Posts Tagged ‘Party Food’
Flip Flop Cakes: How To Make a Flip Flop Birthday Cake
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Top 10 Tips for Baby’s 1st Birthday – Part Two
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
6. Buckets of Toys!
Rather than leaving all of your children’s toys out for the babies and toddlers to play with, pile them into boxes and containers. Babies love emptying and refilling and this will probably prevent a little bit of argy bargy when two want the same thing as they will be too busy loading and unloading.
7. Cupcakes!
Try making an arrangement of cupcakes rather than one big birthday cake. You can pop a candle in the central cake and this can be put in front of your baby for the Happy Birthday song. If she decides to smear her fingers through the icing or hurl it to the floor then it is only that cake that is destroyed rather than the whole birthday cake!!
8. Jealousy!
If you have a toddler who has been a little fed up for the past year with this invasion of her life and having to share her parents’ attention then make sure she is made to feel a part of the occasion. Take her shopping and let her pick a toy that she would like to give the Baby for her birthday. Let her help to wrap it and even colour in a card. She could help with making rice crispie cakes for the big day too. And make a fuss of putting her in her best party clothes for the celebrations.
9. Keep it Simple!
Remember a First Birthday will only ever happen once. So don’t get worked up worrying about how clean and tidy the house is, how perfect the food is etc. The most important thing is that you savour the moment and treasure the memory – remember it will feel like only a few moments have passed and it will be her 21st Birthday Party (and a whole new set of problems go with that of course!).
10. And Finally….
Remember the camera / video camera!!! Maybe it’s just me but I never seem to have it all together on this front. Either the battery is run down or I haven’t got a disc for the video camera or else I just don’t know where I have put them!!! These are just the kind of pictures and footage that you might want to embarrass her at that 21st party……..
Birthday Party Treats With A Difference – Brazilian Brigadeiros
Friday, October 1st, 2010
Time for something a little different this week. Brigadeiros are a delicious chocolate truffle served in Brazil and they are a traditional children’s party favourite that are easy to make yourself.
Ingredients
- 3 table spoons of a chocolate milk drink powder such as Nesquik (not cocoa – this will give you a completely different taste!)
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 14 ounce tin of sweetened condensed milk.
How To Make Brigadeiros
Combine the chocolate powder, butter and condensed milk in a medium saucepan over a medium heat. Stir continuously until the mixture becomes thick enough to show the bottom of the pan whilst stirring.
Pour the mixture into a lightly greased dish and allow to cool. Once at room temperature, grease your hands with butter and roll the mixture into tiny balls and place the balls into mini cupcake papers.
For extra fun, roll the balls in hundrends and thousands or desicated coconut.
Give it a try, you’ll be delighted that you did. Just be careful you don’t eat them all before the party!
Party Treats – Frosted Banana Bars
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Makes approx. 16
Ingredients
175g butter
175g caster sugar
3 eggs, beaten
250g self-raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 large bananas, peeled and mashed
Frosting:
50g butter
25g cocoa powder
250g icing sugar, sifted
1-2 tablespoons milk
Hundreds and thousands to decorate
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to Gas 4, 180C, 350F and line an 18 x 28 cm roasting tin with greaseproof paper.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and creamy. Gradually add in alternate spoonfuls of beaten egg and flour until all added and mixture is smooth. Add the baking powder and mashed bananas and mix thoroughly.
3. Spoon the mixture into the tin and bake for 25-30 mins until well risen and golden. Leave to cool in the tin.
4. For the frosting. Heat the butter in a small pan. Stir in the cocoa powder and gently cook for one minute. Remove pan from heat and stir in the icing sugar. Return to heat and stir gently adding enough milk to make a smooth, spreadable icing.
5. Pour the icing over the cake and smooth with a palette knife. Sprinkle over the hundreds and thousands and leave to cool and set. Remove from tin, peel off the paper and cut into bars.
Brazilian Theme Party
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
I am from Brazil and my little boy is 50/50…hahaha!
On september he will be 1 year old and i will make a tradional brazilian birthday party.
Theme will be Charlie and the numbers from baby tv,the cake will be decorated with the same theme and a banner with him,charlie and the numbers on the wall…on the table will be a lots of brazilians sweets (called brigadeiro and beijinho) and a few brazilians snacks too…popcorn and ballons…oh lord!!!
All of his friends will be so happy because this party will be wonderful!
People always say…dont make a big party because he cant understand it yet…i will! He doesnt now but he will be so happy when he is bigger and see that we always loved him and celebrated all his birthdays!!!!
By Viviane Stewart
Birthday Cake Decorating
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Decorating cakes – fold a piece of paper that’s bigger than your cake in half. Draw half a shape against the fold – stars, hearts, fairy wings etc., and cut it out.
Unfold the paper and place it on your cake – works best on brownies or other flat topped cakes and sift cocoa over a pale cake or icing sugar over a dark cake to give you a pretty decoration.
You could also sprinkle with a little caster sugar mixed with food colouring to make it more colourful!
By Geraldine Healy
Mickey Mouse Theme Party
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010For my Daughters 2nd Birthday, we pulled out all the stops. We had a Mickey Mouse themed party… her favourite cartoon.
We painted an outside wall with a picture of Mickey Mouse and look whos 2. Almost a year on and my daughter still loves that pic. I ordered a mickey mouse piñata, party bags, mickey and minnie rice paper circles (which I will explain in a minute how I used them) napkins, paper plates and paper cups on ebay and they arrived just in time, I also made her a special cake shaped like the mickey mouse clubhouse, to see it click:
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I made a large sheet sponge cake as the base ie the garden and covered it in green icing I then made a small cola chocolate bun and covered it in red icing and moulded it in a semi circle shape and it became the body of the clubhouse.
I got black icing and moulded it in a circle for the head and placed it on top of the body and covered 2 lolipops in dark chocolate for the ears of the clubhouse, I then made the rest of the clubhouse ie the leg and glove balloon out of icing and topped it all off with mickey, Minnie, goofy and Donald figures which I bought in a local toy store.
As for the rice paper I got some flat based cones and placed 2marshmallows in each then placed them in microwave for a minute or until the marshmallow rose to top then removed them and allowed to cool, I then melted some chocolate and put a spoonful in bun cases and placed the cones open side down on the bun cases and allowed chocolate to set, once set I peeled off the cases and stuck the rice paper on top of each prefect way to personalise a childs party or continue a theme.
By Laura Kehoe
Chocolate Fountains
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010For my daughters birthday we had 2 chocolate fountains!
1 milk and 1 white chocolate we had lots of bowls of different kinds of fruit(strawberrys bannana kiwi pineapple fudge and marshmallows).
They had a great time and they ate lots of fruit!!
By Yvonne Lawlor
Pizza Making Party
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010I had a pizza making party for my daughter one year.
I made the bases and put out little tubs of various toppings on the table and they decorated their own pizza.
Once they were all made, they ate them as their party food.
All food was eaten as they chose their own toppings 
Everyone was happy!!
By Hazel Delaney
Top Hats Recipe
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Does anyone remember “top hats” from their youth?? I recently made them for my son’s birthday party – I had forgotten how good they are!!
Melt some good quality chocolate over a gentle heat in a bowl placed in a saucepan of hot water. Spoon a small amount of the chocolate into pastry cases and place a marshmallow in each one.
Pop in the fridge until the chocolate sets, peel away the paper cases and there you go – top hats!!
By Sarah O’Connor
Fun Birthday Treats & Mars Bar Cakes
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010Firstly for my sons birthday i buy assorted food colouring colours, then I make rice crispy cakes with white chocolate and add food colouring and make a batch of different colours.
I also do the same with fairy cakes so he has loads of red, blue, green cakes and I put a different colour butter cream icing on top, the table looks so fun and colourful when its set up!Everyone goes mad for the Mars Bar cakes too…
Also for my husbands birthday (day before halloween) I have a headstone which i place in the front garden with a hand coming out of the ground, I change all the bulbs in the house to the fire one so the house is lit up orange.
Mars Bar Cakes Recipe:
Melt 75g butter in a pot and add 6 chopped up mars bars, mix together until melted and smooth, make sure to keep stiring so it does not burn.
Poor melted mix into large bowl of rice crispies and mix together until all rice crispies are coverd. Place grease proof paper into a deep dish (lasagna dish is ideal) pour covered rice crispies in and push around until the bottom of the dish is covered and place in the fridge for 10 mins.
Now Melt approx 2-3 bars of cooking chocolate and pour over the now set mars bar & rice crispie mixture spreading all over the top. Place back into the fridge to set.
When your ready to serve take out of the fridge, lift the grease proof paper out of the dish lifing out the Mars Bar Cake and cut into squares, what ever size suits you and your good to go! I havent met a child or adult yet who dont love them!
By Aishling Clarke
Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes Recipe
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Ingredients
Directions
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees C.
- Cream butter and sugar together well in a mixing bowl.
- Beat in the eggs 1 at a time.
- Mix in the vanilla.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and salt into a small bowl and stir.
- Add milk to the butter mixture in 2 parts alternately with flour mixture in 3 parts, beginning and ending with flour.
- Fill cones about 3/4 full leaving the batter 1/2 inch from top. Place filled cones on a baking tray. Bake in oven for about 15 to 20 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. You can use a Lemon Icing, Green Butter Icing or a Peanut Butter Icing or a combination of all.
Including Nutrition In Your Party Feast
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Over the next while, we will be giving you tips on making your child’s party plate a healthy and nutritious one – without them even realising it!! Remember keep the sweet treats hidden until the healthy food is finished!
The main trick to get your child eating healthily is to make the good food fun and here are some ideas how!
Cookie Cutters!
Use some fun shaped cookie cutters to make sandwiches more exciting. Children will love the shapes.
Fruit Sticks!
Chop pieces of fruit into bite size pieces and put them on cocktail sausage sticks. You could even use some pots of fromage frais for dipping and call it a fruit fondue!
Fun Dips!
Instead of crisps, why not serve breadsticks and thin strips of pitta bread. Buy or make some humous or guacamole and let them dip away. Children will love dipping their own food.
Sweet Potato Wedges!
Cut some sweet potatoes into wedges, drizzle with oil and roast in the oven. There you have a simple and healthy alternative to chips.
Fish Bites!
Make your own fish bites or chicken nuggets. The size is perfect for small hands and they are relatively inexpensive and simple to make. Watch out for future recipe pages here on our site!
Wibbly Wobbly Jelly!
Add a fruity twist to your jelly by mixing fresh fruit into your jelly mould when making your jelly. When it sets, the fruit makes a simple jelly look spectacular.
Fruit Punch!
Instead of serving fizzy drinks, pour some juice into a large punch bowl and add some fresh fruit. They will think it far more exciting than fizzy orange!!
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