I bought myself a heart shaped cake tin - everyone should own a heart shaped tin. This is a chocolate cake with rose pink icing - recipe from this book.

I baked Yarnstorm’s Chewy Flapjacks. They’re certainly very lovely and chewy. I’m not sure I baked them long enough, but as the bottom of things tend to burn in my oven I like to err on the side of slightly early.

It was an easy recipe and as it all went together in the saucepan, there wasn’t much washing up either. I definitely recommend making it - particularly if you live in Australia and can find golden syrup easily.

We baked Almond Macaroons today - a couple of little friends were coming for a visit. It’s an extremely easy recipe and they taste great.

I’m happy to email the recipe to anyone interested.

I feel very Australian when I bake Pumpkin Scones. Possibly because this lady was well known for them. My littlest, P, loves them and I can pretend that she’s eating vegetables. Of course the biggest, A, doesn’t like them at all, so I’m still searching for something with vegetables for her.

I used the recipe in the Golden Wattle cookbook.