Is there anything cake-like I can make....

flutterbyuk25

....without having to use oven/hob/fridge??

I shouldn't be thinking bout work in my week off :rotfl: however I was thinking it would be nice to make something with the young people I work with (aged 16-25) once in a while. However we have no fridge/hob/oven to use, well we do have a teeny tiny fridge that is about cereal box size inside. We have hot/cold water, sink and space to leave things to 'set'. I can bring in a blender. hand whisk, bowls etc.

When I worked at a US summer camp we did creative kitchen, where the group learnt how to make things like cookies and cakes. So I'd love to do something similar.

It doesn't have to be cake-like but I think this is what they may like!!

TIA

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taplady

Is there a microwave?or could you bring one in? this is difficult but I'm sure there's an answer. decorated biscuits - plain biscuits with readymade icing and sweets to go on top is one idea but might be a bit childish for them. I'll put my thinking cap on.:)

rice crispy cakes - melt the chocolate over a bowl of hot water and mix in the rice crispies and leave to harden.

aliadds

If you have some way of melting chocolate,syrup and butter you could make a chocolate biscuit cake! Delicious!:)
http://www.studentrecipes.com/recipes/desserts/chocolate-biscuit-cake/

jc2703

What about smoothies or milkshakes if you can take the blender? not cakey but still sweet-ish

McKneff

Peppermint creams

sieved icing sugar

egg white

few drops of peppermint essence

mix altogether into a ball, too wet, put more icing sugar in etc.

roll into small balls,put onto greaseproof paper and press with a fork.

if you can melt some chocolate, dip one half into it and let them dr.

taplady

McKneff wrote: »

Peppermint creams

sieved icing sugar

egg white

few drops of peppermint essence

mix altogether into a ball, too wet, put more icing sugar in etc.

roll into small balls,put onto greaseproof paper and press with a fork.

if you can melt some chocolate, dip one half into it and let them dr.

this takes me back - one of the first things I learned to make at school!:)

flutterbyuk25

Wow thanks for all the suggestions so far!!

Smoothies may be an option......if I can persuade them to eat fruit!

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Butterfly_Brain

Coconut ice

• 50g sweetened condensed milk
• 250g icing sugar , sifted, plus extra for dusting
• 200g dessicated coconut
• pink edible food colouring , optional

1. Line a 20cm (8in) square baking tin (4cm/1 1/2in deep) with clingfilm. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl, add the condensed milk and stir with a wooden spoon. Then roll up your sleeves, get stuck in with your hands and knead the mixture. Gradually add the coconut, kneading the stiffening mixture until all the coconut is mixed in. It's hard work and takes a little while.

2.Split the mixture in half. Put the first half into the lined baking tin, pressing it down with the heel of your hand. Colour the remaining half pink using the food colouring. Mix it well.

3. Take small balls of the pink mix and place them over the white coconut mix in the baking tin. With your hand, press the pink mixture over the white to form an even layer. Allow to set for a few hours. Cut into squares.

McKneff

taplady wrote: »

this takes me back - one of the first things I learned to make at school!:)

Thats exactly where the memory came from.
its one of two things i remember from cookery classes at school
The other was stuffed tomatoes:rotfl::rotfl:

Oh sorry, i do remember making treacle tart too

Agapanthus

I remember making cheese and potato pie. One of my classmates left out the cheese...

debbym

Don't shy away from a challenge do you! I was going to suggest peppermint creams and coconut ice too - can't think of anything else unless you could do something like a camp fire or disposible barbie (outside of course) then you could do things like damper, fruit parcels, whole bananas, marshmallows... I think taking a microwave in would still be the best bet as suggested earlier.

Oh if you have hot water (i assume kettle?) you could make jelly, or a trifle? Angel delight type of thing (not really cooking though)
Can't think of anything else at the mo