Phew!

Well Christmas is over for another year! I hope that everyone had a great time! Our Christmas Lunch was a major success! I cooked for 7, including the children and it was completely stress-free! My son prepared the prawn cocktails and was really pleased with himself! All he needed was a plastic serated knife for the lettuce and a bowl to mix the prawns and sauce. Then he put the lettuce into the dishes and topped it with the prawn mixture! Not bad for a 3 year old and saved me a job! Maybe next year he will move on to the main course! ;0)

Easy Leek and Potato Soup!

This recipe is so quick and easy! Perfect for when the kids want to 'help'!

Leek and Potato Soup

• 250g (9oz) Potatoes
• 2 Leeks (medium size)
• 25g (1oz) Butter
• 1 tablespoon of oil
• 1 vegetable stock cube
• dried mixed herbs
• 300ml (1/2 pint of milk)
• salt and black pepper

1. 
   Peel the potatoes and cut them into small pieces. Put into a large saucepan.
2. Cut the roots and the dark green leaves off the leeks and take off the outer layer. Wash the leeks thouroughly under running water.
3. slice the leeks into 1cm pieces then add the leeks, butter and oil to the potatoes and stir well.
4. Turn on the heat and melt the butter. When the butter has melted and you can hear it sizzle then put on the lid and turn the heat down low.
5. Let the vegetables cook for around 10 minutes.
6. Boil some water. Put the stock cube into a measuring jug and pur in 900ml (1 1/2 pints) of the water and stir well.
7. When the vegetables are cooked, pur in the stock. Add a pinch of the mixed herbs, the milk and a little salt and pepper.
8. Turn up the heat and bring to the boil. Then turn the heat down low again so that the soup is gently bubbling.
9. Let the soup cook for about another 15 minutes then serve straight away into bowls.

Delicious served with warm bread rolls!

Keeping everyone amused.....

is difficult at the best of times! But when the children are getting overly excited about the arrival of Santa, and the weather too bad to go out and burn off some energy, what do you do? We made cookies for the tree yesterday, although we are going to have to make some more as these didnt actually get on the tree before they were eaten!

Christmas cutters are great at this time of year. I use them to make interesting sandwiches and toast! It all adds the the festivities!

If you have a look around on the internet you can find some great free things to do. We love these free colouring sheets from Littlesheep Learning- guaranteed to give you at least 15 minutes peace!

Early Christmas Present!

We're giving all our customers a whopping 20% off all orders between now and 20th December! Think of it as an early christmas gift...and a thank you for all your support since we launched back in August! Just enter code MERRYXMAS at checkout!

Brand New Handcrafted Personalised Aprons.

The 'must have' Christmas present for the budding young chef! A special one-off apron designed by incywincytogs especially for PinkFairyCake.com! These gorgeous aprons have a cute, felt Cup Cake embroidered onto them, with hand-embroidered detail. They look good enough to eat!You can have the name on either blue or pink!
Have them embroidered with a name for a lovely gift. Or how about 'Head Chef' or 'Little Helper'?

Exciting News! We have a NEW LOGO!!!

We have had a new logo exclusively designed for Pinkfairycake but the fabulous Sam at incywincytogs! We love it and we think its just perfect!

We are hoping to have some branded products out soon so keep checking the website for details!

Craft Fair Success!

We attended our first craft fair last weekend at Trentham Gardens, Stoke On Trent. It was a great success and people were really interested in Pinkfairycake! We are hoping to make it a regular event so we'll post the details as soon as we have them! If you in the area..why not pop down and say hello!

We will also be attending other events around the country and we will let you know about those as soon as we have the details.

Seasonal Goodies!

With Halloween just around the corner and Christmas creeping up on us...we've got some fantastic products to make the season yummy! Why not make some spooky halloween cookies with these great cookie cutters, You can also use them to cut sandwiches, toast, cheese...almost anything!

And christmas wouldnt be Christmas without some Crimbo Cookies! We've got some great shaped cutters...perfect for making biscuits to hang on the tree! We've also got some lovely sets which would make great presents!

We've been running a competition at www.pinkfairycake.com....

Send us your favourite recipes along with picture of your creation and you could appear on the front page of the website!

So get the kids in the kitchen and cook some goodies!

Competition ends the end of the month!

We're LIVE!!!

Pinkfairycake is now live! Come and have a look! Its packed FULL of funky cooking stuff that kids (and adults) will love!

http://www.pinkfairycake.com

Cookie cutting genius!

Ever get sore hands from pressing down on the cookie cutters? well I've found the perfect solution! these new cutters have a soft edge so that little hands can press down as hard as they like and not get sore! perfect for then the kids want to lend a helping hand! We hope to be stocking a huge range of these on the website as I think they are great!

Hundreds and Thousands....

Do you every wish that you could get something else rather than hundreds and thousands to decorate your cakes? I was baking not long ago and was thinking that there must be more to fairycakes than hundreds and thousands?!

Well now there is! Pinkfairycake will be stocking a huge range of cake sprinkles! ranging from hearts, stars and moons, edible glitter, flowers and confetti! Decorating fairycakes has never been so much fun!!!

Rain rain rain...

Its been raining non stop and we cant go outside so we decided we would bake some fairycakes today! We put down a splashmat on the floor, I weighed out the ingredients and my 3 year old son, Oliver, helped mix them altogether. We had great fun! Olivers favourite part was sifting the flour.

He was so excited to see the cakes come out of the oven, that he sat for 20 minutes infront of the oven door!

We got them out, and while they were cooling we mixed some icing sugar and food colouring into some small bowls. By this point, my 1 year old daughter Maisie had woken from her nap so she joined us for the decorating.

And the finished product! (Minus a few that we had to taste - naturally!)

Wow! Its amazing...

WOW! Have you ever come across a product that is so amazing that it instantly makes your life so much better! Well I have! Silicone bakeware! Its just so amazing! Firstly, not only can it be used in the oven, but its also suitable for the freezer, microwave, and more importantly, the dishwasher! And for those who have overenthusiastic children....silicone bakeware is also virtually indestructible! It can be compressed into spaces and doesn't lose its shape.
And if you think it cant get any better....its non stick, so cakes and muffins come out with ease, just peel back the silicone. It can withstand temperatures up to 500ºF, (although am hoping I never get to test this out!) and will not retain the odour of baked goods – so no nasty cooking smells left behind!
There is a whole range of silicone products, from muffin trays to ice-cube makers! Check out the online shop soon so see the great range of silicone products at www.Pinkfairycake.com (coming soon)

Lets keep it clean!!!

After our 'experience' in the kitchen this morning when my son 'helped' out with breakfast I have come to the conculsion that Aprons/tabards/smocks are a must on the new website! Have found some lovely items that children will just love!!!

Inspired....

My kids love cooking....or should I say 'helping' out in the kitchen! Cooking is something that we all have to do everyday - so why not let the kids help out? I bet the first thing that comes to mind is 'MESS'.....and then 'safety'...and a whole list of other reasons why you wouldn't want you little ones in the kitchen. I wonder how many people actually cook with their children, and if not, why not?


After asking around, most of my friends don't encourage it, as they cant stand the mess, or haven't go the time, or can ever think of what to cook, or never have the right ingredients to hand. I was also surprised by how many people do actually actively cook with their children.


And so then came my inspiration. What if there was a point of reference for mums to go to that had a whole range of information based on children's cooking. A place where they could get simple, quick and easy recipes. A place where they could pick something to cook and be certain that they would already have the ingredients required. A place where they could even buy cooking/baking equipment especially for children.





Well now they can! Pinkfairycake.com is an online Kids cookery store that contains all the ingredients for healthy, happy children. Just add FUN.

We are hoping to get the site up and running sometime in July!