Hot cocoa!

I know this blog is supposed to be about food, but I was so damn proud of myself for making this..... I decided to show you! You will need: cocoa powder, milk, a mug, a teaspoon, and sugar (optional). Firstly you will need to put 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder into a mug. Next, heat up some milk for about 4 minutes in the microwave. Pour the milk into the mug, add sugar and stir to create a swirl effect.

Chocolate sponge!

This is the recipe for basic Victoria sponge. Even though I have used this recipe many times, it's a really good one for people who only have the basic ingredients. For this recipe you will need cocoa powder too.
The filling is a (shop bought) chocolate fudge and seen as its fruit picking season, we made some raspberry jam to go with it! Finally as a a finishing touch, we dusted some icing sugar over it. Tip: If you want your cake to rise more, then put in a teaspoon of baking powder. But be careful not to use too much or the cake might collapse. This cake is super tasty and I hope you will agree once you make it! :)

Fluffy rainbows!

As all of you know here at Treat Mania, I try to make a variety of cakes, cookies, and treats! But these cupcakes are something completely different to anything I have EVER done before...
They have fluffy rainbows on them! As you may be wondering the 'fluff' also known as marshmallow fluff, you can get in any good sweet or cake shops. And the rainbows are multi-coloured sugary strips which you can buy from; Tesco, Cks, Asda, and pretty much any supermarkets!
Tip: Leave the cakes to fully cool before "fluffing" them, then leave the fluff to set before you put your rainbows on!
I hope that was a change to plain, old, boring cupcakes. I really enjoyed making them and I hope you will too! Don't forget to leave your thoughts in the comments section below. 👇👇👇

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Chocolate cupcakes!

I know I have only recently done this recipe but these cakes have a swirled chocolate icing and red white and blue sprinkles, so I thought it might be a bit different!
Feel free to just experiment with the icing as this is what I did! Some cakes were classed as 'testers' as they didn't turn out so well... But in the end we did manage to get about four cakes looking FAB!
Even though this recipe says to add 1 tablespoon of cocoa, I added about four so the cakes were more rich and chocolately! So have fun with this!

Olympic birthday cake!

This is a Victoria sponge cake mix with coloured buttercream icing spread over and around the cake!
We used Lego mini figures (bought from Tesco!) And royal icing to make the tennis balls. For the net we used cake pop sticks and garden netting!
Tip: Thread the sticks through the netting to save using glue or tape.
And there you have it, your very own Olympic/Wimbeldon tennis cake! :)

Chocolate Muffins!

Yummy chocolate treats!

Even though these are scrumptious, I wouldn't count on them being calorie-free!

Ingredients:

3 eggs

1 cup of sugar

Half a cup of milk

1 and a half cups of self-raising flour

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1 tablespoon cocoa powder

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 160c. Line a 12-cupcake pan with cupcake papers. In a medium sized bowl, lightly beat the eggs, add butter and sugar, then mix until light and fluffy
2. Add milk, flour, vanilla extract and cocoa powder, and stir to combine. Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, until light and creamy.
3. Divide the mixture evenly between the cupcake cases. Bake for 20 minutes until firm to touch. Allow to cool before transferring to wire rack.

 

Strawberry muffins!

This is my recipe for strawberry muffins!
They follow the same recipe for banana muffins but instead of adding bananas add a few chopped strawberries :)

1.) Preheat the oven to 180c.
2.) Sift together the 200g of plain flour, half a teaspoon of baking powder, 1tsp of bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt.
3.) Combine a few small chopped bits of strawberry, 150g of sugar, 1 egg, and 75g of melted butter in a large bowl.
4.) Fold in the flour mixture, and mix until smooth.
5.) Bake for 25-30 mins. ( may be done in 20!)
Hope you enjoy!!

CAKE POPS!!!

I have a cake pop maker and LOVE making cake pops. However, I can't think of a topping :( If anyone has any ideas let me know via b.thomascloudy26@googlemail.com or leave a comment right here on this page!

Chocolate spread muffins

Choc - Tastic!

These muffins may look like ordinary muffins but inside they hold a DEEP, DARK SECRET...

CHOCOLATE SPREAD! (Be careful with this as you have to place chocolate spread exactly in centre or it will burn).

Jubilee cupcake time!

Best of British

  These are a right royal treat for all you beginners out there!

Everything about these cakes are super easy! The icing, the mixture, that's right, EVERYTHING!
If you wanted to make this recipe more advanced all you have to do is spice spice spice it up!

Jubilee Victoria Sponge

Best of British!

This is a special edition three tier Victoria Sponge with 'royal pop tops' and a small twist inside...

 
To make this cake you should use the recipe for basic Victoria Sponge. I also added my own special twist... CHOCOLATE SPREAD! It may sound silly but just wait until you try it!

COOKIES!

Cookies

I kind of cheated with this, using a B And M package of ready made mixture.

I made 2 types of cookies.One choc chip, and one double choc.

It came ready mixed and all I had to do was add chocolate chips then make it into cookie shapes. 

That is it!!! That's not the best part...... THEY TASTE DELICIOUS! :-) xxx

Choc chip muffins

These are my freshly baked choc chip muffins. They were simple enough to make plus they taste very yummy indeed!

The ingredients are; 1 cup of butter, 1 and a half cups of self- raising flour, 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence, 3 eggs, 1 cup of sugar, 50g of choc chips, half a cup of milk.

1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees. Line up a 12-cupcake pan with cupcake papers. In a medium -sized bowl, lightly beat the eggs, add butter, sugar, then mix until light and fluffy.
2. Add milk, flour, vanilla, and choc chips, and stir to combine. Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes until light and creamy.
3. Divide the mixture evenly between the cupcake papers. Bake for 18-20 minutes until risen and firm to touch. Allow to cool for a few minutes and then transfer to a wire rack.