V2 of the hot cross buns are ready! We used the bread maker recipe again and indeed I had not clipped the container into the oven properly which is why it didn’t work last week. This time we didn’t put the fruit/sugar ingredients in before the kneading cycle was finished so there was still some hand kneading required at the end.

The white stuff for the crosses was too thick last week, and this week too thin to maintain a pattern! It squirted all over the place not maintaining any shape and dribbled all down the sides.

However the house smells amazing and the shiny little buns with no sign of white lines or crosses are cooling on the bench.

It’s another lovely blue day in Wellington today, just how I like it, looks warm but when you go outside there’s a very slight autumn coolness in the air.

Had a long wander through town and around the harbour yesterday.

Saw a very orange bus and trailer.

And took an arty photo of the ivy up the side of the Museum Hotel. Soon it will be full coppery autumn colours.

Hmm, Earth Hour was a bit of a fizzer in central Wellington last night. We lit our candles and turned out the lights, then looked out the window waiting for lights to go out on the hills. None that you’d notice.