What's the last thing you baked?

A sweet potato.

I'll be right over to help eat some of that!

Mr MLG won't like that likely help will be needed with that! 

And also Turtle Bars. I need to learn to make decent pie crust. I *heart* fruit pies.

I need to learn to make decent pie crust. I *heart* fruit pies.

Me too.    Which is probably why I shouldn't learn to make them...

Me too.    Which is probably why I shouldn't learn to make them...

Too. true. 

I just finished baking chocolate chocolate-chunk cupcakes, and as soon as they are dead cold I will frost them with chocolate frosting. Wholemeal, reduced sugar, vegan, of course!

I made these brownies from Chary's food blog. OMG DIVINE!!!!

http://helenswoodenspoon.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/the-worlds-best-brownies/

Going to try the maple walnut bread this afternoon!

Blueberry Muffins!

But what's up with buttermilk being so thick in the UK? It made my muffins heavier than I expected, might just be adding lemon juice to milk from here on out.

Yesterday I made a mincemeat cake (using up a jar of mincemeat we had in the cupboard) from a recipe book that DH has had for a long time, entitled Fast Cakes.  It was not so fast though, because the recipe said to bake it for 1 3/4 hours! 

Which I thought - gosh that sounds ever so long to bake a cake!  So I set a timer for 1 hour & then to check it.  Well it's a good thing I didn't bake it for the 1 3/4 hours the recipe said to do, because it would have surely been completely blackened by then.  It was overcooked at 1 hour - we each had a piece while it was warm, but today it's as dry as a bone & I'm binning the rest.  DH said he would take it to work for the boys to eat, but I said I'm ashamed for you to take that cake into work & it was really dry this morning. 

Yesterday I made a mincemeat cake (using up a jar of mincemeat we had in the cupboard) from a recipe book that DH has had for a long time, entitled Fast Cakes.  It was not so fast though, because the recipe said to bake it for 1 3/4 hours! 

I bet that was a typo and it should have just said 3/4 hours!

Going to try the maple walnut bread this afternoon!

This turned out very nicely - good with a tea / coffee!

Will be doing the Victoria sponge cupcakes with lemon curd icing for this weekend.

I have chocolate stout cupcakes in the oven!

More Victoria Sponge cupcakes at Mr MLG's request.

Sinfully rich devil's food cupcakes with chocolate icing and Cadbury Flake and Mini Egg nests on top with DSS for our Easter celebration with him (since we don't have him on Easter). They are like death-by-chocolate!

Making chocolate chip cappuccino bread.