{"id":2478,"date":"2011-12-06T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.wordpress.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2015-09-06T22:12:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T21:12:43","slug":"today-we-made-chocolate-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/today-we-made-chocolate-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Recipe Chocolate cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You may notice that I like making cakes with my children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is a very simple recipe that even my 2 year old is able to get involved in, and a slight variation can make it seem less dull.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I believe making them together has all manner of benefits for my children &#8211; bonding, counting, economics, weighing, self-confidence building &#8211; to name a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190520.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190520.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20111205-190520.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFirst put on an apron<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190155.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190155.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20111205-190155.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Gather up your ingredients<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190206.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190206.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20111205-190206.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThen your equipment<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">weigh and mix ingredients<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190217.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190217.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20111205-190217.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We used:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>8oz self raising flour<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>8 oz of butter<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>5 eggs<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>60z castor sugar<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>one teaspoon of baking powder<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Heap of chocolate drinking powder<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190232.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190232.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20111205-190232.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Count out the cake cases and put in the mixture<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190242.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190242.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20111205-190242.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Whilst they are cooking the most important part licking the spoon\u00a0and bowl <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111205-190254.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20111205-190254.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cook for 15-20mins at approx 180 degrees in a fan oven<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I do them until they smell cooked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You may also like:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/2011\/11\/30\/strawberry-star-cakes\/\">Strawberry Star Cakes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may notice that I like making cakes with my children. It is a very simple recipe that even my 2 year old is able to get involved in, and a slight variation can make it seem less dull. I believe making them together has all manner of benefits for my children &#8211; bonding, counting, &#8230; <a title=\"Simple Recipe Chocolate cakes\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/today-we-made-chocolate-cakes\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Simple Recipe Chocolate cakes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[79,236,299,551,682],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"pinkoddy","author_link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/author\/pinkoddy\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"You may notice that I like making cakes with my children. 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