Week 54 Challenge - It's a wrap

Something wrapped in something else was the basic idea for this week's challenge.

I often use tortillas, so that option was out. I have a really nice fish wrapped in rice paper meal, but have done that before, so that was also out, and I figured a stuffed pasta was kind of cheating as I have done that before too.

I settled on making some savoury pancakes, which I filled with chicken in a curried white sauce sort of thing, and then folded up and baked in the oven with a little more of the sauce spread on top and a bit of peach and mango chutney.

The kids really enjoyed them... Braden going so far as to ask me to make them again sometime, and telling me he gave it 500/5. Not a bad review I think.

So, yes I will do them again sometime.

If I was to get picky about anything, I would say that they could have stayed in the oven a bit longer, but everyone was hungry, and they were heated through so it seemed pointless to wait.

Cupcakes

A couple of weeks ago, Sandra, Tiffany and I went to an Easter cupcake decorating class at Milly's in town. This was our Christmas present from Sonia, and proved to be a whole lot of fun.

They provided the cupcakes, the icing, filling for piping into the cupcakes, and two people full of ideas and experience to help us. We were given a demonstration of some basic techniques, and then the idea was to get on with it, and ask plenty of questions. We learnt how to use some very cool icing nozzles to give different effects, as well as colouring and moulding fondant icing.

So, here are the cupcakes:

It was loads of fun, and has inspired us to give this a go with the kids during the school holidays, in the few days before we go camping.

On the topic of camping.... feel free to start praying that we won't we be rained out!