I’m on a roll with these hot cross buns! Having so much fun making them and adding my favourite ingredients into it. I adapted this recipe from Donna Hay but made a few adjustments to suit my liking. Traditionally hot cross buns included sultanas, dried fruits such as apricots but I am not a fan of any of those things so I added orange zest, walnuts, chia seeds and dried cranberries into my own rendition of hot cross buns. I had a few dramas this morning making the hot cross buns. I forgot that I left the dough in the oven to rise and I happily turned on the oven to preheat it for the cupcakes that I was making concurrently. After 20 minutes, I smelt this fragrance coming from the oven and then I remembered that my dough was sitting in there! It was too late… the cling wrap had melted all over the dough so I had to throw the whole thing away – what a waste! Fortunately, I decided to make another batch …

Finally the long weekend has arrived! I’ve been so caught up with placements and uni work that I haven’t had the time to bake or post. I’ve never really enjoyed hot cross buns till I lived in Australia. It was definitely not a tradition to have it back in Singapore. But after living in Australia for four years, it is becoming one of my favourites. Initially, I wanted to make banana bread but then I thought, why not make a banana hot cross buns with all my favourite ingredients in it. So I added walnuts, chia seeds and chocolate chips into my banana hot cross buns. It was easy making these buns, the only thing you need is time for the dough to rise. The banana hot cross buns turned out to be delicious and now my easter is complete! Nutrition per serve (makes 9) Ingredients for the loaf 55g caster sugar 7g dried yeast 60ml warm water 4 large overripe bananas (mashed) 1 large egg (lightly whisked) 100g wholemeal plain flour 425g plain flour …