Homemade Reindeer Food

My sister and I have been looking forward to Christmas so much this holiday season, it's our favorite time of year. We didn't have time this year to buy proper reindeer food... so we made our own. This recipe is a very a little of this and a little of that. It's a completely made up recipe that's fun to do with everyone; we had a great time making it.

Ingrediants:

1 brussel sproat grated
1/2 a carrot grated
1/2 a teaspoon of vannila extract
75g scottish rolled oats
30g coco powder (or enough that it looks brown and you can see the oats when you mix toghether)
25g of sugar

Methods:

1. Put everything in a bowl and mix up together until it resembles a dirt type consistency. It's much easier to get messy and mix with your hands, or a spoon.

This is without carrot but almost everything else

2. Put that mixture into a small plastic bag, tie the top with a pretty ribbon, or a piece of string so nothing falls out.

3. On Christmas eve night, have some fun and sprinkle in your backgarden with your kids.

Happy Baking and have a brilliant Christmas. Beth xx

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

I adore chocolate cupcakes they are so yummy and good for celebrations or just as a treat, they are just as fun to create as well. Here's how to make them with Nutella chocolate spread. :)

Ingredients 

100g of softened butter (4oz)
150g of self-raising flour.(5oz)
150g of caster sugar (5oz)
3tbs of milk
2 large eggs
Half a teaspoon of vanilla extract
A quarter of a bag of chocolate drops
A couple of shakes of galaxy hot chocolate
A jar of Nutella

For the Icing


100g of softened butter (4oz)
225g of icing sugar (8oz)
Half a teaspoon of vanilla extract
A splash of milk
2 large tablespoons of Nutella

 Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C (Gas mark4) (Fan 160C)
2. Put muffin cases into a 12 hole baking tray
3. Measure the cake mix ingredients out and put them into a mixing bowl and whisk until blended and smooth
4. Spoon into paper cases
5. Bake for 20-25 mins until beautiful golden brown
6. Take out of the oven and place onto a wire cooling rack to cool

Meanwhile...

Make up the icing ready to pipe on to the cakes when they have cooled.

Once the cakes have cooled....

Make a small hole in each of them with a knife or apple corer and pipe some Nutella from the jar into the hole. This fills the cake with yummy Nutella in the middle!

Pipe on the icing and then you're done!:)

My sister loves these cupcakes!!!