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Cooking With Kids Series (10-12/2011) – University of Arkansas

Cooking With Kids Series – UACCH is proud to partner with the Hempstead County Extension Office to bring you a new and exciting series of classes! These classes provide an opportunity for budding chefs to have fun in the kitchen, along with a parent or grandparent! Students will learn fundamental kitchen skills, focusing on measuring, mixing, following recipes, kitchen safety, and healthy food choices. Each month will have a unique theme, where each child/adult team will make 2-3 exciting food items to enjoy! Sign up for each class individually, or enroll in all three classes! Limit of 12 children per class. You MUST pre-pay for this class! NO WAIVERS-all fees go toward food costs. Call Nancy at 870-722-8102 for more information.

Cooking with Kids-October: Spooky Snacks!

Thursday, October 27 5:30-6:30pm for ages 5-8 $15/child

Thursday, October 27 7:00-8:00pm for ages 9-13 $15/child

Technical and Industrial Building, Conference Room

Cooking with Kids-November: Fall Festival of Food!

Tuesday, November 15 5:30-6:30pm for ages 5-8 $15/child

Tuesday, November 15 7:00-8:00pm for ages 9-13 $15/child

Technical and Industrial Building, Conference Room

Cooking with Kids-December: Christmas Extravaganza!

Thursday, December 8 5:30-6:30pm for ages 5-8 $15/child

Thursday, December 8 7:00-8:00pm for ages 9-13 $15/child

Technical and Industrial Building, Conference Room

This meeting is open to all youth between the ages of 5 and 13 without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, disability, or any other legally protected status. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (large print, audiotapes, etc.) should notify UACCH as soon as possible prior to the activity.

Continuing Education – Community Service Registration Form

For more information on community classes at UACCH, please call 870-722-8102.

(Information taken from the uacch.edu website)

Filed Under: Cooking Classes, Mom's Cafe

Color My Bath – Makes Bath/Pool Time Fun

Unfortunately, this is one of those things that you really need to see in person to appreciate! This one of our fave finds at the Toy Fair this year and I am pretty sure it will be on of yours too if you give it a try! Not really cooking related I know, but love it enough I thought it was worth sharing!

Can you guess what it does? You got it! It colors the water in your bath – or if you are an Outdoor Play Toy friend – your pool water can make amazing colors too! Have a child who hates bath time – we bet this will change their mind!

The color tablets can be combined to make multiple colors, are made in America, are completely safe and non-staining and best yet – eco-friendly! The fizzies will make them giggle and the color will make them laugh…..after all shouldn’t bath and pool time be fun?!?!

Check them out at Color My Bath.

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Deal Of The Day – Halloween Cupcake Toppers

Just in time for the upcoming Halloween Celebrations we bring Cake Sugar Designs Inc.!

Bring some fun to their Halloween party with these adorable custom cupcake toppers in great spooky yet fun designs. From cute black cats to scary skeletons, these frosting appliques will have them thinking you paid an expensive bakery to make them!

And right now at Mampedia, there is a great deal for HALF OFF! Buy $24 worth of Sweet and Spooky Designs for you Halloween Cupcakes for only $12! Deal is only good through 9.26.11 so act fast!

Visit Mamapedia for more details on this great deal.

Filed Under: Contests, Gift Ideas, Halloween, Mom's Cafe

Kid’s Birthday Cakes That Will Bring Smiles!

A child’s birthday party is a day to show them they are special! These cakes will do just that! Creative and eye-catching, these unique birthday cakes will be sure to bring smiles to the birthday boy or girl and your guests.

Credit: One Charming Party

Credit: Sweetapolita

Credit: Doughmesstic

Credit: Savory Sweet Life

Filed Under: Baking, Mom's Cafe

Ever See A BluApple?

A BluApple you ask? Yes, it is a real thing! The BluApple is a wonderful invention that helps you to extend the life span of your produce!

If you are tired of wasting fruit because it goes bad before you get to eat it all, then this will help you. It is estimated that the average household wastes as much as $600 in wasted product each year. That is a lot of waste!

How Does It Work?
Naturally, fruits give off ethylene gas in its ripening process. Once concentrated in the refrigerator or any other storage area, the presence of that gas speeds up the ripening process even more. The BluApple provides absorption of that gas for up to three months and can be used in the refrigerator or any storage container.

The active ingredient does not “wear out” but continues to absorb the ethylene until it is full to capacity. A refill kit makes the BluApple a reusable item too.

Want to see it in action? It is the blue thing in the middle, the one that looks like an apple!

Cute isn’t it?

Visit BluApple to learn more and get your own!

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Nutella Chocolate Cobbler – In Honor of World Nutella Day!

As you may or may not know, today is World Nutella Day! A day to celebrate Nutella and it’s many uses! Rachel at Cupcake Kid Cafe loves Nutella just sandwiched in between 2 pieces of bread – and I think she has had that same lunch every day since school started!

But when I started looking around – I was amazed at the amount of recipes that actually use Nutella.

Here is a what looks like a delicious recipe over at Savory Sweet Life for Nutella Chocolate Cobbler. They were inspired by a recipe found at Tasty Kitchen.

Photo: Savory Sweet Life

Ingredients

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons abaking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cocoa powder, divided
1 cup sugar, divided
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup Nutella
6 tablespoons melted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 1/2 cup hot tap water

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, and 1/2 cup of white sugar. Stir in milk, Nutella, butter, and vanilla. Mixture will be thick like the texture of peanut butter. Spread mixture into an ungreased 8-inch baking dish. In a separate bowl, mix 1/2 cup white sugar, brown sugar, and remaining cocoa. Sprinkle mixture evenly over the batter. Pour the hot water over everything and do not stir. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until the center is slightly firm but not fluid like liquid. Spoon mixture into small bowls and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

What can the kids help with?

Let them be a part of the fun, if they are old enough let them measure out the ingredients and even use the mixer if they are up for the challenge. but here are the more simple things that the little ones can do!

1. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, and 1/2 cup of white sugar

2. Spread mixture into an ungreased 8-inch baking dish

3. Spoon mixture into small bowls and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Filed Under: Baking, Mom's Cafe Tagged With: chocolate, dessert, nutella

Kids Cooking Classes at Henrietta’s Table in Cambridge, MA

Get your child excited about cooking! Henrietta’s Table, a restaurant that specializes in New England Cooking is offering some special kid only cooking classes. This February your little one can work with Chef Peter Davis and his sous chefs to become little kitchen experts.

The classes will be held as follows:

February 5: Ice-Cream
February 12: Breakfast
February 19: Grilled Local Cheese and Tomato Soup
February 26: Chocolate Dipped Delights

Parents can enjoy 10% off lunch while their child enjoys the class, or you can stay and watch your chef in action. The classes are held on Saturdays from 12:30pm – 2pm and the cost is $20 per child. Children 6 and up are recommended.

TO RSVP please call then at 617.661.5005 – please let them know Cupcake Kid Cafe sent you!

Visit Henrietta’s Table online at http://henriettastable.com/news_events/

Filed Under: Cooking Classes, Mom's Cafe

Win A Cooking Class and Baking Set – Princeton, NJ

Enter between 1/5/11 and 2/14/11 for a chance to win a Gift Certificate to a Wholesome Kids Cook cooking class (any class/location of winner’s choice beginning in March 2011) and baking set from Twinkleberry (apron, oven mitt, wooden spoon and rolling pin.) Prize is valued at $60. Contest ends February 14, 2011 at noon.

To enter to win visit Princeton Kids

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Licorice Cupcakes

We know that somewhere in your family is a licorice lover! I happen to be that one person in our family…but if you have a licorice lover these are the cupcakes for you! The recipe comes from a website called Kayotic so we want to give them a big shout out for such a unique recipe with such drool worthy images!

INGREDIENTS:

Cupcakes:

1 stick butter (115 gr)
1/2 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
6 oz soft sweet liquorice
1 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp water
2 eggs (room temperature)
1/2 tsp salt

Peppermint Frosting:

4 oz cream cheese
2 cups confectioners sugar
25 soft peppermint pillows (or 1 tsp peppermint extract)

DIRECTIONS:

Cream the butter and sugar for 4 or 5 minutes, until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs—one at a time— and beat until it’s creamy.

Put the liquorice in a pan and add 2 tbsp water.

Melt the liquorice over low heat while stirring occasionally. When it looks too dry, add 1 or 2 tbsp water. I used a total of 4 tbsp water.

Add the melted liquorice to the sugar butter. Along with the baking powder and salt and beat until it’s a smooth brown concoction. Add the flour and stir until just combined.

Line a standard muffin tin with paper liners and fill them 2/3 of the way with the batter. Bake them at 350F (175C) for 18 to 20 minutes.

For the icing combine the (soft) cream cheese with the peppermint powder (or 1 tsp extract) and 2 cups confectioners sugar. It will look grainy at first…but will then transform into a firm and creamy frosting!

Now ice your cupcakes and ENJOY!

For the full recipe and an adorable printable recipe card visit Kayotic Kitchen’ s Licorice Cupcake Recipe

All images courtesy of Kayotic Kitchen.

Filed Under: Baking, Mom's Cafe

Fun Giveaway For A Kids Chocopot!

I saw this adorable giveaway and just wanted to let our readers know about!

Named one of 2010’s coolest toys by CNBC, ChocoPot is a unique cooking experience combining an entertaining cooking DVD, a fun process and great tasting treats. The kid-friendly cooking appliance melts chocolate to create fondue or molded candy in a variety of shapes to share with friends and family.

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