Baking has taken a bit of a back seat with all of the Boo walking and gardening and fetching and carrying that's been going on here. I did manage to produce a small batch of chocolate and orange not cross buns yesterday. The recipe (courtesy of Stork and found in a magazine but also here) called for actual chocolate as well as cocoa but I thought that might be a step too far after the recent overdosing on Lindt bunnies so left it out. I also ended up substituting sultanas for dried apricots because there was a bag of them in the cupboard, we were out of apricots and I couldn't be bothered to go to the shop.
They were rather tasty (I kept them vegan by using Pure soya spread and soya milk). Soft, spicy, with just a hint of chocolate and a fingerlickingly sticky orange glaze.
The Boy walked past as I was taking them out of the oven, glanced at the buns and muttered just two words.....
'Jacket potatoes'.
Charming.