the oven (it happens once i get talking on the phone) and waaaaay overcooked them, they are perfect. 

recipe and photo from smitten kitten

muffins

Well, today I've been baking. I'm on a quest to discover a healthy, tasty, simple-to-cook-even-in-our-tempremental-oven, that uses normal ingredients - too much to ask? Well...? I thought I would share the recipe that I made today - it is a very low fat, I think about 1-2 grams a muffin (if you're counting these things) and has a smidgen of sugar. It tastes quite nice (I use nice, as it is what it is, however if I was going to blow the budget, I'd just head straight on over to Joy the Baker, no doubt about. Even the description makes me drool, ok enough... back to health!) I adapted this recipe from All Recipes.

Bananarama Muffins (Makes 6)

• 1/2 cup flour (I used 1/4 cup plain, and 1/4 wholemeal flour)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup mashed banana (I just smushed up 2 small bananas, really not so fussed on measuring!)
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of low-fat vanilla yoghurt
• 1 egg
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 180C. Then very much the same as every other muffin recipe, combine wet ingredients and add to dry. Don't over mix - that bit always scares me! And then bake for 15-20mins. I baked mine for closer to 20, but I am paranoid about them not being cooked through. Yum.

I have just ordered some photos online so hopefully that pushes me into action scrap-wise. I love the latest challenges up at TAIF and Scrapjacked (although I agree with Mandi, the whole spraypaint situ is rather intimidating!) Anyways have a sweet week. x

Disclamer: If indeed you decide to make these muffins, they will come out a lot cuter in reality... I miss Photoshop :(