Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup light brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 cups quick-cook oats
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 165℃.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth.
  3. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
  4. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir into the creamed mixture until just blended.
  5. Mix in the quick oats and chocolate chips.
  6. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
  7. Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven.
  8. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

    Rainbow Cake

    Ingredients

    For the cake:
    340 g self raising flour
    340 g white sugar
    340 g butter or soft spread
    6 large eggs (more if medium sized)
    milk (or water), fi needed
    baking powder
    small cake tins, greased and lined
    rainbow food colourings
    For the icing:
    about ½ a box Icing sugar (more or less, to taste)
    cream cheese
    butter or soft spread.

    Method

    1. Weigh the mixing bowl and spoon and make a note of it.
    2. Pre-heat the oven to ???.
    3. Mix all the cake ingredients except the colours together and add the milk until the right consistency is reached.
    4. Reweigh the mixture.
    5. Work out the following:
      (second weighing – first weighing) / number of layers wanted.
    6. Put the weight of the answer into a small bowl, and mix in a small amount one of the colourings thoroughly. Put it in the greased/lined cake tin, and cook for 15 mins or until cooked through. Repeat for all layers.
    7. Wait until cool. Trim the cakes if lopsided to make them easier to stack.
    8. Mix together all the cream cheese and butter with most of the icing sugar and taste, adding more icing sugar if needed.
    9. Layer some frosting between the cakes, then slather the rest over the top and sides.
    10. Pin all the way through with a couple of skewers to stop it sliding around. Refrigerate to set the icing.
    11. Take out the skewers and eat!