Idiot proof cup cake and biscuit recipes Please

Motherof1

Hi All,

Does anyone have or know where I can get idiot foolproof cup cake and biscuit recipes. My 3 year old enjoys baking but not everything we do is edible.

I have a few Winnie the Pooh biscuit cutters that she can use. The other problem is my oven is still on the blink and I'm having to use my microwave/convection oven.

Please share your ideas.....thanks.

catznine

Hi there!

I used to work with children and took cookery classes with children aged 2 upwards :eek: and the best recipe, which they all managed, and works really well with cut out biscuits is this:

4 oz 100g) butter or margerine
3 oz (75g) caster sugar
1 egg
1 tsp lemon juice (could substitute with vanilla essence but less needed)
8 oz plain flour

Cream the butter/margerine and sugar. Beat in the egg with the lemon juice. Fold in the flour and form into a soft dough. Roll out the dough on a floured board and cut into biscuit shapes. bake for 10 - 15 mins at 375F/190C/Gas mark 5. Leave until cold and then ice and decorate.

Enjoy yourselves!

oops just notice you have to use a microwave, sorry all I can think of is the melted choc and rice crispie cakes at the mo, will go away and put on my thinking cap!

Catz x

newlywed

I do the basic sponge recipe and then cook in the microwave.

100g SR flour
100g soft marge
100g Caster sugar
2 eggs

Cream marge and sugar, add flour and eggs. Beat together. Then add choc chips or sultanas (or a couple of tablespoons of cocoa powder too if you like).

Then put in a greased casserole dish and zap in the microwave on full power for about 4-7 minutes.

I also tip the same mix into cup cakes but usually bake these but see no reason why you couldn't zap them instead - just not sure of timing.

Edit: the choc chips always seem to fall to the bottom of the cake when cooked in the microwave... not sure why!!

lynzpower

I did a microwave carrot cake for a school project ( erm) quite a few years ago and it was brilliant. In fact it won me the home ec year prize.
Dont have the recipes for that though.

I reckon your best bet is to search for microwave baking

newlywed

There was also a microwave flapjack recipe on here that is excellent! The only difficult bit is waiting for it to cool enough so that it cuts properly instead of crumbling!!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=2850161&postcount=4

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Hi Motherof1,

I loved baking with my three, but I was never very good at it!

There are lots of yummy recipes in these threads, hopefully you'll find some you like:

Freshly baked cookies

Help with biscuits please

School fete

simple recipes for cakes/cookies/ tray bakes with milk chocolate?

Healthy Flapjack type biscuits (dead easy!)

Also if you look in the Mega index thread, under cooking and recipes you'll find lots more threads on baking and making biscuits.

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