When Life gives you lemons...

Make Lemonade!

Or in my case - when you manage to order 1kg of fresh ginger in your grocery shop:

make fresh ginger cake.

Smells good, but it is still too hot to taste and it's bedtime.

Birthday Season has begun!

I am tired - the two week countdown felt very long...... and I was up very late last night making this:

 

Looks quite innocent doesn't it - with a tasteful decoration of mini smarties? Tea ended up being quite late, and once it was cut:

there was no way the children were having any so close to bed time! They all want a slice in their packed lunches though (As does my husband despite the fact that he is not taking a packed lunch tomorrow as it is his office christmas do!)

I first saw it on Sue at The Quince tree's blog, and then forgot all about it until I stumbled across it on the Whisk kid's blog a week or two ago - perfect timing!

Birthday cake season has begun!