Archive for the 'Recipes' Category

Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

This easy chocolate cake recipe is just perfect for those who think they can’t cook, kids, busy people and of course for all chocolate cake lovers – as it’s not only easy, it’s also delicious.

It’s also great chocolate cake recipe for those who don’t like shopping and washing up as it only uses basic ingredients that you will easily find in any supermarket and a reasonable amount of pots and pans.

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Tasty Chocolate Truffles Recipe - that even the kids can help to make

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Baking and making sweets or chocolates is one of my little boys’ favourite treats – in fact, they find it almost as good as actually eating them.

They’re very enthusiastic - but aged only three and four, so simple, straightforward recipes are a must – chocolate and sugar sticky kitchen worktops and floors are definitely NOT favourites of mine.

This easy chocolate truffle recipe got a huge thumbs up from me (limited mess and washing up), the kids (fun and had chocolate in it) and Dad (the truffles are actually delicious).

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Valentine Recipe – Delicious Peppermint Cream Sweets You Can Make With Children

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Are you looking for a Valentine recipe you can make with children? Why not try to make these delicious - and very easy, peppermint cream sweets?

These peppermint cream sweets are easy to make, even with small children. My children who are three and four, very much enjoyed the cooking although dipping the peppermint creams in melted chocolate turned out to be a rather messy affair.

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Halloween “Monster” Cookies Recipe

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

These monster-sized oatmeal cookies are fun to make with kids at Halloween. It’s the perfect family recipe - while bigger kids can help prepare the cookie dough, smaller children can decorate the biscuits with the sweets (working with measuring cups rather than weighing is much easier with small children).

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Halloween Cupcake Recipe

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

If you are looking for a fun Halloween cupcake recipe, try this. The coloured, pale orange cream cheese filling contrasts perfectly with the chocolate cupcake for a spooky effect. They’re a fun treat to make with kids, so it’s time to tie the apron strings on your little witches and ghosts.

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Child’s Halloween Party Recipe – Spooky Halloween Spiders

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

This “Spooky Halloween Spiders” recipe is just the perfect activity for your child’s Halloween party. It requires no cooking whatsoever and is especially safe, mess free and fun to make with young and older children.
They are perfect to put in children’s party bags as a take home treat, so get your little monsters to wash their hands and start the Halloween fun!

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Easy Pumpkin Soup for Halloween

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

Another recipe for you in the run up to Halloween (and a few more to come). If you have any Halloween recipes you would like to share email me at info@bigfatblog.co.uk. Bon Appetit!

Have you ever wondered what to do with the flesh of your carved Halloween Pumpkin? After all the hard work scooping out the flesh and cutting the eyes and mouth no doubt you�ll want to settle for something easy and tasty.

Our easy pumpkin soup might just do the trick and provide the kids with a warm supper after an evening of trick or treat and gorging on sweets.

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Halloween Dinner Party Recipe - Baked Eyeballs in Blood Sauce

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Just the perfect dinner party recipe for those brave enough to entertain monsters on Halloween night, these creepy baked eyeballs in blood sauce can be served with giant white worms, or spaghetti if your local witch shop does not stock them.

This Halloween recipe is suitable for children, adults and ghosts too. If your dinner party guests are brave enough to try this horror recipe, they will ask for seconds so make sure you make plenty.

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