COOKERY

Cookery

Below are some ideas for cooking sessions you could do with your child. Get messy and stuck in, take photos and remember to have FUN! 

Cup cakes 

You need:

For the cake - 

• Flour 
• Eggs
• Sugar
• Butter 
• Cupcake cases

For the icing – 

• Icing sugar
• Water

What to do for cakes:

STEP 1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and fill a 12 cupcake tray with cases.

STEP 2

Using an electric whisk/ whisk/ spoon beat 110g softened butter and 110g golden caster sugar together until pale and fluffy then whisk in 2 large eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.

STEP 3

Add 110g self-raising flour, whisk until just combined then spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases.

STEP 4

Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.

What to do for icing:

STEP 1

Put 70g of icing sugar into a bowl, add water slowly and mix with a spoon. Keep adding water until the icing is as thick as you like it.