If in doubt......bake!

My creative time of late has been filled by baking.  Daisy and I have created cakes and iced them to our hearts content.  I love baking and I love baking with Daisy.  Teaching her things my Nan and Mum passed on to me, seeing how excited she gets when she bakes and watching her gain confidence each time we make a cake, is just out of this world.  Children are so pure it's beautiful.

Anyway, here's some of our latest efforts.

After watching the Great British Bake Off one evening, I decided to bake some fairy cakes after the programme.  The next day Daisy asked me why I made these without her....talk about being guilt ridden.  However, that was quickly forgotten as she tucked in!

I made this Raspberry and Coconut cake on a whim and it was a bit of trial end error as I made it up as I went along.  However it did taste delicious (Rona, promise to email you the recipe!)

And then Daisy and I made these last night before she went to bed.  Nice chocolate fairy cakes.

We also made a low fat Date and Apple cake the other day, but I wasn't able to snap any pictures of that one.  However I will be making it again soon and will share the recipe too.  And whilst I am on the subject of photos.....I have a really good camera but snapped these using my phone so apologies as they are not great (but when you've got cakes to eat you want to tuck in straight away!)

And finally, I leave you with a video of Daisy being Betty Crocker....just absolutely adorable.


Daisy being Betty Crocker from Helen Mills on Vimeo.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen xx

Happy Monday

Daisy and I made cakes yesterday.  Lots of them.  We decorated them with buttercream and added lots of sprinkles. 

It was just what I needed - some creative baking time, watching Daisy select and individually place every type of decoration on one cake, and then pick one to devour.

The simple pleasures in life are amazing.

Love and peace to you all

Helen xx

7/52 - Fairy cake time

My picture for this week was taken on Sunday when Daisy and I made fairy cakes. Creativity in the kitchen.

There is something magical (and messy) about making cakes with a 4 year old, and it brought back memories of me as a child as I LOVED baking. So it was pure joy to be able to do this with Daisy.
They were yummy too and Daisy's one was the one with the most jellies on.

Have a great weekend and remember to laugh and have lots of fun xx