hours. Happy days {punching the air with fist}. Needless to say when I finally got home from work at 12:30am I was totally spent!! And went straight to bed! The Gingerbread cupcake recipe is from the Martha Stewart website, which has heaps of great recipes. She is a pretty good mentor- apart from the whole "going to jail" thing. Maybe I'll skip that part for my life! I love her magazine too, so many pretty things. Especially the Wedding mag which I may purchase sometime in the future... ok, I'm off topic now.. back to baking.. The cupcakes are DELICIOUS!! Although how could they be anything else when they contain a whole cup of butter, a cup of golden syrup and 
cinnamon/cloves/nutmeg etc! I did have a tiny disaster though: just as I stood up from putting them in the oven I saw the eggs sitting on the bench. And if they're sitting on the bench, they're not in the cupcakes. D'OH!! I quickly whipped the cakes out of the oven, emptied all the cases back into a bowl and added the eggs, mixed, then got fresh cases and filled them and put them back in the oven. Phew!! {relief!} they worked out! And Fliss, I left one without eggs to see how it was, and it was just as nice! So I'll make them for you sometime with Macadamia oil and no eggs. See if you like them! I didn't have time to ice them fully (and I hate icing anyway, too much sugar, frosting is soo much nicer) so I used a white fudge pen to draw pics on top. I don't think gingerbread 
really needs icing anyway. I wrapped them up for my friends with a mini banana loaf and a handful of Almond Roca each and gave them out at work yesterday. I think they were all pretty pleased! I got a message from one guy this morning to say they'd eaten theirs for breakfast and they were delicious! Cool!
cinnamon/cloves/nutmeg etc! I did have a tiny disaster though: just as I stood up from putting them in the oven I saw the eggs sitting on the bench. And if they're sitting on the bench, they're not in the cupcakes. D'OH!! I quickly whipped the cakes out of the oven, emptied all the cases back into a bowl and added the eggs, mixed, then got fresh cases and filled them and put them back in the oven. Phew!! {relief!} they worked out! And Fliss, I left one without eggs to see how it was, and it was just as nice! So I'll make them for you sometime with Macadamia oil and no eggs. See if you like them! I didn't have time to ice them fully (and I hate icing anyway, too much sugar, frosting is soo much nicer) so I used a white fudge pen to draw pics on top. I don't think gingerbread 
really needs icing anyway. I wrapped them up for my friends with a mini banana loaf and a handful of Almond Roca each and gave them out at work yesterday. I think they were all pretty pleased! I got a message from one guy this morning to say they'd eaten theirs for breakfast and they were delicious! Cool!Will and I are off to Mum and Dad's after work, so a Merry Christmas to you all, have a great day tomorrow, celebrating with your family and friends!
:) C
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Hmph {pouting, stamping foot and jamming fists onto hips) howcome I never get to sample your baking efforts. I can't believe I even missed out on pumpkin pie, and it was THERE only 2m away from me!
I bet your friends felt very special, and I bet you were the only one to give out goodies like that weren't you!
Have a wonderful day tomorrow! I'll miss being with you!
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