Daleks and Magpie
As promised, I produced a batch of Dalek shaped gingerbreads for a certain occasional gathering of Doctor Who enthusiasts on the weekend.
I used the Donna Hay recipie which was a bit nicer than the one I found on the internet but I probably had the oven at the wrong temperature as they turned out softer than I would have liked. The dough was also runnier to start with which made cutting the shapes a challenge.
We also took advantage of the incredibly pleasant weather at this time of year and picnicked at the Mt Cootha gardens on the weekend where we found the birds to be unusually tame (but not unexpected given how many people are in the gardens all of the time)
Click through these photos to see some others in my flickr photostream. Incidentally, the photo in the banner of this blog was taken at the Mt Cootha gardens as well.
I can vouch that the gingerbread daleks were delicious. The magpie, I cannot say…
Glad you liked them John, I know gingerbread is not to everyone’s taste. I confused you with my Dad who also occasionally comments here, maybe you and him can add an extra initial so I can tell you apart? (Failing that, I have to resort to hovering the mouse pointer over your name and looking at the status bar to read your URL). The magpie was a little gamey and could have done with some seasoning.
I can’t personally vouch for the gingerbread Daleks, but I do vouch for their accompanying gingerbread Cybermen—and I imagine Daleks and Cybermen taste much of a muchness in this instance.