Cake, cake and yet more cake

Now I never thought I was the girl for reading things like Australian Women's Weekly, with its Country Gals seeking Grooms features. But I picked up three of their mini cookbooks yesterday, on Muffins, Party Cakes and Slices, and boy are they good. I made orange and poppyseed shortcake to go with strawberries and ice cream (the easiest recipe I have ever tried to make), and then orange and poppyseed muffins for breakfast today (there's a theme here, I know. But when you only need one teaspoon of orange zest and you've got a whole orange, what's a girl to do?). Shortcake very good. Muffins - I'll let you know, as I've not got round to having one yet.