Baking With Kids

Messy screen-free fun for toddlers with the added bonus of baked goods!

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In an attempt to keep the kids happy and quiet I’ve found we spend at least an hour a day in the kitchen. If its not baking its another form of messy play or splashing about with the sink.

At best baking with kids is a stimulating and diverting screen free activity which encourages sensory development and aids knowledge of cause and effect, increases curiosity and is an all round brilliant way to enhance cognitive skills.

At worst its a really messy way to enjoy something yummy- so its win win

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🍫🍫🍫Dairy-free Chocolate Cake 🍫🍫🍫 No I'm not about to turn my back on my precious butter, but my sister is lactose intolerant and I thought we should treat her to a cake to celebrate a new arrival in the family 👶 So the girls and I made a lovely simple dairy free chocolate sponge. This is super easy and made with no fancy ingredients- all things you can pick up in your local shop 😍 The cake recipe is in my stories and I'll add to highlights too 😀 I made the buttercream by beating 400g icing sugar with 150g Flora buttery ( completely plant based) and a few teaspoons of cocoa powder that I mixed into a paste with boiled water.

Corgette (Zucchini) Loaf 🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🍞🍞🍞🍞 Is January over yet? Ahh apparently not. We actually made white chocolate doughnuts this week but I've misplaced my recipe notes 🤦🏼‍♀️ so while I try to recreate them heres a yummy courgette loaf we made a while back... it's far more 'January' than white chocolate doughnuts anyway 🤣 Recipe below 👇👇👇 This is a yummy bread to enjoy with a winter soup or some onion chutney. No kneading or proving and so moist it can be served without butter! Mix 250g self raising flour with 100g butter until it resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in 1 grated corgette, 75g grated mature chedder, 1 generous teaspoon mustard (optional) and 3 eggs. Top with halved cherry tomatoes and bake at 180°C for 40 minutes or until risen and golden.

Welsh Cakes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Do you ever find yourself scrolling through old photos of your kids once they're finally asleep and have a mini crisis about how fast they're growing...then do you find yourself creeping into their rooms and starring at their little sleeping faces (possibly just me🤣) I found the cutest cooking photos of the girls and its amazing that they still get as excited about cooking with me on the 300th batch of cakes as they did on the 1st! These are a cakey staple for us, buttery, sugary warm Welsh Cakes, perfect for little hands to make and ideal with a cuppa! Recipe on the blog, link in profile 😀

Nutella Madeleines 🌰🍫 I am totally loving my Madeleine tray at the moment! There's about half the amount of batter in these than a normal cupcake so that's half the calories (unless you just eat double the amount like I do 😂) Mix 100g butter with 75g soft brown sugar and 75g caster sugar until creamy. Beat in 2 eggs then 30g cocoa powder and 80g self raising flour. Divide into the greased tin and add half teaspoon of nutella on top of the batter, then bury it with a bit more batter. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 180°C, when cooked, remove from the tray as soon as possible and allow to cool completely before decorating. To decorate we melted 100g white chocolate and stirred through a tablespoon of nutella. We dipped the cakes in and sprinkled a bit of cake crumb over the chocolate 😀

Messy Hair Don't Care.... Also messy house, messy clothes and extremely messy worktops after making another batch of Madeleines with this one today. Fun fact about my youngest, shes 3 and a half and has never slept though! Such fun 😅😴😫😴 Hence my constant need for sugar in cake form 😂 Madeleine recipe will be up shortly (after their bedtime) 😀

🍰 Victoria Sponge Cake 🍰 Our second bake along of the year is a lovely Victoria Sponge. Just a handful of ingredients and always a crowd pleaser (until they see a video of us fishing shell out the batter 🤷🏼‍♀️) Luckily this one was for after Sunday dinner at my mother's house, and my families food hygiene standards are notoriously low 🤣 (just kidding @jesslouisse @the_gods_forge_heroes_ @jules.whittaker ) If you fancy giving it a try the recipe and messy method are in my stories now 😀

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