Big Sis A Loving Mother
Mini cupcakes are awesome when you have a toddler. You do
not need to crack your brains to think about what to offer him as snack, and
you have control over how much he eats, receiving no screaming just because
you have given him only half of the cake.
Today was a Saturday where I was home alone with my
two-year-old as dear Hub SH was working. I decided to let my Cherie Ethan experience
something new at home. We were going to bake mini cupcakes!!
I have always been longing to baking cakes or cookies with my
daughter (if I were to have one) in my kitchen one day. But hey, it could also
be fun to do it with my dear son! So we were going to experience the FUN then!
Let me introduce to you our ingredients today. I chose a very
simple recipe since my helper aka trouble-maker is only a 2-year-old. So simple
means good :p
Ingredients:
125g soft unsalted butter (take out from fridge and place at
room temp for it to become soft)
125g castor sugar (you can reduce the amount if you prefer
something lighter for kids)
2 medium eggs
125g sifted plain flour, sieve in 1/2 tsp baking soda and 2
tsps baking powder
3 tbsps fresh milk
Things you need:
Oven, mixer, weighing scale and paper cups (I bought the
cups which are 3cm in diameter at the bottom and 6cm in diameter at the top
from Daiso)
To do:
1) Prepare all the ingredients based on the amount needed.
2) Preheat the oven to 200degC.
3) Pour everything to the mixer and blitz until smooth. You
can do this in such sequence: butter, caster sugar, eggs, flour, milk.
(You should get the mixture as in picture 3 at the end of the day.)
4) Divide the mixture into all cupcake papers, filling 2/3
up the cups.
5) Bake in oven for 10mins (bake longer if your cups are
bigger). They should have risen and be golden on top. You want a little peak if
possible.
6) Let them cool a little.
7) Sit back and enjoy!! Easy right?
I let Ethan choose the cups he liked and he chose the pink
one (as expected)!
That's Ethan helping to distribute the paper cups on the
metal tray.
He looked expert in scooping the mixture into the cup in
this picture.
But, in fact he was creating a mess for me. Note that the
above filled cups were actually done by me. Haha.... So, I assigned this little "helper" another job,
that's to throw the used tissue to the dustbin. He's good at this!
Ethan requested me to place the filled cups once again on
the floor to let him have a look before I placed them into the preheated
oven. As you can see, we could make 2 dozens of cupcakes here with the amount
stated above.
Ethan was curious about the cupcakes being baked inside the
oven and was observing and waiting patiently in front of the oven. (I was
beside him to prevent him from touching the hot furnace)
Side track a bit...
Annabel Karmel, is the influential author of 14 best-selling
books on nutrition and cooking for babies, children and families. She believes
the key to bonding with children is to treat them as equals and friends, as
opposed to establishing a parent/teacher relationship with them.
I agree to her
recommendations of choosing recipes that are easy enough for the kids to make
without too much help from grown-ups, as they love to be part of the adult
world. Furthermore, as children have short attention spans baking mixes or
simple mixes make the process simple, with no over complicated measurements.
The social function of baking teaches children a sense of independence and
achievement. It is the perfect way to be creative and have fun at home, which
will in turn bring us closer together as a family.
Tick, tock, tick, tock .... while Ethan was playing in the
living room with his toys, the mini cupcakes were done.
Look at them, didn't they look yummy and beautiful? Don't
forget that these are the masterpiece of mummy & son!
Me: Darling, the cupcakes are done!
Ethan: ......
(ok, maybe he just had his milk and showed no interest to
cupcakes)
1 minute later...
Ethan: Mummy, eat cake, eat cake.
(Wow, this proved that the cupcakes were still in his mind)
Wah.....This is the cake mummy and I baked...So amazing!
It tastes GOOOOOD!!!!
Please do comment and share with me if you have other simple
and nice recipe :)
