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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Proper British Panackes Do you roll or fold? I'm definitely a pancake roller- the kids are definitely pancake unrollers 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 We actually made these earlier this week but they would make a perfect weekend breakfast. The kids mixed 150g flour with 3 eggs and 400ml milk until well combined (still pretty lumpy but that's fine). I cooked using low calorie cooking spray for a few minutes each side. Of course I attempted a few cheeky flips 😂 When cooled the kids made funny faces using sweets and fruit 😀 Hope you have a great weekend!

"Mammy, can we put googley eyes on the gingerbread?" Me- "yes I don't see why not...Arrgh its hideous- burn it before it kills us all 😨😱😵!!" Or words to that effect. Note to self, gingerbread with icing pens are completely fine...giant eyes do not enhance their appearance in any way. If you fancy making monstrous, albeit tasty, biscuits- our gingerbread recipe is on the blog (search gingerbread) or you can currently swipe up directly in my stories 😀

Nothing cheers up a rainy grey Monday like strawberry cupcakes (apart from maybe not being relentlessly nagged by small children for 12 hours... is it bedtime yet?) 😍🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁 These are the easy cupcakes from the blog with some natural strawberry extract. For the buttercream we beat 200g butter with 400g icing sugar a teaspoon strawberry extract and a few drops pink food colour. For a natural colour you could add some strawberry puree but this may make piping a bit more tricky 😀 Hope you're in for a week of sweetness ❤

Reverse Jam Doughnuts (the healthy version) 🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩 After a rough few days we've braced the kitchen again this afternoon. I was starting to get withdrawal symptoms and dreaming of clouds of flour and batter covered chairs so it was high time we got our mix on! It may be slightly misleading to call these jam doughnuts... they are actually our fat and sugar free skinny doughnuts (link to recipe in profile) topped with raspberries mashed with a few teaspoons of icing sugar (you could use honey for a runnier but refined sugar free treat)😍. These make a great cakey treat when you feel like being a bit more sugar conscious. Baked, not fried but with plenty of flavour, my kids absolutely love them!

Fathers Day iced Biscuits Fathers day is nearly here and with dads being notoriously difficult to buy for these homemade biscuits are a yummy alternative to shop bought gifts 😀 This is a cheeky repost from last year as I'm full of flu and hiding under a blanket of self pity today (and a non-metaphorical duvet)... We made a batch of basic biscuit dough from the blog (link in bio) and cut hearts with a large cookie cutter. We then used the same cookie cutter to cut shapes from ready to roll icing. Once the biscuits were cool we stuck the icing on with a bit if icing sugar and water. The letter stamps are from @hobbycrafthq and are an amazing £3! Lots of jobs for little hands and a really sweet gift 😍

Having been quite put out that they weren't allowed to make the Ben & Holly cake, the girls wanted more involvement in the after-tea cake for Rory's birthday. Ok, its not the small chocolate sponge I'd set out to make but it is a special occasion after all 😂 Chocolate cake with milk chocolate buttercream, chocolate ganache, @guylian_uk chocolate seashells, mini rolls, oreos and a few token strawberries 🍓🍓🍓 Thats the last of the birthday spam from me too 😂