During long summers and cold evenings many children will be heard to lament that they are bored. This is especially true for children who have no siblings to play with. Baking is a very fun way to combat the boredom blues and spend some quality time together as a family. All of us will have fond memories of baking chocolate crispy cakes or icing digestive biscuits when we were children. Baking and basic cookery is a life skill that unfortunately many young adults nowadays do not possess. This is why it is such a good idea to start them off as early as possible.
Here are a couple of great starter bakes for kids:
fruit and chocolate pops image Via Dinner4two.com
-Simple fruit and chocolate pops. These are so easy to make but very tasty. Simply take a long lolly pop stick and thread your fruit on to it. Dip the pops in to melted milk chocolate and leave them to set. Strawberry’s and Kiwi work quite well and you could even consider adding Marshmallows. {Full Instructions}
Chocolate Cornflake Cakes Photo by Lisa Marie Harman
-Cornflake cake. These are an absolute classic for children’s baking and work very well around Easter. First you mix Cornflakes in a bowl with melted chocolate and a small dollop of golden syrup. Spoon your mixture into fairy cake cases and finish off with a couple of chocolate eggs on top! {Full Recipe}
-Fun Sticky Chocolate Brownies. These are the ultimate chocolate treat to make with children! Place coco powder and brown sugar in a bowl with melted butter. Once this is mixed together add eggs, flour and chocolate pieces. Pour the mixture into a tin and bake until you can poke a skewer in and it comes out clean. {Full Recipe}
-Wand Biscuits. Make up your basic chocolate or vanilla biscuit recipe and cut out using fun shaped star, flower and even alphabet cutters. Insert a flat lollypop stick and then bake in the oven. Once the biscuits have cooled you can ice them and cover with lashings of hundreds and thousands. {Full Recipe}
-Volcano Cakes. These cakes are literally overflowing with fun! Cream butter and sugar together the add eggs, flower and baking powder to make a sticky mixture. Kids love getting their hands dirty so get them to roll a large spoonful of the mixture into a ball, place on a lined baking tray and then (the best bit) push their thumb into the middle to make a dip. Add a dollop of strawberry jam in to the hollow and bake for about 10mins. The jam will be very hot in these cakes when they comes out so make sure you let them cool before little mouths taste them! {Full Recipe}
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