Episode two of cooking from the Hummingbird Bakery was a bit of a wake-up call. Mainly because I hadn’t expected last night to be such a big night. However, there’s nothing more comforting after a night out, next to a greasy breakfast that is, than to be in a kitchen that smells of delicious baking.

Our menu for today had a savoury twist to it with Ham and Mushroom muffins, Spinach and Cheese muffins, Peanut Butter cookies and Ginger cupcakes on offer.

Caro and I learned our lesson from last time to try and balance the sweet so we wouldn’t be overwhelmed! The day went very smoothly and I think it was a combination of a few factors – Caro and I were a bit more organized with our method, Gaspar seemed hungry less often than last time (he still tapped Caro out though! ha ha!) and the biggest factor was the most helpful helper in Meline, Caro’s cousin, who was great with helping out with washing dishes, some chopping, mixing and managing the oven! Thanks Meline for helping out with the day! Nathan too was helpful with babysitting duties. 🙂

The only thing we need to improve is the icing on our cupcakes. Still haven’t managed to get it quite light and fluffy yet ..

Ham and Mushroom muffins and Spinach and Cheese muffins

Peanut Butter cookies

Ginger cupcakes

The finished products:

The day went so well that we even had time to fit in a movie (Confessions of a Shopaholic)! Not Nate’s first choice but with three girls against one guy (two if you count the little one) he was a bit outnumbered. Heh heh.

Gaspar was a little disappointed that he didn’t get to indulge however:

But he’s growing so big so quickly that won’t be long before the little cutey is joining us!