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Dessert and baking recipes for kids

We all know children love a sweet treat or two. With our fun and creative baking recipes for kids they'll enjoy making them as well as eating them! From beautiful fairy cakes and delicious strawberry sundaes to sweet madeleines and creamy rice pudding – lots of simple ideas to entertain the kids.

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Adding malted milk powder gives these moreish chocolate chip cookies a natural sweetness and a distinctive rich, nutty flavour
Chocolate chip malted-milk cookies
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Kids will love these cute white chocolate and orange bee cupcakes and they can help you prepare them, too. Studded with white chocolate chips and given a fresh lift with orange zest, these are perfect for a bee-themed birthday party for kids.
Bee cupcakes
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Little ones will love making these frozen yogurt bites. Not only are they colourful, fun and delicious, but they are also healthy, relying on the natural sweetness of fresh fruit so you don't need to add any additional sugar!
Fruity frozen yogurt bites
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Add chunks of chocolate-coated honeycomb and salted caramel fudge to vanilla ice cream to make this delightfully indulgent dessert
Honeycomb ice cream
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Your children will love creating these bright, colourful and fun biscuits, with cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla extract. Talk about tasty!
Unicorn drops
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A wonderfully colourful dessert that the kids are sure to love making and eating
Rainbow fruit pizza
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Gorgeous pinwheel bakes packed with not one, not two, but three different types of cheese
Three-cheese pinwheel bake
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Little ones will love helping to make this giant version of the classic jaffa cake. A light and springy sponge base is topped with chilled orange jelly, which is then covered in a layer of melted dark chocolate and set to create the crunchy outer layer
Giant jaffa cake
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Popular dessert and baking recipes for kids recipes

William Drabble’s tropical fruit rockets
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These fruity lollies are really easy to put together and are perfect for hot summer days
  • Serves 12
  • 5mins to prepare and 3hrs to freeze
  • 27 calories
Giant jaffa cake
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Little ones will love helping to make this giant version of the classic jaffa cake. A light and springy sponge base is topped with chilled orange jelly, which is then covered in a layer of melted dark chocolate and set to create the crunchy outer layer
  • Serves 12
  • 30 mins to prepare and 15 mins to cook, plus cooling and chilling to set
  • 233 calories
Dominic Chapman’s speckled chocolate cornflakes
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Dominic Chapman’s speckled chocolate cornflakes is bound to be a winner with the kids needing to help out with the chocolate and sprinkling.
  • Serves 12
  • 15mins to prepare, plus 20mins for chilling
  • 125 calories
William Drabble’s victoria sponge cupcakes
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William Drabble’s victoria sponge cupcakes is perfect for getting the kids involved with cake mix and calling on their creative side in decorating the cakes
  • Serves 12
  • 15mins to prepare, 10-15mins to cook, 10mins to cool and 10mins to decorate.
  • 245 calories
Dominic Chapman’s jam doughnuts
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These light and delicious jam-filled doughnuts are so fun to make, with lots of opportunities for children to practice their kneading, rolling and piping skills.
  • Serves 18
  • 150 mins
  • 220 calories
Matthew Tomkinson's yogurt and vanilla Eton mess
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Kids will love this tasty Eton mess. Raspberries and strawberries are classic Eton mess berries, but feel free to substitute for your family’s favourite fruits.
  • Serves 6
  • 30mins to prepare, 2hrs to cook and 1hr to cool
  • 190 calories
Vivek Singh's hot chocolate biscuits
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Vivek Singh infuses these chocolate biscuits with a hint of Indian spice to make an exciting snack that both kids and adults will enjoy making and eating.
  • Serves 50
  • 50 mins
  • 60 calories
Adam Byatt's mini mincemeat puffs
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These mini mincemeat puffs by Adam Byatt are a quick, easy alternative to mince pies, and are just as delicious and pretty.
  • Serves 20
  • 30mins to prepare, 15mins to cook, plus freezing time
  • 91 calories
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