Miss Em - first I made the creme anglaise mine scrambled too, once it cooled a bit I put in butterfly and whipped it for a few seconds and it was lovely and smooth

Going to the attempt the bean cake as mini muffins because I've got mothers group at my place this week so figure a healthy snack for the littlies. Have also discovered Teninas blog and want to give the after dinner mints a go but think I need to make them for an "occasion" otherwise I'll eat the whole lot myself.

Have been given a bag of apples from our neighbour so going to give shortcrust pastry a go, have had no problems with recipe I generally use but might give the TMX one a go.