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EASY, CREAMY ORANGE SCONES

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Do you find citrus fragrance satisfying?  Do you enjoy a good lemon cake, orange cookies, or orange scones? I know my answer is " yes please" to these questions.. That's why these orange scones are my go to whenever I crave the sweet,spicy smell of citrus.. Impress your friends ,family or mother in law with this easy to make, no fuss , creamy Orange cupcakes.. Let's get into it, shall we? Ingredients  3  cups of flour ( works well with all purpose or cake flour) Zest of 1 Orange  7 tablespoons of brown sugar  1 cup sour cream  2 large eggs 1 tablespoon of baking powder 200g of margerine  1/4 tablespoon of salt 2 tablespoons of Vanilla essense  Half a tea spoon of orange/ lemon essense  ( optional ) Half a teaspoon of Orange food colouring ( optional) Instructions   1.Preheat the oven to 195 degrees  2.Mix all the dry ingredients together,and add cubed margarine and zest into the dry ingredients and rub with your hands until it is all fluffy and buttery. 3.In a separat

MY FAVOURITE MEMORY

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Celine asks... what is your favourite memory? Or the first memory that comes to your mind that makes you smile?  Wow...what a question...!where do I  begin? I am happy that I was asked this question. ..It made me dig deep in my storage bank, and was able to recollect countless favourite times, spent with different people. .. And I realised I have no specific favourite that stand out...or maybe it is because the question is general.. I travelled back to my childhood days with my parents and siblings,to times with my many special friends, ..and I realised I have laughed and enjoyed my life a great deal....and picking one memory would be betraying the other...but I have to pick right? For now I will pick this one: A memory with my sister:  have always been close to my young sister  (by two years ) and we used to play these silly games that will level us with laughter ,one particular game was where we took turns carrying each other on our backs,then we would count steps and change,for som