Wherefore art thou Romeo?

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The cats have discovered the window box at last. Its taken them almost 2 months but finally the little darlings have learnt that they can warm in the sun while taking in the view.

While outside today I spotted Romeo laying out in all his ginger glory. He did not seem pleased by my appearance with a camera. Notice him casting me evils?

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Despite slowly transforming into a crazy cat lady, I’m no cat whisperer. If only I could read his kitty thoughts. Well perhaps that would not be a fine skill to possess as I am sure Romeo’s mind would be shouting invectives at the crazy cat lady outside the window, waving a camera in his little face. Romeo is such a hater you see.

If looks could kill.

As we were having visitors in the late afternoon, I made Lemon Yo-Yo's for afternoon tea. They were very tasty, well the one that I had was anyway. I would have liked to sample a few more but the Colonel insisted our guests take any remaining biscuits home with them.

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How very nice of him. He assured them that we, and by we he meant me, could make some more. Certainly, what a lovely idea it would have been had I not used the last of my custard powder to make that particular batch. Custard powder is a distinctly British/Australian item, its not sold on the shelves here. How very nice of the Colonel to give the remaining ones away, why am I not smiling?

Lemon Yo-Yo's

175 g butter

1/3 cup icing sugar, sifted

Finely grated zest of 1 lemon

1 1/3 cups flour

1/2 cup custard powder

Lemon filling

20 g butter, softened
2 drops lemon essence

Finely grated zest of 1/2 lemon

6 tbsp custard powder

1 tsp boiling water

1. Heat oven to 180C. Line two baking trays with nonstick baking paper.

2. In a bowl, beat butter, icing sugar and lemon zest together until thick and pale. Sift flour and custard power into the butter mixture and stir to combine into a dough.

3. Roll dough into 20 even-sized balls, place on prepared trays and flatten with a fork. Bake for 15 minutes or until pale golden, then remove to a wire rack to cool.

4. To make lemon filling, combine all ingredients in a bowl and beat until smooth and creamy.

5. When biscuits are cold sandwich two together with the lemon filling.
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