Will you help me eat my corn?

Ok so there's no real corn in this post just cornbread. I got the title from this Disney cartoon that my siblings and I watched (over and over again) when we were little..."Peter Pig is strong and big, he'll help me eat my corn!" hehehe I suppose you have to be one of my brothers or sisters to get what I'm on about. Moving along...
A couple of weeks ago I made a funny little pumpkin cornbread (above) from my Belinda Jeffery cookbook Mix & Bake. Apart from the girls in my lab, she's one of my baking heros. Well the cornbread turned out good (I've made it once before). It's quite lovely with chicken and veg soup or any soup for that matter. It also makes a nice breakfast in the morning, warmed with a bit of ricotta cheese and honey or maple syrup.

Recipe - as requested by Tim & Ash :o)

375g pumpkin (use jap or butternut) cut into 3cm pieces
150g cornmeal aka maizemeal or finely ground polenta
1 1/2 tbsp plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt (or less - I used 1/2 tsp)
1/2 tsp bicarb
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
45g butter
3/4 cup (180ml) buttermilk
1 egg lightly beaten

Steam the pumpkin for 15-20min, drain and let liquid evaporate. Mash up pumpkin using potato masher (you can do this the day before or about an hour before baking). Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder, bicarb, nutmeg and salt together in a bowl and whisk for 40sec. Put butter in 20x20cm square tin and place in oven to melt. Mix together buttermilk, egg and mashed pumpkin in separate bowl until well combined. Once butter is melted, take tin out of oven and swirl butter around so that it coat base and sides. Tip excess butter into pumpkin mixture while beating. Add liquid mixture to dry mixture and mix lightly until just combined (it should look shaggy). Pour batter into prepared tin and shake to smooth out. Sprinkle on some pepitas (if using). Bake for 25min or until skewer inserted come out clean. Take out of oven and stand for 10min before transferring onto wire rack to cool. You can eat it at room temp or slightly warmed, it will keep for up to 5 days in the fridge.

Here is a slice on its own:

In other craft related news, I finally managed to get my hands on some crochet cotton to make this:

I've had the tea towel for some time now but look at what a revamp can do to it! Green is my favourite colour in case you haven't notcied :o) I didn't get a pattern from anywhere I just copied this other crochet-topped tea towel I bought at the markets a while ago. I also made another one with a brand new tea towel as a birthday gift for a friend because these things are just so useful!