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A project to help our preschoolers learn the alphabet (and math and science) through baking.

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B is for Butterscotch Pudding

Separating eggs with a preschooler is intense. Luckily this recipe doesn't require tempering the eggs. (I'm saving that skill for later in the alphabet when we get to ice cream.) Printable Recipe here
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D is for Devil's Food Cake

Making a cake is always a multi step process. Making a cake with Julie involves two baths and a load of laundry. We had to start this project twice because Julie was a little overzealous with the baking soda the first time around.  Spencer made his devil's food cake in a tuna fish can so that he could have his very own cake. Then we used the rest of the batter to make cupcakes. Honestly, I sent the kids to go play while I made (and sampled) the frosting unassisted. -L ---------------------- Isaac's favorite part of making cake is greasing and flouring the pans, followed by measuring the flour.  He was impatient waiting for the cake layers to cool and snitched bites out of each layer.   We froze the cake layers for a couple hours, which made them easier to stack and frost.  Devil's Food Cake is a staple at our house.  We have tested many recipes over the years and this one is our favorite.  (Althou...
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G is for Galette Aux Fruits

During my first years as a public school teacher I became a firm believer in the powers of the full moon. I have not converted to the full complement of astrology, but I do believe that the phases of the moon are extremely relevant to children's behavior.  One colleague suggested to me that perhaps we were trying to educate werewolves. The students always display their most ridiculous, defiant, and disruptive behavior during the full moon. I checked lunar calendars twice last week to see if it was a full moon. It wasn't. I take little comfort in the fact that my children are not werewolves. This is not the place to recite all of Spencer's escapades over the last week, but he was in a lot of trouble for most of the time. We tried to make our dessert on Wednesday like we usually do. Then we tried to make it on Thursday. Then I gave up on having Spencer do it with us, and Julie and I started the Galette Friday morning. Then Spencer was left home with a babysitter to prese...
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