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Friday, April 19, 2019

Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen #129: Roman Honey Cake

Time for Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen

It has been a long, long time since I posted a Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen post. We are still in the kitchen together, but we never really have new recipes to share. And the older girls are always coming up with new recipes from scratch. Without mommy's help. Once they get their recipes perfected, I will be posting them, but that will be Kids in the Kitchen, not Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen. My children are growing up!

I have the opportunity to come to you today with a Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen thanks to a review we are doing. We have been reviewing the Ancient Rome Online Unit Study from Techie Homeschool Mom. In fact, that review will be going live next week. We have been doing some great learning online, but there are also great hands-on projects. One of them was to make a Roman Honey Cake. Yum, was it tasty!

The original recipe can be found at Cookies, Cupcakes and Cardio.

It was so easy to make. Just three ingredients.

You'll need eggs, honey, and flour.

First the three eggs were cracked into a bowl. Then the children took turns beating them with an electric beater until they formed peaks.

Then we added the honey.

We beat it until it was mixed well. Then we slowly added the flour and folded it in.

I had never beat whole eggs until they formed stiff peaks before. I was also surprised how much this made from only 3 eggs, 7 oz of honey, and 2 oz offlour.

We then poured it into a 9 inch pan which I had greased and had a circle of wax paper placed onto the bottom.

All ready to go into the oven. It was baked at 330 degree for 40 minutes.

Doesn't it look tasty?

I loosened the sides, turned it over onto a plate, and removed it, then I took off the wax paper.

We loved the sound of topping it with whipped cream (which we made from scratch) and drizzling it with honey.

If you go to the original post, you can watch a video of her making the cake. Though, it really wasn't difficult at all. I have got to make this for a fellowship meal sometime soon. Though, I am sure I'll have to make two.

I am linking up to:

Melt in Your Mouth Monday
Friday Food Frenzy at Close to Home
Family Fun Friday at Happy and Blessed Home

Friday, February 20, 2015

Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen #109: Race Track Birthday Cake

Time for Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen

(A weekly linky to share what you and your children have created in the kitchen.)

The linky is at the bottom.

The girls were able to help make Harold's birthday cake again this year. Last year we made him a Dump Truck Cake. This year, I thought it would be fun to make him a cake either with cars or dinosaurs. I finally decided to go with a race track cake and found a simple looking idea over at Coolest Birthday Cakes.

The girls took turns helping.

Hannah and I started by making a simple Funfetti boxed cake.

I found a recipe for a delicious Buttercream Frosting recipe over at The Bold Abode.

It calls for:

8-10 cups powdered sugar (we used 8 and it was perfect)

2 sticks butter, softened

2 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup milk

Originally, Tabitha came to help, but then all 3 girls helped make the frosting.

We creamed 1/2 of the sugar (4 cups) with the butter.

Then we added the milk and vanilla.

We beat it at medium speed until smooth, then added 1/2 of the remaining sugar. We beat that for 2 minutes, and then we added the remaining sugar and beat again for 2 minutes. Finally, I added green food coloring.

We frosted the cake.

I formed a number 3.

We added green food coloring to some shredded coconut and stirred it around until it was a nice green.

I sprinkled the "grass" onto the outsides of the cake.

Amelia helped me crush Oreo cookies in our Magic Bullet to make the blacktop road.

I added some tubed frosting for the yellow lines. I definitely want to find an alternative if I make this again. That stuff stuck to my finger and the knife, making it very difficult to make the lines.

We added cars...

...and a sign and a checkered banner.

Do you have your children help you in the kitchen? What lessons do they learn? Do you have any kid friendly recipes to share?

I'd love to see your posts, whether you have done something this week or some time in the past. Just link up below. This is a weekly linky.

I am linking up to:

Melt in Your Mouth Monday
Try a New Recipe Tuesday at Home to Four Kiddos
The Gathering Spot at Mamal Diane
Friday Food Frenzy at Close to Home
Fantastic Thursday at Five Little Chefs
Foodie Friends Friday at Robyn'sView
Family Fun Friday at Happy and Blessed Home
Find a New Recipe Friday at Almost Supermom

And here is my Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen linky

Friday, February 21, 2014

Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen #74: Dump Truck Cake

Time for Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen

(A weekly linky to share what you and your children have created in the kitchen.)

The linky is at the bottom.

The children were so excited to help make Harold's birthday cake earlier this week! I saw this cake idea a couple of weeks ago and knew I was going to have to make it for Harold. You can see the original cake at The Joys of Boys. The best part is, it is really quite easy to make.

Ingredients:

1 box chocolate cake, baked according to directions in 2 round cake pans
2 cans chocolate frosting
Kit-Kats
Chocolate Covered Raisins
Whoppers
(You can use whatever kind of chocolate you would like, this is the candy we chose)
Oreos

Tabitha started by frosting the bottom layer.

While Tabitha was frosting, Amelia and Hannah started chopping up the Kit-Kats.

Then Tabitha and I counted out enough Oreos to go around the edge of the cake in two rows. The remainder were put in a plastic zippy bag and crushed by Tabitha.

Amelia frosted the top of the cake.

While Amelia was frosting the cake, Hannah was busy playing with the dump truck and candy.

We placed the Oreos around the edge of the cake, leaving a space as a "road."

We mixed the candy and Oreo crumbs in a bowl.

They were then placed in the dump truck and down the side as if the dump truck were dumping the load of candy.

Harold loved his cake.

Or should I say, he loved his dump truck, which he had been eyeing since he spied it way up on the counter on top of a pot in the kitchen, where I had placed it while making dinner.