With cupcakes baked, we began the all important bit – decorating!
There was a choice of marzipan and butterscotch icing, and 3 types of chocolate, along with other goodies.
Some people took decorating very, very seriously.
Me, I found that I have no patience for really fiddly things, so my cupcakes turned out a bit, er, dodgy. But there were some that looked great and rather professional.
I’ve been busy posting my stories on Fan Fiction Net, and realised I have been industrious over the years. So here are the stories I’ve posted so far…
Jane Eyre:
A Sort of Homecoming
Love in a Major Key
North and South:
In the Company of Children (still uploading chapters)
X-Files:
By the Beam of My Flashlight
Raw Hide
Bittersweet Symphony (still uploading chapters)
It’s kind of funny reading back over the X-Files stories, because I wrote these about 13 years ago while I was still at uni, when X-Files was all the rage. Now David Duchovny’s doing nothing much, and Gillian Anderson’s on the London stage with Toby Stephens… Times have changed.
But nothing is so glorious as red tulips en-masse, as seen in Canberra’s Floriade or the Southern Highlands each year.
Our teacher didn’t really spend too much time over the making of the batter, but I know how important it is to get it to the light and fluffy stage after having a few disasters.
Then all that’s left is to spoon the batter into the cases, with the help of an ice cream scooper. Good trick, that.
Spring is also the beginning of azalea season. They’re always lovely and bright.
But what we were at Sparkle Cupcakery for is, of course, cupcakes. There was a delectable selection at the shop.
However we came to create them. Later, you’ll see how close we got.
I started an account on Fanfiction.net. I’ll be posting my past and any new works there.
Another lovely spring time event is when the magnolia blossoms. I found this lovely tree in Wellington, New Zealand.
Smoked meat was the sandwich theme: smoked chicken and smoked salmon to be precise. And to follow, shortbread creams.
At Sparkle Cupcakery in Surry Hills on Saturday for a Hen’s Day activity. Afternoon ‘tea’ always goes off with a bang with it begins with sparkling and strawberries dipped in chocolate.
Static and Silence 