Blog Action Day 2011 - FOOD!

This years Blog Action Day coincides with  World Food Day, a time that focuses the world’s attention on food,  something we all have in common. 

...I Love to Bake and Cook and I don't know which one to do So I'm going to both :) It's really important that everyone gets the food they need everyday and I'm lucky I get the food I need because in United Kingdom you mostly you can just walk into and store and buy food which is good and it's the same in USA. But in some country they don't have much food like very warm countries like Africa and much more. 

 ...Today since it's all about Food I'm going to give you two Recipes I'm doing two because one is for Baking and the other is Cooking but I think I'll do Cooking first because it's more healthy than the baking plus this is not that healthy but it's a bit...

Baked Potato Cat and Mouse :)

(This delightful baked potato cat and mouse make a fantastic fun meal.)

(Ask a grown up if you are not allowed to cook on your own.)

YOU WILL NEED:

Makes 1 potato cat.

• 1 Large baking potato
• 1 Small baking potato
• Knob of Butter
• 3 Tablespoons of milk
• 25g (1 oz) Cheddar cheese, grated
• 2 Tablespoons chives, chopped

To Decorate the Cat:

• 2 Cloves
• 1 Plump raisin or a halved black olive
• Squeezy Cheese (For assembling the cat)
• 3 Long chives 
• 10g (1/4 oz) Cheddar Cheese 
• 1/4 red pepper
• 1 Green part of spring onion

Additional decoration if making mouse

• Radish, sliced

How to make the Baked Potato Cat and Mouse:

1. Prick the potato with a fork and cook in the microwave for 8-10 minutes or in the oven pre-heated to 200oC/400oC/Gas 6 for 1 hour, until soft. Leave to cool
2. When cool, scoop out the flesh, leaving a border so that both potatoes keep their shape. Mash the potato flesh and mix with the butter, milk, half of Cheddar cheese and chopped chives. Season and spoon the mixture back into the potato skins. Sprinkle over the remaining cheese.
3. Pre-heat the grill to the highest setting the grill both potatoes for 2-3 minutes, until they're  lightly golden and cheese is bubbling. Put the small potato on top of the large one to make the cat's face. Stick the two cloves into the middle of the face to make eyes.
4. Stick the raisin/halved black olive nose on using  cocktail stick, snip the chives in half and wedge them as whiskers behind it. You can also use any leftover mash to help stick them on.
5. Cut little triangles of Cheddar cheese and red pepper and stick them on top of head to make the ears. Attach the spring onion to the back of the cat and pull it round to the front to make its tail. To make the mouse use the raisins/olives and chives as you did with the cat, but use slices of radish for the ears. Make sure you take the cocktail sticks out before eating.

Goldfish Cupcakes!

(These are so much fun to make!)

YOU WILL NEED:

Makes 10 cupcakes

• 125g (4 1/2 oz) butter, at room temperature
• 125g (4 1/2 oz) golden caster sugar
• 110g (4 oz) self-raising flour
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon orange zest, grated
• 50g (2 oz) plain chocolate chips
• 5 tablespoons ready-made butter-cream icing

For Goldfish

• Cheerios
• Chocolate buttons
• M&Ms (Chocolate)
• Tube white chocolate writing icing
• Jelly Beans
• Giant chocolate buttons
• Hundreds and thousands (Sweets)
• Heart-shaped chocolates

How to make Goldfish Cupcakes

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180oC/350oF/Gas 4. Beat together the butter and sugar until the mixture is fluffy and smooth. Sift together the flour and cocoa powder in a separate bowl. Add the eggs to the creamed butter mixture, a little at a time, adding a tablespoon of flour mixture with the second egg. Mix in the orange zest and the remaining flour and cocoa, until blended. Finally, stir in the chocolate pieces.
2. Line a large muffin tray with 10 paper cases and fill each one until two-thrids full. Bake the muffins for 20-22 minutes. Allow to cool for a few minutes, then remove the muffins and place on a wire cooling rack.
3. When the cupcakes are cool, spread a little butter cream over each cupcakes and then decorate them to look like goldfish.

FOOD IS GOOD :)