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Summer desserts and baking recipes for kids

From fruity iced delights and pretty fairy cakes to cheesy picnic bites and gorgeous barbecued sweet treats, we've got lots of super summery desserts and creative bakes that kids are sure to love.

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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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Get your roooaaarrrr on with these cute and creative dinosaur biscuits
Dinosaur biscuits
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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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Bursting with blueberries, this luscious layer of frozen yogurt makes a heavenly snack
Frozen blueberry yogurt bark
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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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Freeze your fruit juice into refreshing ice lollies for a simple sweet treat when the sun is shining. These colourful stripy lollies need just three ingredients – once you’ve tried the orange and forest fruit juices, try mixing different juices.
Striped fruit juice lollies
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Keep the kiddies entertained throughout the school holidays with our easy-peasy baking recipes. Your children will love creating these fun ice cream cone cakes.
Ice cream cone cakes
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Popular summer desserts and baking recipes for kids recipes

Strawberry cheesecake tarts
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Need something sweet but don’t want to cook? These strawberry cheesecake tarts are the answer. With a crumbly ginger biscuit base, Greek yogurt and soft cheese filling with strawberries and jam on top, these fruity treats are pure indulgence.
  • Serves 4
  • 20mins to prepare, 5mins to cook and 25mins to cool
  • 563 calories
Rainbow cake
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This vibrant, six-tiered rainbow creation is a guaranteed showstopper
  • Serves 18
  • 1 hr 20 mins to prepare and 30 mins to cook
  • 602 calories
Fairy cakes
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Fairy cakes are a kids' party classic – and are easy to make with them, too. Light vanilla sponge is topped with icing and strawberry jam – and two half slices of cake that make a cute pair of wings.
  • Serves 9
  • 15mins to prepare and 20mins to cook, plus 15mins to decorate
  • 485 calories
Cheesy courgette muffins
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This simple recipe is great fun for children aged seven and eight upwards and it goes to prove that savoury muffins can taste just as good as sweet ones!
  • Serves 12
  • 20-25mins to prepare and 20mins to cook
  • 124 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
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
Surprise Piñata cake
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Slice into this sensational vanilla celebration cake and let the hidden sweets pour out to surprise and amaze party guests
  • Serves 24
  • 240 mins
  • 346 calories
Easy BBQ s'mores
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Finish off your barbecue, bonfire or campfire feast with these deliciously gooey melted s'mores
  • Serves 4
  • 9 mins
  • 162 calories
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