Saturday, 15 March 2008

Pre-School Recipe - Silver Stars

SILVER STARS

To make these cakes you will need:
8oz of plain flour
4oz of castor sugar
4oz of butter
4oz icing sugar
1-2 tbsp of warm water
vanilla extract
1 egg
Silver balls cake decoration

Method:
Cream butter and sugar in a bowl.
Beat egg and vanilla and add to mixture gradually.
Stir in flour and mix to firm dough.
Knead lightly and roll out on a floured surface
Cut with star cutters and bake on greased tray, 15-20 mins, 180C
When cool, decorate with icing and place silver balls at star points.

Comments:
Very nice indeed! The children had great fun kneading the dough, although rather a lot of 'silver stars' were used.

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