Posts Tagged ‘Party Recipes’

Treats From Around The World – Polish Torte Recipe

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Polish Torte
Anybody who has tasted a Polish Tort at a birthday party will know how delicious this birthday cake is. And despite it looking like a difficult cake to make, it really is quite easy!

Ingredients

The Polish Torte is a quadruple layer cake so it is best to separate the layers at the very start!

The Base

2 cups of crushed vanilla wafers
½ cup of soft butter
⅔ cups crushed salted peanuts

The Second Layer

8 ounces of cream cheese
⅓ cup of peanut butter
1 cup of powdered sugar
2 cups of cool whip

The Third Layer

2 small boxes of instant chocolate pudding
3 cups of full fat milk

The Top

2 cups of cool whip
½ cup of crushed peanuts
1 chocolate bar – grated

The Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the base ingredients in a mixing bowl and spread on the bottom of a lightly greased 9 x 12 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes and let cool to room temperature.

Whilst the base is baking, you can prepare the second layer. Mix the cream cheese, peanut butter and powdered sugar until smooth and fold in the cool whip. When the base layer is cool, spread the second layer on top.

The third layer is made by mixing the milk and chocolate pudding until smooth and chilling to set. Once ready, pour this layer over the 2nd layer.

Spread the cool whip over the top and sprinkle grated chocolate and peanuts over the top, then chill to set.

This cake may take a little extra time to make, but you will be delighted you made it. Just try to leave some for the kids!

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Party Treats – Chocolate Marshmallow Yummies

Monday, August 30th, 2010

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Ingredients:

150g good quality plain chocolate

75g butter

75g golden syrup

65g chopped sponge fingers

65g chopped glacé cherries

125g mini marshmallows

Method:

1.  Line a 20cm (8 inch) round tin with cling film.

2.  Melt the chocolate, butter and golden syrup.   Cool slightly and stir in the sponge fingers, cherries and 100g of the mini marshmallows.

3.  Spoon the mixture into the round tin.  Chop the remaining 25g of marshmallows in half and sprinkle over the top.

4.  Chill for 4 hours until firm.  Lift out of the tin and peel off the cling film.  Cut into desired slabs.

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Rating: 9.0/10 (6 votes cast)

Pizza Making Party

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

bcI 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

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Fun Birthday Treats & Mars Bar Cakes

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

bcFirstly 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

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Including Nutrition In Your Party Feast

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

219307_assortment_of_cookies_iOver 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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