Easy baking recipes for kids

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Butterfly buns

Very easy baking recipes to make with kids at the weekend or over the holidays, including easy tray bakes, butterfly buns and cake pops

Find lots of easy baking recipes to make with kids, including simple all-in-one cakes that you can make and decorate together, easy tray bakes and biscuits.

These recipes are a great way to keep your little ones entertained over the weekend or holidays, or a good way to spend a rainy afternoon. Teaching kids how to bake is a great way to get them started thinking about where food comes from and how it’s made, plus with all the mixing and decorating, it’s a great way to practise some key skills like co-ordination and counting. Our simple baking recipes are child-friendly and perfect for all ages, with a little help from you, of course.

Our baking recipes for kids include fun recipes from celeb chef Annabel Karmel and from mummy blogger Anneliese, who knows all about cooking with kids. Plus, we’ve got some step-by-step recipes in there for you too, showing exactly which bits the kids can get stuck into.
And baking isn’t just about getting a yummy treat at the end either (although obviously that’s a fabulous outcome), these clever recipes will teach little ones important life skills. Get them to help you measure out ingredients to practice their counting and grasp of weights and measures. Wet ingredients help foster interest in volume and of course there’s the timing of each bake too. Kids will love counting down the minutes until they can bring their homemade bakes out of the oven and this is the best way we know of getting our kids to sit quietly and watch a timer! If you have slightly older children then you could let them take the baking from the oven themselves, making sure they use oven gloves and go carefully, to teach them about heat safety.

Click through to see all of our easy baking recipes for kids. We’re sure you’ll find one to suit you and your little ones…

These butterfly buns are a real classic to make with your little ones. Filled with cream and jam and topped with sponge ‘wings’, your kids can really get involved in baking these sweet cakes (as well as eating them).

Get the recipe: Butterfly buns

How to make cake pops Click or tap to zoom into this image
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Basic cake pops

Now these are a real bit of fun! Bake a simple cake, use leftover cake (or buy one: we won’t tell), then blitze them into crumbs and mix with candy melts or melted chocolate to form little balls that you can push onto lollipop sticks and decorate any way you like. Go for a mix of sprinkles, chopped nuts or chocolate chips.

Get the recipe: Basic cake pops

Mary Berry's iced fairy cakes Click or tap to zoom into this image
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Mary Berry’s iced fairy cakes

Mary Berry would be proud to see your little ones rolling up their sleeves and making one of her favourite recipes. This recipe may be from the queen of baking but it’s actually very simple. Your kids are going to love decorating each cake with icing and sweeties.

Get the recipe: Mary Berry’s iced fairy cakes

Mary Berry's lemon drizzle cake Click or tap to zoom into this image
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Mary Berry’s lemon drizzle cake

There’s something very moreish about a lemon drizzle cake, and you know this one by Mary Berry is going to be delicious! The simple loaf style means mistakes can’t really be made and kids will absolutely love spooning over the sweet and sticky drizzle once the cake is warm. The real challenge is making this last more than a few minutes once it’s out the oven!

Get the recipe: Lemon drizzle cake

Annabel Karmel's chocolate orange brownies Click or tap to zoom into this image
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Annabel Karmel’s chocolate orange brownies

In just a few simple steps, you can have these mouth-watering brownies baked and ready to serve with a scoop or two of ice cream. The kids are really going to love making these brownies, and not just because they’re delicious.

Get the recipe: Annabel Karmel’s chocolate orange brownies

Wickedly rich chocolate cupcakes Click or tap to zoom into this image
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Easy chocolate cupcakes

We challenge you to find a child who doesn’t love a chocolate cupcake. This simple method keeps fuss to a minimum and there’s plenty the kids can help with (and we don’t just mean licking the batter off the spoon!) Get them to read out the quantities needed and help you make sure everything comes out at the same weight. Then, when you’re ready, they can help fill the cupcake cases with a spoon. Finally there’s the decoration – which is the best bit – either follow our easy icing instructions for older children or simply used melted chocolate and sprinkles for younger kids if preferred. Either way they’ll be delicious!

Get the recipe: Chocolate cupcakes

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Rainbow vegetable pizza

Get the kids to help make the family dinner with this child-friendly pizza recipe. The best thing about this recipe is the simple base made with only two ingredients – flour and yogurt. The kids can shape it into whatever they like and top with their favourite veggies too.

Get the recipe: Rainbow vegetable pizza

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Victoria sandwich

This simple Victoria sponge recipe is a real classic, and looks really impressive without too much effort needed thanks to just a handful of ingredients. Little ones can get to grips with weights and measures while weighing out the flour and sugar and will love mixing everything together. If you have a set of balance scales you can also show them a fun trick where you weigh out all the ingredients to equal the weight of the eggs – this will make a perfect Victoria sandwich every time!

Get the recipe: Victoria sponge

Hearty Smartie chocolate cake Click or tap to zoom into this image
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Hearty Smartie chocolate cake

This recipe is perfect for older children who fancy their hand at a spot of serious baking, especially if they’ve been watching the Great British Bake Off with you. They can learn how to make a mouth-watering chocolate cake with our simple step-by-step recipe and how to decorate it with Smarties.

Get the recipe: Hearty Smartie chocolate cake

Chocolate caramel cupcakes Click or tap to zoom into this image
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Chocolate caramel cupcakes

Chocolatey caramel cupcakes are going to be big hit with the kids. From measuring to decorating, your little ones can help out at every stage. These delicious cupcakes are topped with a rich chocolate and caramel sauce as well as your little ones’ favourite sweets.

Get the recipe: Chocolate caramel cupcakes