Success & failure...

On this lovely Saturday I set about to cook up a storm.

I had in my mind that I would make my favourite Easter cake, the Chocolate Cherry Torte but then I got sidetracked on Nigella and Donna Hay websites.

I was looking for a recipe for gingerbread similar to some goodies that Number 1 brother-in-law received as a Christmas gift. Those dark gingery/spicy cookies were heavenly and different to gingerbread treats we have had in the past. I was looking to see if I could pick out what made them so special.

So in my sidetracked state I found a recipe for Honey gingerbread bundt cakes on Donna Hays' site. I normally like a good Donna recipe, they are usually very reliable, like my favourite Womens Weekly recipes.

But not today

 the batter was very runny and they didn't cook through, I don't think the lack of mini bundt pans was the problem and I double checked the ingredients. Seems to me that there wasn't enough flour in the recipe.

The rest of the baking was a success,

the Anzac biscuits turned out well even though I didn't have the wattle seed to add to them this year. A tablespoon of wattle seed gives the biscuit a faint coffee flavour and a nice crunchy nuttiness. 

These sweet potato roesti were a first as well, but I am pleased to say these turned out well. I made them for Hayley and myself as they have feta and coriander in them which the Boy Racer despises, so more for us and I will make them again, and probably try more of Mish Delish's recipes.

But I might be making the choc cherry torte tomorrow for the picnic on Monday in view of todays sweet failure.

You never know what will become a tried and true recipe until you give it a go do you?