Okay so he is 4, but who wouldn’t want a naked chef in their house? It’s raining outside so Hunter and I decided to make some cupcakes. Firstly, I have to admit, I’m a packet mix snob. We tried a packet mix once, but seriously, open pack and put contents into bowl, crack egg into bowl and mix. Put in cake in tin and voila – cake! How boring. Took a whole 5 minutes and didn’t entertain at all. And the taste, ewww it’s just like cardboard. Why waste calories on that???
So now we bake from scratch. We make a mess, but boy do we have fun.
Hunter was a little scared of the electric mixer to start with and would run into the other room until it was done, then he would come back to crack the eggs. One egg in, run to the other room whilst I mix, then back for another egg in, again run into the other room so I could mix, and then he is back to put in flour and milk and stir. But now he is 4 he isn't scared of anything!
Cooking with kids is a truly fantastic activity. They are never too young to begin learning this necessary life skill. And we also squeeze in a math lesson as we count, weigh, measure and time. And best of all, it’s fun!!
My favourite cupcake recipe is:
125g butter, softened1 teaspoon vanilla essence
3/4 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/2 cup milk.
Preheat oven to 160-180 degrees. Grease pans (or put patty pans in muffin trays).
Beat butter, essence and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time until combined. Stir in flour and milk in two batches. Spread mixture into prepared pans. Bake in moderate oven until cake is cooked. Stand cake in pans for about 5 minutes then turn onto wire rack to cool.
(courtesy of The Australian Women’s Weekly kids birthday cakes)
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Ted (at almost 2!) loves to crack eggs for me..he's actually less likely to get shell in it than me. He also loves the mixer and plays pretend with it. I love cooking, I hope I pass it on. One question- anyone seen some non-masterchef branded kids cooking stuff that isn't pink?
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