Cupcake Sunday

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Guess how I spent Sunday afternoon? :)

N xxx

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup cake flour

• 1 cup sugar

• 1/2 teaspoons salt

• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

• 2 large eggs, separated and whites beaten until stiff

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup orange juice

• 1 stick of butter, softened

Orange Cupcake Recipe Directions

Combine butter, sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Cream these ingredients together thoroughly.

Mix flour, salt, and baking powder together in a separate mixing bowl. Add dry ingredients to creamed ingredients 1/3 at a time alternating with adding portions of the orange juice to the creamed mixture.

Fold in beaten egg whites. Spoon batter into cupcake liners until 1/2 full.

Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool cupcakes completely before frosting with orange icing.

(found at www.cupcakerecipes.com)

Markets and Mojitos

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Ooooooh today's been a good day!

First off we went to the market and seeped up the sights and smells...

...THEN we went to the bakery, and bought a freshly baked chapata, 2 soft rolls for tomorrow's breaky :)

After that we went to the Alameda and listened to a band, drank some beers and snacked on the olives we'd bought earlier, saw some friends and then headed home where we prepared lunch: mixed-grain rice with baked fish and a salad.... yum! (Güini came out to see what was going on and beg a lettuce leaf)

And finally, tonight I tried my hand at my FIRST EVER MOJITO! And let me tell you (she says as she slurps with one hand and types with the other)... it's as good as it looks! hehe!

Later alagator!

N xxx

Sun Day

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Hey-oop!

How are things today? Are you having a nice Sunday? Is it sunny there? Today feels like a real spring day, and we've been taking advantage of every moment. We went out for breakfast and ate jamon and tomatoes on toast and drank fresh orange juice and coffee in the sun on the Alameda, with a newspaper and sketchbooks. 

Then we got our bikes and cycled to the Plaza de Museo in front of the art museum, and had a little peruse of what was being sold by the local artists (I bought the butterfly brooch in the photo above... lovely isn't it?!).

Finally we cycled along the river which has recently been done up the far side with a new cycle path and little jetties into the river and a small 'beach' and had a bit of a chill in the sun there.

WHAT A SHAME TOMORROW HAS TO BE A MONDAY!

Hope you are well and happy, and chilled and funky!

N Xxx

Saturday Guilt

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...I feel dirty... :(