Birthday

I made this cake to celebrate Alice's birthday, it was soooo good I made another one the next day!  

Ingredients 

200g (8oz) Greek yogurt

2 Large eggs

200g (8oz) Caster sugar

Zest of 3 lemons

100g (4oz) Ground Almonds

140g (5oz) Gluten-free self-raising flour

1tsp Baking powder

Ingredients for lemon drizzle syrup

140g (5oz) Icing sugar

The juice of 5 lemons 

We have had a couple of family weeks and the weather has been kind. A few days in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire visiting relatives in particular celebrating my nephews 18th Birthday. Alice went to Egypt for a week, enjoyed it but it was somewhat marred by having her ipod and money stolen as well as prickly heat. Bobbin has been given a spring hair cut, like a shorn sheep, she looks very cute though!

We had a hectic weekend in Yorkshire, with family, celebrating Steve's mum's 80th birthday. The surprise celebrations started with a family meal at the Mill House restaurant, Skidby Mill. We calculated It's the first time in about 15 years that all eleven of us had sat down to a meal together, how that time flies! We couldn't stay long because Alice had to get back to University.

I've had this cupcake card idea for a while. This time of year the shops are full of Christmas cards, birthday cards being squeezed, so a tutorial for a birthday card might be timely.

I wanted to use a real cupcake case for the card.

Cut a paper case into four, cutting away the base.

Using one of the quarters carefully apply glue to three edges, leaving the top glue free.

Position the paper case on prepared card, very carefully pressing down the glued edges. Now you have a pocket to put a 'cupcake' in.

I can't let this momentous event go by, HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY KIM. The wheel chair was just for the day to help the old timer get around!

We went to a 50th birthday party last night and I thought you might like to see the cupcake idea Sue, the birthday girl, created. I was very tempted to rearrange the 5 to a 6! Can you imagine the heat all those candles generated?

I celebrated my birthday this weekend. On Friday Susie, Kim, Leanne and I went for breakfast at the Waffle House and I saw Daryl in the afternoon for coffee. On Saturday,my actual birthday we had a family meal at home. On Sunday my neighbours celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary with a party in their garden but the vagaries of the british weather struck. Sunshine, showers, wind, thunder and lightening we expect no less just hope for a little more! Congratulations Sue and Kim on 30 years together you are great hosts even in the face of adversity.

We surprised Fred this morning with birthday cake, cards, bouquet and presents, It was a lovely way to spend a sunday morning with friends, coffee, cake and chat.