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I have been baking cupcakes with my kids since my younger boy was 3 years old.

Both my boy(5) and girl(6) are now able to make cupcakes entirely on their own. They measure the flour, sugar, sift the flour, crack the eggs, etc. I only have to help them to turn on the mixer and put the cupcakes into the oven. I let the kids each bake 10 cupcakes each, so that each of them can go through the entire process. My kids love to eat the cupcakes and frosting very much.

Here's the photos of the cupcakes.
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Cupcake Recipe:
Butter 150g
Caster Sugar 150g
Self Raising Flour 180g
3 eggs
50 ml milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)

Cream butter and sugar together till light and fluffy before beating in eggs, one at a time. Fold in half the sifted flour, add milk and vanilla and then fold in the remaining flour. Put into the oven (150 degree Celsius) bake until golden brown.

Chocolate frosting (enough for 2 or 3 cupcakes) :
Butter (25 grams)
Icing sugar (2 big spoons)
Hershey's chocolate powder (2 big spoons)
Milk (1 or 2 big spoons)

Wait for the butter to soften. Then put butter, sugar, chocolate powder in a big bowl and mix with a big spoon, slowly add the milk until it becomes smooth and creamy (don't add all the milk at one go, add slowly until you get the right consistency).

Anyone has any recipe or baking experiences to share ?

I have been trying to bake cookies but the cookies are always a bit too hard and not crispy. Anyone got any tips ?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/3735/anyone-teaching-their-kids-to-bakeRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 21:27:34 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2009 09:09:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Tue, 12 May 2015 15:24:25 GMT]]>Hi mummies and daddies...

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]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1504876https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1504876Tue, 12 May 2015 15:24:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Mon, 02 Feb 2015 02:04:25 GMT]]>tks for sharing autumnbronze

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1460481https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1460481Mon, 02 Feb 2015 02:04:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:44:43 GMT]]>

Puppy 321:
Anymore recipes to be shared?

You can look at recipe websites and books, but look for the simpler ones with fewer ingredients and steps to begin with. You can also look at libraries for books that are designed for kids.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1108370https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1108370Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:44:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:33:36 GMT]]>Anymore recipes to be shared?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1108264https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1108264Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:33:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:14:46 GMT]]>Math is very much a part of baking and cookery.


Cooking requires a lot of measurements. Children get exposed to fractions, measurement standards like gram, kilograms, litres, time and temperature. All these are very much a part of everyday maths.

At a higher level, they may include conversions and ratio.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/382868https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/382868Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:14:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:41:31 GMT]]>Sorry, how do you Math and cooking link? 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/382628https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/382628Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:41:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:04:50 GMT]]>My daughter current math school centre manager is setting out on her own. She got a license to do math for primary school in Ang Mo Kio. Heard from her that she together with her Chef boyfriend is incorporating baking with mathematics. If anyone interested I can PM the contact.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/353999https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/353999Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:04:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:56:46 GMT]]>my kid helps out sometimes when i bake and i do enjoy the process alot. it's kind of bonding.. 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/237292https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/237292Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:56:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:47:19 GMT]]>

tree nymph:
autumbronze,

its a good and detail and encouraging post!

So have you tried president? good? its my fav brand after lukpak
Thanks tree nymph 😄

No, not tried President yet, I still have some packs of butter from Greenfields .....

:celebrate:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/225627https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/225627Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:47:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:50:40 GMT]]>autumbronze,

its a good and detail and encouraging post!

So have you tried president? good? its my fav brand after lukpak

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/225070https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/225070Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:50:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:38:56 GMT]]>:thankyou: to the KSP team for publishing my post 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/225066https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/225066Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:38:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:23:37 GMT]]>

buds:


The pre-mix looks good to me, sista. :celebrate: Taste test? How'd
it taste... your verdict? Did you have to add other secret ingredients
other than eggs and butter? :evil:

PS : The new place has an oven... 😉 But haven't tried whether it
works. 😛 :lol:
Hey buds :hi5:

The pre-mix from Greens (brand) is super convenient. They even have them in cupcakes and cakes. And its cheap, about $5.50 (from Jasons the supermarket, can't remember the price in NTUC).

All you need is egg and butter and for cakes, milk as well. Some of the pre-mix packages do not include artificial flavours or colours so thats good news too.

BTW, I think only the 'atas' NTUC Fairprice sells them, based on what I have noticed lah 😉

I say give it a try, and look around for other brands, you might find one that you are comfortable with. For instance, Betty Crocker is another well-known brand for pre-mixes 😄

:celebrate:

pssssst: thanks for recommending :love:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/225047https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/225047Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:23:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:21:27 GMT]]>Chief! I'm recommending the above post...

Autumbronze's Gingerbreadman for portal publication! :love:

Autumnbronzie darling.. :love:

As my sole excuse is that i do not own an oven, i have yet
to try baking at all. Period. The only times the kiddies got
to try their hand at baking are during the festivities and the
on and off times gramma is free to work the dough with them.

They last had gingerbread boys and girls (i bought both cutters
plus a christmas tree from Shop & Save) last Christmas. And as
gramma's quite the expert baker, she shush me up when i told
her that i could get the pre-mix so it'd be easier for her.. :oops:
So, as you can imagine... gramma made her own mixture including
a tinge of ginger as well (she says or else it wudn be 'ginger'bread
people wud it.. :politebleah:) and let the girls decorate the trees with M&Ms.

The pre-mix looks good to me, sista. :celebrate: Taste test? How'd
it taste... your verdict? Did you have to add other secret ingredients
other than eggs and butter? :evil:

PS : The new place has an oven... 😉 But haven't tried whether it
works. 😛 :lol:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/224375https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/224375Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:21:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:38:28 GMT]]>I am a novice baker. I can cook relatively well but have always shied away from baking. Maybe as opposed to cooking, where you can let your imagination run wild and and come up with your own inventive dish, baking I feel, is more inflexible ie the measurements must be accurate, the mixture must be stirred until to a certain texture etc ... (again I reiterate that I am a novice baker).


Then one day, when my DS was slightly over 2 years old, he mentioned these two words \"bake\" and \"gingerbreadman\" while speaking to me. Now, The Gingerbreadman is one of his favourite story/character. There was a time when he wanted me to read only that book to him. He even enjoyed the play in Alliance Francaise some many months back.

I was like hmmmm, maybe its a sign. So I decided to go to Phoon Huat to recee. But in the end I got side-tracked at NTUC when I stumbled upon this pre-mix Gingerbreadman cookie mix while grocery shopping. The plus point was that it contained the cutter or molder, icing mix (to draw the eyes and lips) and chocolate chips (for the buttons).

So armed with this newly discovered 'magic tool', I proceeded with the task of baking with my DS. Needless to say, he was very excited at the mere idea of watching me (that was the initial plan). In the end, DS ended up helping me with the stirring, rolling out the dough, molding and decorating the cookies. Here are some pictures.

http://www.postimage.org/ The pre-mix cookie packet and what it contains inside. We have to add the butter and egg in the pre-mix.


http://www.postimage.org/ DS helping me to cut/mold out the cookies after rolling out the dough.

http://www.postimage.org/ Cookies ready to bake in the oven.

http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=TsqwCGr DS putting 'buttons' on the cookie.

http://www.postimage.org/ DS attempting to draw the eyes and lips.

http://www.postimage.org/ Taaa daaa, ready to eat Gingerbreadman cookies.

Along the way, we have attempted to bake cupcakes and other cookies (simple recipes of course) together. These are some of the reasons why I enjoy baking with my DS (listed not in any order of priority) and why I feel, besides being an enjoyable activity for him to engage in, it can be a learning journey as well:

1. It is yet another opportunity for us to bond.

2. It fine tunes his gross motor skills for eg when he has to grip and place the small chocolate chip 'buttons' in a straight line.

3. It hones up his listening skills because he has to listen to me reading the instructions and then instructing him what to do.

4. It encourages him to speak and ask questions like \"mummi, why must we stir the flour and egg and butter together\". Again his listening skills come into play here when he has to listen to the rationale.

5. It encourages him to hone up his concentration skills as he has to focus on the task.

6. At the same time, he learns a bit of math when he watches the ingredients being measured/weighed in a precise manner.

7. There's some learning of simple science like watching the dough rising and learning about the use of heat, the different textures of the mixed ingredients during the mixing and baking process.

8. Vocabulary is expanded as he learns about the various utensils and tools used. Also some use of \"technical\" words/phrases like \"icing\", \"kneading\" are picked up.

9. It builds up his self-esteem because now at almost three years, he is at the age where he wants to try out things independently. And once the cookies are baked, he goes around telling the family members happily that he is able to bake the cookies with \"only a little of mummi's help\".

10. He learns about the different kinds of dangers that he can encounter when he is alone in the kitchen and is taught how important it is for him to respect/obey my rule that he cannot venture into the kitchen on his own unless permission is granted.

11. Last but not least, we get to enjoy the fruits of our labour - the yummy biscuits together.

So, dear mummies who have always wanted to try baking but like me, avoided it, I encourage you to give it a go. It is really fun :celebrate:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/224356https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/224356Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:38:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:27:58 GMT]]>

autumnbronze:
tamarind:

autumnbronze, verykiasu2010,

What type of butter do you use ? I am keen to try all the best types of butter 😉

Tamarind,

I used to use scs butter because its so easily available. But I happened to purchase Greenfields butter (from Ireland I believe) once from Phoon Huat and I never looked back.

I want to try using President in my next baking foray. I am sure it will taste even better 😉 😄

OK I will try Greenfields next time 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/200586https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/200586Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:27:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:05:06 GMT]]>

buds:
You novice baker, autumnbronze? :politebleah:

You're too humble.. i'm novice compared to u.
The cookies you baked me the other time was
yumz ya know, on top of looking so divine. In
fact, i'm not just novice reali... the right term
wud be : totally clueless. :roll:

Still using the no-oven excuse.. :lol:
You are too kind, buds :love:

That wasn't one of my best baked batch as I was rushing to get them ready. But thanks really, its an encouragement not to give up baking, for me .... 😄

No oven excuse is a valid excuse wat .... 😉 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/200540https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/200540Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:05:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:00:15 GMT]]>

tamarind:
autumnbronze, verykiasu2010,

What type of butter do you use ? I am keen to try all the best types of butter 😉
Tamarind,

I used to use scs butter because its so easily available. But I happened to purchase Greenfields butter (from Ireland I believe) once from Phoon Huat and I never looked back.

I want to try using President in my next baking foray. I am sure it will taste even better 😉 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/200538https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/200538Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:00:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:25:51 GMT]]>autumnbronze, verykiasu2010,

What type of butter do you use ? I am keen to try all the best types of butter 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199987https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199987Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:25:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:24:29 GMT]]>

buds:
Yeai to the French then, huh Tam? :celebrate:


No additional toppings for these?
Just nice on its own? Hmmm... I'm
imagining those Danish butter
cookies right now..

I like it that the cookies are bite sized.
Easier too eat! (So will sure eat more!) :lol:

Hopefully our new place can get a new
oven, so i can try your recipe. 😉

These cookies taste better than those Danish butter cookies because they are made with love :love: Every time I bite into a cookie, I think of all the fun we had making it together 😉 My girl kept eating the cookies non-stop, we had to keep it away from her.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199985https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199985Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:24:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:07:41 GMT]]>

tamarind:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w1nyHWTEh94/R61usgXW0PI/AAAAAAAAAKE/vWgETbdik6A/s400/DSCF3247.JPG\">


I just baked a batch of cookies with my kids last night. The cookies are the most delicious cookies that I have ever tasted hahaha My kids did all the measuring and they had a good time rolling the dough and cutting out the cookies.

I use the same old recipe in my blog in 2008 :
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2008/02/cookies.html

The photo displayed above is from 2008. The cookies we made last night are the same, but taste even better. I realized that the type of butter is very important. This time I used President unsalted French butter which gives the cookies a wonderful aroma and delicious taste. Also, we should slowly add in the flour and stop when we get the correct consistency, not just throw in 3 cups of flour.

The best thing about baking our own cookies, is that we can taste it fresh out of the oven ! The cookies we buy off the shelf cannot compare with these. And of course we don't have to worry about the ingredients. My kids love the cookies and cannot stop eating them 😉
the type of butter is VERY important

for own consumption - use the best available, same for flour, sieve it too, before using

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199404https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199404Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:07:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:05:47 GMT]]>You novice baker, autumnbronze? :politebleah:

You're too humble.. i'm novice compared to u.
The cookies you baked me the other time was
yumz ya know, on top of looking so divine. In
fact, i'm not just novice reali... the right term
wud be : totally clueless. :roll:

Still using the no-oven excuse.. :lol:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199402https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199402Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:05:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:36:17 GMT]]>

tamarind:

The photo displayed above is from 2008. The cookies we made last night are the same, but taste even better. I realized that the type of butter is very important. This time I used President unsalted French butter which gives the cookies a wonderful aroma and delicious taste. Also, we should slowly add in the flour and stop when we get the correct consistency, not just throw in 3 cups of flour.
Agree with you abt the type of butter used, Tamarind. As for the method of adding the flour in, will try that out.

Btw, am a novice baker only .... 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199392https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199392Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:36:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:19:45 GMT]]>Yeai to the French then, huh Tam? :celebrate:


No additional toppings for these?
Just nice on its own? Hmmm... I'm
imagining those Danish butter
cookies right now..

I like it that the cookies are bite sized.
Easier too eat! (So will sure eat more!) :lol:

Hopefully our new place can get a new
oven, so i can try your recipe. 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199388https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199388Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:19:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone teaching their kids to bake ? on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:35:43 GMT]]>http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w1nyHWTEh94/R61usgXW0PI/AAAAAAAAAKE/vWgETbdik6A/s400/DSCF3247.JPG\">


I just baked a batch of cookies with my kids last night. The cookies are the most delicious cookies that I have ever tasted hahaha My kids did all the measuring and they had a good time rolling the dough and cutting out the cookies.

I use the same old recipe in my blog in 2008 :
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2008/02/cookies.html

The photo displayed above is from 2008. The cookies we made last night are the same, but taste even better. I realized that the type of butter is very important. This time I used President unsalted French butter which gives the cookies a wonderful aroma and delicious taste. Also, we should slowly add in the flour and stop when we get the correct consistency, not just throw in 3 cups of flour.

The best thing about baking our own cookies, is that we can taste it fresh out of the oven ! The cookies we buy off the shelf cannot compare with these. And of course we don't have to worry about the ingredients. My kids love the cookies and cannot stop eating them 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199337https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/199337Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:35:43 GMT