Baking With Kids

Keep children entertained with our fun and tasty recipes. They’ll learn how to measure out ingredients, mix them together, then see them transformed into amazing creations, before getting creative with the decoration using icings, sprinkles and sweets

CAKES & BROWNIES

Simple traybakes, fun-to-decorate cupcakes, and seriously scrumptious brownies

Chocolate & salted caramel traybake

Martha's yogurt & berry loaf cake

Salted caramel popcorn cupcakes

Perfect Victoria sponge

Apricot & cinnamon breakfast muffins

Martha's hundreds & thousands sponge cake

Banana cake with peanut butter frosting

Speedy one-pan brownies

EASY NO-BAKE RECIPES

If you want something really simple to get children involved in baking, these no-oven-needed recipes are a great place to start

No-bake raspberry cheesecakes

Even little children can crush the biscuits for this super-fast dessert. Use fresh raspberries when in season

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Rocky road pretzel squares

These chocolatey bites can be easily adapted to what you have at home. No pretzels? Swap for biscuits. No peanuts? Swap for other nuts or raisins

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Pineapple ice cream lollies

These tropical lollies are made with just 3 ingredients

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Easy chocolate bites with date and coconut

Whizz a handful of ingredients and finish with a chocolatey topping for a super snack for all the family

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Passion fruit cheesecakes

These fruity pots can be whipped up in 10 minutes and left in the fridge until you're ready to tuck in

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Mini peanut butter Oreo cups

Peanut butter cups are made even better with the addition of Oreo crumbs

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SAVOURY IDEAS

Baking doesn't always have to be sweet! Children will love getting their hands in to help make homemade sausage rolls, pasties and buns

Pork, honey & mustard sausage rolls

Squish together the filling and pile onto pastry before rolling up. Nobody will be able to resist these fresh from the oven

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Easy tuna & egg lunchbox pasties

A treat for lunch, these use a block of puff pastry and ready-made cheese sauce for ease

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Quick garlic, cheese & chive buns

These scone-like buns can be ready in 20 minutes, and are great for little hands to help stamp out

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BRILLIANT BISCUITS AND BARS

Lots of treats to keep kids of all ages busy in the kitchen, from super simple chocolatey swirls to slightly more challenging jaffa cakes

Pretty feather-iced biscuits

Vanilla biscuits make a great base for colourful icing. Learn how to make feather icing for an extra-special touch

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Chocolate & hazelnut swirls

Chocolate spread, banana and hazelnuts are a winning combination in these scrummy swirls

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Martha’s peanut butter crispy bars

If you don’t have salted peanuts, simply swap these out for more rice pops, and for a sweeter taste, swap half of the dark chocolate for milk chocolate

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Baked raisin & oat bars

Tasty and filling bars to keep on standby for snacks

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Raspberry ripple cheesecake bars

These bite-sized cheesecakes are perfect for parties or a fun twist for dessert

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Jaffa cakes

Homemade jaffa cakes? It can be done! And it's easier than you might think

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CHOCOLATE BROWNIE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES

Watch food editor Silvana make these frozen treats with her daughter

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COOKIE RECIPES

Martha's Smarties cookies

PB&J cookie sandwiches

Raisin, cinnamon & jumbo oat cookies

Ultimate cookies

Homemade iced buns

Making your own bread is a great way to get children hands-on with baking, and it’s a good chance to get creative with flavours. Here, soft pillowy buns are topped with a zesty lemon icing

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KIDS' ONLINE COOKERY WORKSHOPS

There's lots of fun to be had at our Waitrose Cookery School virtual classes. Our chefs will teach your children how to create delicious cakes and bakes, as well as developing their kitchen skills

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