"An extreme weather event"

Dearest Mom and Dad
Well, as I am posting the weather is absolutely awful - in fact I am terrified!!! SIX tornadoes hit Bundaburg - the system is moving down the coast.............towards us!!!
On a lighter note - as you know it was Australia Day yesterday - so as ex-cyclone Oswald (or whatever his name is) was bearing down on us, Debs and I ran the 5km Parkrun - all dressed up in Aussie stuff.
Here are some perfect strangers who posed for me!!!!

After the run - there were some lammingtons .......................

Another total stranger posing with me........................I seem to be having a bad hair day! I wonder why she was wearing a pink veil???

..........watermelon..................

The stranger really got into the photo shoot!!!!

The weather yesterday - that is rain poaring off the patio roof - help me, help me!!!!

To keep busy I made a lime and coconut cake!!!!!!!!!!!!

Give it a go - it was delish and easy!!!!

Lime and coconut cake

2 limes - zest and juice

50 dessicated coconut

175g softened butter

175g castor sugar

175g self raising flour

3 eggs beaten

Icing

2 cups sifted icing sugar

1 lime -zest and juice

Method

Zest limes and set aside

Soak coconut in lime juice for 1 hour

Preheat oven to 170

Sift flour, add coconut, butter, zest, eggs and sugar

Beat with electric beater until light and fluffy

Pour into baking container - I used a ring tin

Bake for 35-40 min (mine came out at 25min)

Cool completely

Mix sifted icing sugar, juice and zest to form a thick paste and spread over the cake

Enjoy!!!!!

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Jenny

PS I am doing the blog for the Buderim Thursday night group - pop over and see what all the girls are up to...