Heard on the radio this morning that it's really important to take regular breaks from work. So I did just that and decided to attempt the Vanilla cupcake recipe from the Hummingbird cupcake book:

The recipe tells you to use plain flour with baking powder but I always just go with self raising flour because I'm too scared they won't rise!

Had a disaster with the icing because I ended up splitting the piping bag and getting food colouring everywhere! nevertheless I decided to decorate with candy coloured vanilla frosting and chocolate hundreds and thousands and I think they have turned out a treat don't you?

(and check out the home made cake stand!)