Hi Mum!
Yesterday a new friend arrived in Australia.
Who can it be?
It's a cute bear called Columbus! He's travelled a long way to be here.
Hello Columbus! You're a bear, just like me! I'm glad to meet you!
To celebrate the arrival of Columbus, we did some baking. We made the Babka from Host Sister's cooking magazine.
I think the Babka and things like it are found in many cultures. It is filled with dried fruit and a rum syrup is poured over the top. Here I am mixing the flour and sugar together.
Now the dough is all mixed together and kneaded. Next we need to wait a while so the dough can rise.
Next Host Sister rolled the dough out into a biiiig rectangle. It's so big, maybe we can play football on it!
Then we sprinkled the filling over the dough. There are dried apricots, which had been soaked in schnapps for a few hours to make them plump, and some chocolate. Unfortunately in this picture, to me it looks like tomatoes and bits of meat, perhaps chopped roast beef! Am I making a pizza??!
Host Sister then rolled the whole thing up into a big log. Smile, everyone!
We cut the log up into slices and arranged them in a greased baking tin.
After baking, it doesn't really look like the photo in the magazine, but I'm still going to taste it!
While the Babka was cooking, Host Sister made a syrup from cherry brandy and sugar. We poured it over the top of the babka buns.
It was delicious.
I'm excited because I will be travelling again soon!
Bye Mum!
