Cream and Lemonade Scones

Cream and lemonade scones are worth your while, baking it :D

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I have this habit of jotting down what I've cooked and when I cooked/baked something, in my little Notebook... it can be cumbersome and annoying but I know I can be a forgetful person at times... most of the times...  hehehe... and its easy to refer to at a later date...

Seems that annoying habit paid off recently....
H has been hinting that its been awhile since I last bake scones.... unsure... and didn't want to argue... all I could say was 'errrr... I think so' while in my head I was doing a 180 degree turn and thinking... 'Didn't I just bake some recently?'.
Quietly...  I referred to my Notebook, and guess what? H was right. September 2009 was the last time I baked scones... time sure flies. Not wanting to keep him waiting for another 2 years...that same weekend... I made strawberry jam and baked him scones... and this was 2 weeks ago.

Last Saturday, we went out for our coffee/tea at one of Gloria Jeans' outlet... we ordered Macadamia slice and a slice of Maltesers cake... sat down, and while enjoying our quiet moment (without kids..), H said ...

H:  did you see the scones?
me:  No... why?
H:  Its huge.... I was tempted ... but I bet they aren't as light and delicious... as the ones you baked.
me:  oh really...   at the same time feeling proud hehehe...

awwww.....Isn't he a darling?   or he is trying his best to tell me subtly... to bake him more scones??? naughty naughty me for having such evil thoughts...  or
Shall I bake him scones every 2 years to get such 'sweet' and lovely compliment  again...

This is the best scones recipe (from AWW) I have some come across. The scones are light and fluffy, plus it is easy to make and bake... refer to the note after the recipe... 

Cream and Lemonade Scones

Recipes (makes about 12)

3 cups of plain flour

30g baking powder

1 cup of cream

1 cup of lemonade -aerated
a pinch of salt

1. Pre-heat oven to 190C
2. Line baking tray with baking paper
3. Sieve plain flour with baking powder twice.
4. Add cream, aerated lemonade and salt.
5. Use butter knife and in chopping motion, mix well.
6. Lightly floured the pastry board and the circular cookie cutter.
7. Roll out with floured rolling pin to a 2.5cm thickness.
8. cut out the scones with cookie cutter
9. Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown.
10. Serve with strawbery jam and cream

Note: dont overwork or overmix the scones or they will be heavy and tough. Substitute plain flour and baking powder with self raising flour... as alternative