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Review – Making Cupcakes with the Ultimate Baking Starter Set

Real Cooking
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We received the Real Cooking Ultimate Baking Starter Set to use and review from Skyrocket Toys. Opinions are 100% our own.

Today Eva was home from school. It was the perfect day for us to try out the Real Cooking Ultimate Baking Starter Set. This is a set where kids can bake a couple of different types of cupcakes. There are mixes for tuxedo cupcakes and sparkle surprise cupcakes. They are mini cupcakes and can be baked in cupcake liners using the heat-resistant, fast cooling
silicone tray.

First we made the tuxedo cupcakes. Eva was excited to use the mess-free egg cracker. This is a fun little device where kids just have to push down on a button and the egg cracks into a small container where you can whisk the eggs before you pour them into the mixing bowls. The interchangeable mixing bowls can be securely affixed to the counter via a suction cup. The set also comes with a spatula, whisk, measuring cups and pastry tips. She made the cupcakes and then decorated them. She got help from Andrew who did the mixing of some of the frosting for the tuxedo cupcakes.

The cupcakes were pretty tasty. The thing is, you are using real food to make the cupcakes. You use your own real milk, eggs, and butter with the the cake and frosting mixes.

Play Group With Dad

andy at Playgroup
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One of the activities that I now do with Andrew is take him to Play Group. This is a once a week hour long session where he can play with other kids and also do some learning. It is a great way for him to blow off some steam and get a bit worn out. Usually he will sleep afterward, which he did but that sleep time was wasted because we were in the car the whole time. It was for good reason since we were picking up my sister, Tara from the airport. He actually wasn’t asleep the whole ride, he fell asleep 1 minute before we picked Tara up and woke up the moment we dropped her at my parents’ house. Then he was awake the rest of the day.

Andrew was a big help with making some cookies that I had to make for a recipe for a special post that is going up on the 22nd. Andrew is very helpful when he pours things into the mixer.