Strawberry rose buns

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My job is not at all creative. Much of the time it is complicated and requires lots of thinking, problem solving and organising. And sometimes - I guess like most jobs - it can also be incredibly dull and repetitive. Sitting at my computer in the office on a wet Monday, plugging away at the numbers and having one of those days, I dreamt up this recipe.
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I've had to wait until my day off, today, to make it. And amazingly it turned out just how I had imagined it. Very satisfying.

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Strawberry rose buns

• 100g butter or marg
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 100g self-raising flour
• half a packet of dried strawberries ( I got mine from Waitrose), chopped

To decorate: icing sugar, rose water, pink food colouring, crystallised rose petals or fresh strawberries.

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Put 12 bun cases in a shallow bun tin (not a deep muffin tin) and set the oven to Gas 5.

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Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and half the flour. When incorporated beat in the other egg, the rest of the flour and the chopped dried strawberries.

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Spoon the mix into the bun cases and put into the oven for 15 minutes. Remove and allow to cool on a wire rack.

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When the buns are cool, make the icing. Put a good shake of icing sugar in a bowl. Add a few drops of rose water, a tiny dab of pink food colouring and enough warm water to make a runny icing. Dribble the icing over the buns and decorate with crystallised rose petals or half a fresh strawberry.

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Oh no! There's one bun missing....

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Phew...there it is.

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Enjoy on your day off!

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Edited to add that the lovely Kimberley from Tallulah House gave me this blog award, which really made my day - thank you Kimberley! Go and admire her blog, which is really good - especially those photos of Ireland.

I'm going to pass on the love to a blog I have been enjoying so much recently: Funky and Delightful. Tory and Elise write so well, make lots of beautiful things and I love the fact that there are two contributors to this blog. Tory's recent Ambitious Weekend, has been great to follow - love that hat from Day 1 in particular!
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