We had planned backyard activities with the kidss, backyard cricket, slip and slide, kiddie pool and all that find of stuff. But not only was it wet I was kind of afraid that I might lose the kids in the jungle that is my back lawn!!!!!
So we spent the day inside, Rat_girl and I made some lamingtons with a twist....Lamington cake balls, inspired by Bakerella.
They were delish, they tasted just like lamingtons!
Basically it was a cheap cake mix made as per directions, once cooled crumbled into a bowl and mixed with some icing. I used a packet of icing that I had left over from another cake mix (like a buttercream) and I dyed half green and half yellow. Mix and mush up and roll into balls, refridgerate for a couple hours or freeze to speed it up. Then I rolled in lamington icing and coconut.
There was bacon and eggs on the BBQ, sausages in bread (none of which I had) and then an Aussie style dinner...homemade meat pie, possibly one of the nicest ones I've made. Out of the mixture I ended up with 3 ramiken size ones for Rat_girl, so 2 put in freezer, 3 meals for Rat_boy, he had his with mashed spud on top and no pastry and 2 pies for us...so another on standby in the freezer.
And ofcourse for dessert pavlova, yes I know the kiwis will tell you it's yours, but it's Aussie I'm sure of it!!!
Look I even managed green and gold(ish) on the pav!!! Concrete_man keeps telling me how AMAZING the pavlovas are that I'm been making so I had to have a taste. And I have to admit, even though I really don't like pav it was the nicest one I've tasted not as sickly, syrupy sweet like most. The shell was perfectly crisp and inside light and fluffy. In saying that though, it was only a matter of minutes before I felt sick from eating it!
So Happy Australia Day to all my fellow Aussies...AUSSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE, OI OI OI!
Sorry couldn't resist
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