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Christmas recipes for kids

Dec 8, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Annie Rigg |Liberty Mendez |mari williams |Jayne Cross

by Buddy OliverA chocolately Christmas pudding that all the kids will love – and it's so easy to make that you can get them to do it themselves! Rocky road mixture is put into a pudding basin and then drizzled with melted white chocolate and topped with a sprig of fake holly to resemble a traditional Christmas pudding. Feel free to swap the homemade ginger biscuits for 150g/5½oz biscuits of your choice. If you're not baking biscuits start at step 7.
Christmas brownies recipe

Oct 31, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Jayne Cross

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a 30x20cm/12x8in tin with baking parchment. Gently heat the brandy then add the cranberries and leave to soak while you prepare the brownie mix. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, or in the microwave. Stir gently until smooth then set aside to cool slightly. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until pale and fluffy.
Halloween baking

Oct 27, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Sanjana Modha |Emily Angle |Katy Greenwood |Jayne Cross

Make sure your Halloween is terrifyingly tasty with some bewitching bakes, from spooky showstoppers to creepy cupcakes and cookies we have everything you need to make Halloween ghoulishly good fun.
Halloween cakes

Oct 19, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Emily Angle |Jayne Cross |Sanjana Modha |Katy Greenwood

From spooky Halloween cookies to spiderweb cupcakes - we've got plenty of sweet treat ideas for a Halloween party.
Halloween ghost cupcakes recipe

Mar 8, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Jayne Cross |Emily Angle |Simon Rimmer |Liberty Mendez

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Line twelve muffin tins with muffin cases. For the cakes, beat together the butter and sugar with a hand-held mixer until very light and fluffy. Add the eggs a little at a time beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla extract with the last of the egg. Sift together the flours, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa into a large mixing bowl. Gently fold the flour mix into the butter mixture along with the buttermilk until completely combined and smooth.