Making Cakes

Over the past couple of weekends Ellie and Gemma have been making cakes.

Last weekend they made Jam Tarts :

 

And this weekend they have been making Chocolate Krispie Cakes, we’ve got to use up all of the Easter Eggs that Ellie was given somehow!

 

Here’s Ellie after cleaning out the bowl, mmmmm, chocolate:

They were all lovely, and there aren’t many left.

The New Cooker Has Landed.

Today was an exciting day as our new cooker arrived.

It was ordered 2 weeks ago from Currys, and just before lunch-time it arrived. It was installed efficiently by the technician, who then went through all of the features on the cooker.

We’ve been looking to get a new one for a few months now, as the one that we inherited when we bought our house has been slowly deteriorating. It has been a job to get it clean in the first place. So, thankfully today, the new one has been delivered and fitted.

We now have a shiny, spotless cooker, which should make the job of keeping it clean, and grease free a little easier!

To celebrate this wondrous event, the cooker was christened by cooking a meal of sausage, mashed potatoes, beans and onion gravy. Mmmm!

So far so good. All the gas rings light first time, as do the grill and more importantly the oven. The oven on the old cooker was always problematic, taking its time to light, and you never could tell whether the oven was getting to the temperature it should.

Lets hope that we get many years out of it.