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If you're a bit stumped regarding Party catering, never fear Bishys is here! Have a look at these RECIPES for helpful suggestions from us and other parents.
Bishybarnybees believe that a plate of fairybuns that you have made is vastly superior to a supermarket sponge cake that is riddled with preservatives and colourings.
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Easy Peasy Fairy Cakes
I kid you not, these are really simple. A great alternative to a Birthday Cake, stack up a plateful of these and decorate with lovely candles (like the ones we sell!) Children seem to love them and will enjoy helping you decorate them with dolly mixtures - make it a part of your family's birthday tradition!
You will need...
125g unsalted organic butter, softened or 125g of organic margarine
125g caster sugar
2 eggs
125g self-raising flour (I like Letheringsett Mill's, which is our local watermill)
2-3 tablespoons of organic milk
A food processor (beg, borrow or steal from your Mum, Gran or neighbour!)
A 12 hole muffin tin & paper cases
Icing sugar
Dolly Mixtures (you can get them with no artificial colourings now)
What you do .....
1. Put on your pinny.
2. Preheat your oven - 200c or gas mark 6.
3. Weigh your butter/marge, DON'T SWITCH ON YET, but put it into processor.
4. Weigh the caster sugar, SR Flour, and put them into processor.
5. Break your eggs into processor.
6. SWITCH ON!! Whizz until mix is smooth.
7. Drop milk down funnel until the mix looks like it would drop from a spoon (a bit runny) and REVV your processor intermittently (technically called "Pulse").
8. Spoon into cases, you may worry it won't fill all 12 cases - it should, but if you want to guarantee largish cakes maybe just do 10, or increase the mixture. Remember the smaller children will like smaller cakes, so it'll work out!
9. Put in oven for 15-20 minutes. Time for a cuppa.
10. Remove from oven when golden brown, you can jab a cake tester in or a skewer if you've got one - it should come out clean. LEAVE TO COOL.
11. If you want tidy fairy cakes, cut off the pointy tops so you've got a flat surface to decorate, or go for mountainous mounds, (may look good with sparkly edible glitter and balls, but these do have E numbers in so check your guest list first).
12. When cold:- decorate with icing following packet instructions. When they say a small amount of water they mean drops! Just put a little in at a time till it's nice and squadgy, no more than a teaspoon at a time. Spoon onto bun tops, it should flatten out. Wait a couple of minutes till it's just setting, then squidge in your dolly mixtures, the Birthday Girl or Boy will enjoy helping you with this bit. The good thing about these cakes is you can make them the day before the party, they'll keep in a tin fine. Either decorate the same day, or do it on the Birthday morning with your child.
Scrumpt-ilicious Fairtrade Chocolate Brownies
These brownies are great because they don't involve having to melt loads of chocolate over water, and you can sneek wholemeal flour into them and no-one seems to notice! They also keep well, so are a good prepare ahead recipe.
You will need...
275g Organic margarine
375g Fairtrade or Silver Spoon (British sugar beet sugar) caster sugar
4 Freerange local eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
75g Fairtrade cocoa powder
100g wholemeal flour
100g Fairtrade chocolate coarsely chopped(whichever type you like or a combo - dark, milk or white!)
A square baking tin, about 20cm square
What you do ...
1. Preheat your oven - 190c or gas mark 5.
2. Line the tin with foil or baking parchment and grease well.
3. Put all the ingredients into a bowl and mix together (you can use a processor if you've got one). Bung in the chocolate and stir in by hand.
4. Spoon into the tin.
5. Bake for 30 - 45 minutes, keep an eye on it towards the 30 minute mark. Expect a slight dip in the brownie. Skewer the brownie if it comes out clean it is done.
6. Cool in the tin. Store wrapped in an airtight container. Keeps for up to a week, in fact chocolatey flavour improves in a day or two. Can be frozen for up to a month. Cut into squares to serve.
Vintage Oatmeal Cookies
Thanks to Emily Payne for this recipe...
You will need...
1 1/2 cups Sifted Organic plain flour
1 tsp. Bicarbonate of Soda
1 tsp. Salt
1 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
3/4 cup softened organic butter or spread
1/2 cup fair trade golden granulated sugar
1 cup fair trade brown sugar
2 organic eggs
1/4 cup milk
3 cup organic porridge oats
1 cup organic raisins
What you do...
1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
2. Sift together flour, soda, salt and spices into bowl.
3. Add butter, sugars, eggs and milk. Beat until smooth, about 2 minutes.
4. Stir in oats and raisins.
5. Chill dough for about 1 hour.
6. Take small blobs of mixture and fashion into balls.
7. Place on greased baking trays/cookie sheets - leave space between cookies as they will spread.
8. Sprinkle lightly with sugar.
9. Bake 12 to 15 minutes.
"These are easy peasy and taste...........divine!! Go on have a go - you know you want to!" - says Emily
Right Easy DIY Hummus
You will need:
A can of chickpeas
Some Olive Oil
A Clove of Garlic (peeled)
Lemon Juice
Salt and pepper to taste
A food processor or blender
What You Do:
1. Empty your chickpeas into the blender
2. Splosh in some olive oil, a bit of lemon juice, the garlic and your seasoning
3. Whizz it into a hummus-like consistency
4. Check your seasonings (have a taste)
5. Store in fridge till needed
You can easily vary this recipe, bung in some sun-dried tomatoes, or roast peppers, or just a splodge of tomato ketchup if your kiddies like that kind of thing. Serve with dippy things (no, not WAGs) carrot sticks, bread sticks, potato wedges, etc. If you can be bothered you could cut shapes from big flat bits of carrots with mini biscuit cutters...
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