I love lemons....

 ...what can I say?

My laptop adapter went to heaven and being forced on to the family pc for a few days showed up that on a bigger brighter screen, well the background was minging.  Perish the thought that this is the version of my blog any of you may have seen! 

It matters......

Aesthetics do matter.  

What it says about me matters.

I do not want to be minging.

I want to be like lemons; not the screwy face pulling and sour but bright and yellow and sunshiney and good with cake.

Like well hung wallpaper; something interesting to look at behind the photo frames and furniture.

Maybe a bit overpowering and loud?  It wouldn't be the first time I'd be called that...

I may well tire of it soon enough but for now....who's for a squeeze of ma lemon?  

Excuse me now while I ponder the Rock God of all Rock Gods that is the young Robert Plant for whose request,as I have said before here, to squeeze his lemon has me all but on the floor begging for a time machine to do just that.    

I wonder....a post about the could be erotic adventures if I had a time machine.  There would be a list.  Who's curious???

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Squeeze ma lemon...........

I couldn't resist this title, part of quite a 'oh-er' line from a Led Zeppelin song but it is apt as I wanted to discuss lemons.  I love lemons and last week I had a craving and with my new Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery book at hand I set about baking and making a fine old mess (more on that later).

This is the kind of book you want to jump in and submerge yourself in.

 

 

Not the most simple of methods in baking but the end result is worth the attention needed.

Ooh I so wanted lemon and the smells in my kitchen were amazing.

When it came to the lemon butter icing I needed a little colour, I wanted yellow.

 

 I wanted to feel like Spring sunshine was on the way bringing it's warmth but still desired the comfort needed in the cold that only a cupcake can bring.  Look at these, yes there's lots of photos but I'm celebrating the joy that is cake here........

 

  

  

  

are they not delightful????? 

I had such a lovely time with these and making a right old mess.  I could have stayed with all the pretty staged photos but hey let's get real.  This is what my kitchen looks like when I have been let loose with icing sugar.

  

I am a messy cook but I cannot not spill icing sugar everywhere when I am using it.

It cleans.......

.....so now I can enjoy one of those babies.

  

It was so good.  Even Hubby who is not a lemon fan liked them.  I'm thinking  chocolate with mint icing next, or vanilla with lime and coconut icing, or strawberries and cream, or raspberry.

Decisions, decisions!!

Here is the man that I could hardly bare begging for his lemon to be squeezed till the juice ran down his leg.

I WISH!!

The gorgeous Robert Plant, pensioner now but we'll gloss over that fact shall we!

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