My 3 year old, "A", absolutely loves to bake, which is a good thing as I like cake!
Today "E" had a friend to play so "A" decided to bake buns for the girls to then ice and decorate. I am very proud of my thoughtful boy and making the most of it as I know his love for his sister will soon come and go!
If you have never baked with your little one before here is a simple recipe to get you started:
Yummy Buns!
4oz Stork margarine
4oz caster sugar
4oz self raising flour
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla essence
Put all the ingredients into one bowl and mix, either by hand with a wooden spoon or with an electric mixer.
Line a bun tray with 12 paper cases and spoon the mixture evenly into each case.
Help Mum with the washing up by licking the spoon:
Bake in a pre-heated oven 170c (fan oven) for about 16 minutes until lightly golden and spongey to touch.
Icing
4oz sieved icing sugar
water
Put the icing sugar in a bowl and add water a little bit at a time and mix until you get smooth icing that just slips off the spoon!
Find some decorations:
Now stand back, arm your children with a teaspoon and let them decorate!:
When you return you will find some delights like this:
But also this all over your lovely tablecloth:
But hey, the kids have had fun and made you some scrummy cakes so clean up, make a cuppa, sit down and tuck in and enjoy! x x
