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My children make a fab bread and butter pudding. They butter loads of sliced bread, then whisk a couple of eggs into milk. Then they get a large, buttered dish and layer up the bread with raisins or whatever dried fruit we have knocking about. If they're feeling really special they might also bung in a few chocolate buttons. They then pour over enough of the milky egg mixture to cover and sprinkle a mix of brown sugar with either cinnamon or nutmeg over the top. I then stick in the oven for about half and hour and then we scoff the lot with ice cream. Yum!

Ds (7) managed to make a victoria sponge the other day (with minimal supervision) and decorated it himself. I would love him to make it again for mothers day, especially when he covered it in jam, 1cm thickness of hundreds and thousands with chunks of dairy milk and a handful of jelly babies
dd (4) loves making fruit salad so that would be good to wash down the sugar overload...

My 9yo would help DH make my favourite breakfast - tomatoes on toast.

I'm quite fussy, toast has to be made with home made (well breadmaker) bread and the tomatoes have to be cherry tomatoes, cooked in butter (not olive oil) with lots of salt and pepper. Served with a cup of Earl Grey tea, and lots of hugs and kisses.

Orange rhubarb crumble

My son loves crumbles and they have the right size hands to make a perfect crumble mix. Daddy in charge of chopping though !

Ingredients
500g rhubarb
1 large orange
200g light brown sugar
100g plain wholemeal flour
100g plain white flour
100g soft butter

1.Trim the ends off the rhubarb, chop into chunks about 2cm (1 inch) long and place in an oven proof dish. Wash the orange, grate off the zest then squeeze the juice. Sprinkle half of the sugar onto the rhubarb and pour over the orange juice.

2.Rub the butter into the flour and the orange zest then mix in the remaining sugar. Sprinkle the crumble mix over the rhubarb and cook in a preheated oven at 190°C for 40 minutes.

3.Serve with cream or natural yoghurt

Oh she can also make (with a tiny bit of supervision) a mean Victoria Sandwich.

She uses Mary Berry's Recipe

dd is 7, and therefore has a limited repertoire. But I would like her to cook something she can do herself, as I think she would feel that was a bigger treat for me than if I helped out, so it would therefore be super easy pancakes.

1 mug of self raising flour
1 mug of semi skimmed milk
1 egg

Beat together until smooth. Heat butter in a frying pan, pour small amounts of batter into the pan, flip until cooked, serve with Nutella and sliced banana.

Wipe surface halfheartedly, spilling flour everywhere, load dishwasher inexpertly, soak up the praise and head out to play in the garden.

My kids are only 1 and 3, but I will instruct DH to get DH will probably get some of that Jus-Rol croissant dough that comes in a tin (chiller aisle at Waitrose ). It bursts open with all the triangles already ready. Kids can sprinkle on some raisins, chocolate chips, sugar, whatever vile imaginative combinations they can think of. Easy to cook and pretty yummy!

My oldest DC is 4, so cooking is pushing it, but for my birthday I had toast and freshly squeezed orange juice. Their contribution was to carry it up, and they were so proud!

What they would like to make (i.e. throw the items into the mixer, crack the eggs, press the button and lick out the bowl) is chocolate cake. I love Jane Asher's all in one version, but it's not mine so I would feel cheeky to claim it as my own.

I'll take a note of that salted caramel tart recipe though. Yum.'

DS is only 20 months but I'm hoping for a repeat of this mornings performance of Nespresso latte and banana pancakes

He managed to:

Turn on nespresso machine (Mummy had added milk)
Put capsule in, shout at it until it stopped blinking and press the button.
When Mummy's latte is made, place espresso cup under machine and press button for babicino

Take 1 cup of flour from Mums hand and get most of it in a bowl
Repeat for 1 cup of milk
Get about a teaspoon of bicarb in the bowl
Bash an egg on the side of the bowl and hand to Mum to split and get egg in the bowl
Peel banana and add to mix (may splash)
Help mash and mix until its only slightly lumpy
Grab and hold Mums leg while she heats butter in a frying pan and makes pancakes. Complain that you are not allowed to do this bit

Eat with maple syrup and a shaker of chocolate powder to add to the babicino.

It would have to be the most delicious easiest pudding which everyone adores, takes little time certainly requires parental assistance however the pressing, sprinkling and pouring can all be done by a 4 year old!

Blueberry Sourcream Cake

Place rack in centre of oven and preheat to 180f.

Generously butter 9-10" springform pan.

1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup butter - softened
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract (or essence )

Combine the above in large bowl, mix thoroughly.

Press mix evenly into base of prepared pan.

Sprinkle 3 1/2 cups of Blueberries (fresh best, but frozen ok too)

Blend together:

2 cups of low fat Sourcream/or creme fresh (low fat not for dietary reasons, just bakes far better!)

2 egg yolks

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

Pour evenly on top of berries, place in oven for approx 1 hour, until the edges of custard are browned. Leave to cool slightly before serving... is devine cold the next day -for breakfast when kids are at school-

Enjoy!

Pancakes and fresh fruit for brekkie! not the flat pancakes the, but those that rise American style...for which you need to make batter to the usual recipe but separate the egg first, use the yolks in the batter and add a spoonful of baking powder,whisk the whites, and fold them in, then cook as you would normal pancakes but we dollop three smaller pancakes per pan rather than one large one.

over lap each of the three slightly, melt a little butter over them, then top with fresh fruit , (raspberries, strawbs and blueberries are lush) and then sieve over a generous sprinkling of icing sugar! it's our fave weekend breakfast. they are also fab with crispy bacon and maple syrup, yum!

Ds is 10 and can manage to make a lovely smoked mackerel pate with toast all by himself.

When very small we had two chocolate recipes the children could do. Toast a bought pancake and while it is hot rub a square of Green and Black's 75% chocolate on it so that it leaves a layer of melted chocolate. Alternatively pop a square of chocolate into half a pitta bread - toast the pitta bread and then spread the now melted chocolate all over the inside. Makes two very quick and easy puddings!

Dd can use our breadmaker, so a lovely, freshly-made brown spelt loaf with added sesame seeds, served warm with little ramekins of melted in the oven Pié d'Angloys cheese (like Camembert, but with a hint of honey) - lush.

With this, to be healthy, a lovely plate of crudites that she can slice up - peppers, carrots, cauliflower, to dip into the cheese, with other salad items.

Pud would be lemon tart a la Gordon Ramsey, garnished with a few fresh raspberries, helped a little by dh.

* 5 unwaxed lemons
* 6 eggs
* 250g golden caster sugar
* 200ml double cream
* icing sugar, for dusting and decorating
* 375g block dessert pastry

Finely grate the zest of 3 of the lemons into a bowl. Halve all the lemons, then use a fork to squeeze out all the juice and pulp into the bowl with the zest - don't worry about the seeds. Crack the eggs into a separate bowl, then whisk in the caster sugar until completely combined. Whisk in the cream and lemon juice mix, then set aside.

Place a 23cm tart ring or loose-bottom flan tin on a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper. On a surface dusted with icing sugar, roll out the pastry to the thickness of a £1 coin. Lift onto a rolling pin, then drape over the tart ring or flan tin, leaving the excess hanging over the edge. Carefully press the pastry into the sides with a small ball of pastry. Put in fridge or freezer for 20 mins to allow pastry to chill.

While the pastry is chilling, heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Prick the base of the pastry case, line with greaseproof paper and baking beans, then bake for 15 mins. Remove the paper and beans, then bake the case for 5-10 mins more until it is biscuity brown and crisp. Lower oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2.

Use a ladle to push the lemon custard through a sieve into a bowl, pressing down on the pulp to extract as much juice as possible. Skim the bubbles from the surface of the custard, then pour the custard into a jug. Pull the tart out of the oven slightly, then pour in the custard so it comes to the top. You may have some left over. Push tart back in, then bake for 35-40 mins until the top forms a light crust and the custard is just set. Leave to cool, then chill.

Lovely, simple flavours.

DD is only 18 months but she does love feeding me as I used to spoon feed her as a baby. Despite her young age, she can indeed make me 2 of my breakfasts - she can sprinkle blueberries into my natural yoghurt and she loves to try to pour milk over my cornflakes. So with Daddy's help in making a brew and putting it all on a tray, that's a perfect Mother's Day treat right there!

We're quite a difficult family to cook for as we all have different requirements. I'm veggie, dp doesn't eat fish and the dds are allergic to milk, egg and nuts. So it would have to be a veggie (well it is mothers day!) fajita feast. Table filled with various toppings - shredded lettuce, salsa/tom sauce, roasted veg, soya yogurt and herbs, tortilla chips, guacamole and warmed tortillas. Then leave the dds to assemble as they please - I'm envisaging overflowing fajitas for me and dp with any ingredients the dds aren't keen on, and rather slim ones for them with the carefully chosen 'liked' ingredients!!

Ds (5) says he would make a pavlova with strawberries and cream. He would save some for himself without any strawberries, apparently! Better find the recipe as I will hold him to it...

I'd like garlic mushrooms. I"ve described these to DD before, get the biggest mushrooms you can, mash some garlic up with butter and put that into the place where the stalks were. Cook them till they are done.
Then, some cheese and tomatoes on toast. Literally just that. Toast some bread thick bloomer or other for preference, grate some cheese, warm some tinned toms. Put the cheese on the toast, then put a tom onto each slice of toast and cheese. Not too much or it goes soggy.

i have had

cornflakes and a cup of tea

homemade pasta and homemade pesto (delicious but requires a lot of cleaning afterwards)

Ice cream with jam and a selection of conserves in it - just about edible

and the best lunch so far grilled pork chop with sage leaf on top, grilled baby vine tomatoes and grilled polenta easy, healthy and relatively mess free.

need to add you also need nerves of steel to stay out of the kitchen when 2 kids are making pasta from scratch.

well DS is only 2, but his favourite things to cook at the moment are 'dog egg' and 'wossy cake'.

Dog Egg - this is a boiled egg in a dog shaped egg cup. Not an egg laid by a dog on the pavement ready for unsuspecting passers by to step in. thankfully. This recipe requires one adult, some eggs, and boiling water, so can be hazardous. Best served with marmite on toast.

Wossy cake - this a victoria sponge baked in the shape of a horse (IKEA cake tin). Oven is preheated to 180 degrees C.

2 eggs, weighed in their shells, then put as far away from toddler hands as possible. Weigh the same amount of butter, then soften it for 20 seconds in the microwave. Toddler beats the butter with a wooden spoon whilst the same amount of sugar is weighed out.

Sugar added, toddler then beats butter and sugar and makes frequent attempts to grab the eggs. Vanilla paste added, and then toddler finally allowed to break eggs into the bowl.

Fish out egg shells, and wipe up egg from the counter, then beat the mixture with a wooden spoon.

add same weight in flour, a tablespoon of cocoa powder, and a tablespoon of creme fraiche.

let toddler mix this up whilst your grease the tin liberally.

together, pour most of the mixture into the tin, and some onto the worktop and floor. coat yourself with a thick layer of cake mix by standing in the vicinity of toddler. Put cake in the oven, and allow toddler to lick the bowl.

shower toddler clean whilst cake cooks (think it takes about 20 minutes, I tend to guess at timings though).

once cake is cooled down, melt 100g of milk choc in a mug in the microwave and use it to coat the cake top. toddler can sprinkle on 'spinkles' of choice (normally ending up with a large heap of spinkles on the horse's leg and none elsewhere, but never mind).

My ideal Mothers Day treat would be a lovely moist Carrot Cake or Chocolate Brownies.
DD does make cakes but we usually have the ones she likes with lots and lots of pink icing and pretty decorations

She has made awesome Chocolate Brownies - she is almost 8yo and very capable of almost doing all of this alone. This is our recipe ........

150g butter
150g chocolate (half milk, half plain is nice mix)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
175g caster sugar
100g plain flour
1 big tbsp drinking chocolate
100g walnuts

7" square baking tin lined with parchment

1. Melt butter and chocolate in saucepan over a low heat and leave to cool.
2. Beat eggs, vanilla and sugar until light & creamy. Sieve in flour & drink. chocolate.
3. Add walnuts & choc/ butter mixture and mix gently with a spatula. This will look smooth & glossy.
4. Scrape into the tin and bake for 20 mins at 180C.
5. Leave to cool in the tin and slice when cold.

Bring chocolate brownies to mommy in bed with a big mug of tea and a book and she will be the happiest mom in the house

I'll be leaving for work at 7am on mothers day (and getting home after bedtime). But if I could wish for one thing, croissants for breakfast before I leave would be great!