How to be a domestic goddess

1. Don a Cath Kidston Pinny.
2. Artfully throw ingredients into your kitchenaid Mixer
3. Whip up delicious tasting chocolate cupcake batter and lick fingers provocatively (despite the fact that your cat is your only audience)
4. Use an ice cream scoop to meticulously fill cupcake cases with said mixture so that your cakes come out perfectly sized.
5. Open the door of your preheated oven, But do it so cleverly that you open it directly onto your tray of ready-to-bake cupcakes so that they beautifully garnish your kitchen floor with chocolate flavoured goo.
6. Swear profusely, stamp your feet - clear up and start again from step two. Then spend the next five hours whipping up delightful confections to sell at a Strawberry Tea in aid of Breast Cancer Care.
7.Pour yourself a very large Gin and Tonic at 10.45pm - drink it fast and then wake up at 3.45am after having a dream about Jade Goody stealing your bone china tea set. Just call me Nigella.

My kitchen floor will be sorry to hear that I will be joined in my domestic goddessry when baking for the wedding by the Mother of the Bride and the Matron of Honour. So worry not - there will be enough cake for you all. Although we can't promise that their will be much Gin left in the country by the end of it all.

PS - To cook the above scones (which were delicious - even if I do say so myself) - see pg 67 How to Be a Domestic Goddess By Nigella Lawson