Baker's Heaven

I have been in a baking mode lately. Baked chocolate cherry cupcakes, jaffa cakes and raisin bread. Raisin bread was a disaster. I decided I won't bother with bread anymore. Too much effort, waiting and I don't like bread that much anyway. It's just easier to buy them.

However, I enjoyed doing the cupcakes and jaffas extremely. Mostly - you can't really buy these and I love eating them - especially jaffas. I still remembered my first taste of jaffa which an ex-colleague bought for me from London. I got hooked and the next time anyone went - they had to get me one big tub which I stored jealously over. But that was maybe 3 years ago. One day, I stumbled upon the recipe of jaffas online. Tried it and modified and 'perfected' (according to my tastebuds anyway) the art of baking jaffas. Now, Roger is an experienced apprentice in smoothing the luscious chocolate over the jaffas. Only problem - I have a very small oven. So at any one time, could only bake 8 jaffas at a go. Too much work. Praying for a BIG oven and it will be jaffa heaven for me!

I still got the awesome scones recipe somewhere in my email from my Australian host who cooks some of the best dishes I've eaten. And that chewy cookie recipe... one day... maybe after Japan... ^__^

For now... it will just be jaffas, jaffas and more jaffas...