The Housework Will Still Be There Tomorrow!: Nigella Lawson

Housework that needs to be done:

Washing and Folding of Laundry
Put Away Clean Dishes
Tidy Living Areas
Mop Floors
Dusting
and as for that Desk! Well .....

But instead of doing that.....

I have been doing a bit of baking. Realistically a bit of baking isn't entirely unusual for me, but I tend to keep it reasonably simple unless I am making a celebration cake. Today I have pushed the boat out a bit as I am taking dessert over to the in-laws as they have family visiting from overseas. It's always nice to do something a little bit nice for a special occasion.

Filling the mini loaf tins

So the menu today involved Nigella Lawson's Mini Lime Syrup Sponges (available in her book "How to be a Domestic Goddess") and a chocolate/raspberry profiterole concoction I fondly refer to as "Chocolate Bards" - more on that another time.

Smoothing out the batter

Anyhow, the other thing worth noting is that Miss L (my darling 3 year old) is now the proud owner of a lovely purple camera - no other colour would do, of course! (Thank goodness the shop had a reasonably priced purple camera!!!) As soon as the battery was charged she was up and snapping. As I was baking there was some serious paparazzi action going on so today you are getting a few shots of a 3 year old's perspective of baking activities.

All ready for the oven

As you can see, she's not overly concerned about things like focus or composition, but I love how she likes getting right in on the action!

Miss L likes order (although it is not always easy to tell, given the trail of destruction she leaves in her wake). You can often find her rearranging the carefully merchandised displays in stores. Most of the time everything gets lined up in some regimented order that makes sense to her. So, when she realised my photo tent was out and there was baking to be photographed, off she went to set up a "shoot". I was delighted when I saw my chocolate choux buns arranged in the classic Miss L line up!