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Baking is a joyful time for any child, you can turn a few cheap ingredients into a great sweet or savory treat.

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Spending time together in the kitchen having fun can be a delightful part of your family life and your childs education.

Your kids will learn what goes in their food, planning and organizing, communication and as we are baking patience, unfortunately we can not bake a loaf of bread in half an hour.

Set out some ground rules when baking in your kitchen, make sure your child understands hygiene and food safety.

Allowing your child to have their own apron and hat to wear in the kitchen will usually work. My children always remember to put their Chef outfits on before they enter the kitchen, along with making sure hair is tied back and washing hands.

Reading the kids baking recipes through with your child before you start will make things a little easier when it comes to baking as you can decide which parts your child can safely manage and which equipment they can use.

Depending on the age of your child will depend on their baking abilities and what Kitchen Tools they can use.

Don't be scared about letting your toddler help out when your baking, whisking batter for pancakes is great fun when your 18 months old.

I bet you can't find many 2 Year Old's who don't like playing with dough and shaping cookies into funny shapes, with their favorite cookie cutters.

As your child gets older their confidence will grow in the kitchen with them and they will be able to follow more difficult and grown up Kids Baking Recipes.

It really doesn't matter how old you or your kids are there is nothing more satisfying than seeing something you have created from a few eggs, flour, butter and sugar being enjoyed by friends and family.

Things may not always work out as you would like when you are baking, but that is what makes it fun and things may not always look great but 9 times out of 10 they'll taste great.

Lemon Drizzle Cake

150g Caster Sugar

2 Eggs

Grated Zest and Juice of 1 Lemon

150g Self Raising Flour

4 Tbsp Milk

2 Tbsp Icing Sugar

Preheat the oven 180C (350F) Gas Mark 4Place the butter into a mixing bowl and beat the butter until soft using a wooden spoon.

Add the caster sugar and beat again, break the eggs into a mug and whisk well with a fork.

Gradually add the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture, if you add the eggs to fast it will curdle don’t worry too much about this you can add a little of the flour to stop this happening.

Add the grated Lemon Zest and sift in the flour, add enough milk to make the mixture of dropping consistency.Spoon the mixture into a non-stick (900g) loaf tin and spread it flat with a spatula.

Bake for 40 minutes.

Wearing oven glove remove the cake from the oven and test the top of the cake, if it springy it is cooked, if not bake for another 5 minutes.

Mix the icing sugar with the lemon juice in a small bowl or cup.Prick the top of the cake with a fork and pour over the juice whilst the cake is still warm.

Leave the cake to cool in the tin for 15 minutes then carefully turn it out and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.

Plum & Almond Tart

115g Marzipan

6-8 Plums, stoned pitted and sliced

Serves 4

Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5

Unroll the pastry on to a large baking sheet, using a sharp knife score a border 2in from the edge of the pastry all round, without cutting all the way through.

Roll out the marzipan into a rectangle, to fit just with the border, then lay it on top of the pastry, pressing down lightly with the tips of your fingers.

Arrange the sliced plum’s on top of the marzipan and bake for 20 minutes, or until the pastry is risen and golden brown.

Carefully transfer the tart to a wire rack to cool slightly, then cut into squares or wedges and serve.

Scones

250g Self Raising Flour

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

50g Butter

25g Caster Sugar

150ml Milk

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark7 220C/425F

Sift the flour with the salt into a mixing bowl, cut the butter into small chunks and add it to the flour and salt.

Rub in the butter using your fingertips until the mixture looks like coarse breadcrumbs.

Stir in the sugar, make a big well in the middle of the flour and pour in the milk. Mix with a palette knife to make a spongy dough.

Tip the dough on to a floured worktop, it needs to handled as little as possible, so knead until just smooth.

Roll out the dough until 2.5cm thick and stamp out scones using a fluted cutter. Re roll and use any of the trimmings.

Carefully place the scones on a lightly floured baking sheet and sprinkle each one with a little extra flour.

Put the tray in the oven and bake the scones for 7 to 8 minutes until well risen and golden brown.

Remove from the oven using oven gloves, lift the scones onto a wire rack and leave to cool.

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