Summer is well and truly upon us. The nights are already starting to draw in. And if you haven’t heard “I’m bored!” from your little eaters at least once so far, you’re doing great!

Our mission: muffins!

Yes, we could have done one big cake but we love filling the little paper cases. Could you say no to these two?

Now originally we were going to add some fruit to the mix (cherries – yum!) because I thought it would be fun to experiment a little but one of us thought they made the mixture look lumpy so we had a change of plan!

I decided to use oil instead of melted butter (either works just great!) to help keep the saturated fat down and the results were wonderful!

We didn’t get chance to decorate them (you know what they say about hot cakes!) before some of us decided to do a little taste test. Nice!

And now it’s over to you.

You’ve seen how easy it is for your little ones to help make our delicious cakes and muffins so it’s time to pull on your aprons, wash your hands and get baking.