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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Fun Kid's Party Food - Part 1 of 8

Welcome to the first of our 8 part series on creating fun party food for or with your kids!
These recipes are great fun to make with your kids and a brilliant way to spend a rainy day....
GOLDFISH CUPCAKES:
What you'll need:
125g (4 1/2 oz) butter, at room temperature
125g (4 1/2 oz) golden caster sugar
110g (4oz) self raising flour
2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa poweder
1 teaspoon orange zest - grated
50g (2oz) plain chocolate chips
5 tablespoons of ready made buttercream icing.
For the goldfish (Some or all of the items below - it's up to you):
- Cheerios
- Chocolate buttons
- M&M's (chocolate)
- Tube white chocolate writing icing
- Jelly beans
- Giant chocolate buttons
- White chocolate buttons
- Marshmallows
- Hundreds & thousands
- Heart-shaped chocolates
Instructions:
  1. Pre-heat the over to 180C / 350F or gas mark 4.
  2. Beat together the butter and sugar until the mixture is fluffy and smooth.
  3. Sift together the flour and cocoa powder in a separate bowl.
  4. Add the eggs to the creamed butter mixture, a little at a time, adding a tablespoon of the flour mixture with the second egg.
  5. Mix in the orange zest and the remainin gflour and cocoa, until blended.
  6. Finally stir in the chocolate pieces.
  7. Line a large muffin tray with 10 paper cases and fill each one until two-thirds full.
  8. Bake the muffins for 20-22 minutes.
  9. Allow to cool for a few minutes, then remove the muffins and place on a wire cooling rack.
  10. When the cupcakes are cool, spread a little of the buttercream over each of the cupcakes.
  11. This is where you can get creative - decorate the cupcakes to look like goldfish.

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