100 Happy Days...Day 72

Day 72 - Chocolate

Now I know chocolate isn't good for you, but I just can't resist it. Treating myself two a few nice pieces after work definitely makes me happy.

100 Happy Days...Day 55

Day 55 - Baking

Happy Easter Sunday everybody! Hope you've been treated to an Easter egg or two, just remember to enjoy in moderation.

Today I've spent a fun morning with my Mum baking. I bought a HummingBird Bakery cookbook the other week and I've been dying to try some of their cupcake recipes. We bought the ingredients yesterday and gave their Chocolate and Coconut Cupcake recipe a-go, and were very pleased with our success.

The cupcakes are very rich, but very tasty. The sponge was very light, and the frosting very creamy. We're not expert cake decorators so ours don't like as gorgeous as those in the book but they do look very nice. I got a few requests from my aunties/cousin for some after they saw the ones I'd baked for my Gran and Grandad as Easter presents.

The only downside to these cakes...they're 384 calories each. I'm not the type of person who believes you should cut out all cakes, chocolates etc just because you're trying to be healthy or loose some weight, but I will say these should definitely not be a regular snack, but there's no harm in enjoying them every now and again.

Now, as I have some coconut milk left over, I'm off to go and see what healthy meal choices I could make with that.