When it comes to baking with Lily, I started early. She was 9 months old and I remember feeling bored and a bit lost about what to do and so I turned to making cupcakes. She loved it and it went much better than I ever expected. Since then it has been one of my favourite activities to do with her, and one of her most requested.
I included baking on Our January To Do List because I knew it would be an easy one to tick off and it went down just as well with Ollie (also 10 months) who threw a proper temper fit when I moved the bowl to Lily for her turn at stirring.
Other than that, it was a great activity to do for both age groups. Lily could help with the measuring, pouring, whisking and scooping and Ollie could crash and bang the utensils, help with stirring and make a bit of a mess (not too much, thank goodness).
We made simple sponge fairy cakes. The recipe is an easy one that I use all the time for sponge cakes, just scaled down in quantities the way my Mum taught me.
2oz Self-Raising Flour
2oz Butter or Margarine (we use Stork)
2oz Caster Sugar
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1 Small Teaspoon Baking Powder
If I was making these myself then I'd cream together the butter and sugar first, whisk the egg with the vanilla and then add to the mixture before adding in the flour and baking powder. Pop them in the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees. You can tell that they're ready when they're springy to touch or a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Easy enough. But with the kids I tend to let them chuck it all in and the results are pretty much the same.
These quantities are for 6-7 fairy cakes as I didn't want a lot of leftovers (which I would inevitably end up stuffing my face with at nap time). For 12 cupcakes you just double the amount flour, butter, caster sugar and eggs and for a Victoria sponge cake you use 6oz of key ingredients and 3 eggs.
When you fancy a change you can make different varieties - this time we added chopped glace cherries but you can also add cocoa powder, sultanas, chocolate chips or mixed spice. If you're feeling particularly creative then you can also ice or decorate them but ours didn't last that long!
Aww how cute is this! I love baking with Elliott. They look so into it too. Thanks for sharing! Suz x beauisblue.com
Lovely to be baking together and they look so happy.
Thanks for sharing #LetKidsbeKids
Aww, how sweet are the photos of your daughter baking as a baby and then her and her little brother baking together. Lovely! Baking is a fave with us too, although half the mixture gets eaten before baking.. :) x #toddlerapprovedtuesday
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It's so much fun! I think we're going to make flapjacks next week! x
It's one of my fave activities, thanks for stopping by! x
I know! I got all emotional looking back through my old photos! I do have to stop Lily from licking the spoon to early. x
Aww, thank you for stopping by! x
no its not very often that our cakes last to the decorating stage either! ha ha! Great effort :)
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I like to think that is a good sign of a yummy cake! x
I love baking me my kids too. It is really not about baking but the time I spend with him. He'll eat all cakes anyway! Haha! These fairy cakes looks yummy! Well Done Mamma! x #LetKidsBekids
Exactly! It's such a fun activity to do, it's not like you're trying to impress Mary Berry! Kids are easily pleased when it comes to cakes.x
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