Christmas Holidays Activity Ideas Day 3

Cup Cake Baking

Children of all ages love having the opportunity to cook or bake. The age of your child will dictate which part of the activity your child will enjoy the most. Babies under a year will enjoy exploring and tasting the mixture and eating the end product. As they near the one-year age children will also enjoy helping to mix but they may not stick at it for long. As children are reaching the age of two they will begin to enjoy the whole of the activity, but they too might enjoy tasting as they go so expect this. Older children will enjoy “reading” the recipe below with you and will begin to be interested in the changes that occur to the mixture they put into the oven during the baking process.

We need:

flour	butter	sugar	egg	milk

Baking powder

mixing bowl	measuring cup	teaspoon	tablespoon

weighing scales

How we make the dough:                            

Take 110 grams   butter

Add 1 x                     sugar

Mix together       

Add 2 x    and mix in well        

Add 2 x                 flour little bit at a time

Add 2/3 of a                 milk to the mixture

Mix together     

Add 3 x       and mix in well

Place in cupcake case          

and then in a baking tray                     

Bake in the heated oven 190C or 375 F          for 15      minutes or

until      cooked. Then take them out of the oven carefully using mitts.

Leave to cool .

If you don’t mind your child having the additional sweet fix you could ice the cupcakes together once they are cold and decorate them. Have fun making and eating these together.

You can download a PDF version of this recipe here