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Heavenly Cupcakes!

Blue bun with Born & Bred Belfast mug

To celebrate World Baking Day I decided to channel my inner Nigella.

I swapped my pen for my wooden spoon and got to work in the kitchen.

Wooden spoon with angel wings

Fifteen minutes later, I was looking less Domestic and more Dishevelled Goddess after having furiously beaten all the ingredients together in a big bowl.

How on earth did Nigella make baking look so sexy? Disgruntled Goddess questioned as I dolloped the uncooperative mixture into the cupcake cases.

Once baked, I seductively sashayed over to the oven (because that’s what Nigella would’ve done).

Opening the oven door, the heavenly smell of freshly baked buns filled the kitchen.

Cupcake with blue icing

All that was left for me to do, was to drizzle on the icing sugar and voilà!

Angel inspired buns to go with my angel inspired book.

Anna's F-Plan, cupcakes, angel wings

Publication Day!

About the same time that I started writing Anna’s F-Plan I started my ‘Peaks, Polaroids and Prosecco’ challenge. So a peak, a polaroid and Prosecco was the perfect way for me to celebrate my Publication Day.

I was so excited as I stood at the foot of the very first mountain I had climbed in the Mournes.

We set off on the short climb to the top.

Two years ago, I had huffed and puffed, staggered and stumbled my way to the summit and today was no different!

There had been too few peaks as I was preparing for publication. My lungs, legs and muscles were all suffering as a result of too much time spent sitting on my bottom editing but I bravely battled on, until finally I reached the top!

Where gale force winds were blowing.

I wanted my book to fly off the shelves, not off a mountain!

It was October 25th. I had climbed a peak, taken a Polaroid and popped the Prosecco to celebrate the publication of my book.

It was the perfect day!