Cooking with Alex........

Last week I had another baking/cooking afternoon with Alex. We have never attempted a savoury dish we usually bake biscuits or cakes, so I decided to increase our repertoire. Alex is a very faddy eater at home although he would never say no to eating fast food especially KFC chicken. I asked Alex if we should make our own spicy chicken strips! Surprisingly he was really up for it so I sort of made up a recipe. We cut chicken breasts into strips, dipped them into beaten egg and then into crushed cornflakes. For extra flavour we added paprika, chilli flakes, ground black pepper and a tiny touch of salt to the crushed cornflakes.

The chicken strips were then cooked in the oven for about 25 minutes turning once half way through cooking. They were delicious, Alex was so surprised and impressed with the chicken he couldn't stop eating them which was an added bonus.

yummy......................

Alex then sat on the floor next to my bookcase flicking through recipe books. He chose his favourite Mary Berry cookery book and decided to make a chocolate Victoria sandwich cake. I helped get the ingredients together for him and lined his cake tins but then Alex weighed and mixed everything himself. When he got them out of the oven I gave him a skewer to check they were ready and then he remembered to press the sponge gently to see if the sponge bounced back - I was so proud of him.

The cakes had risen beautifully and whilst they were cooling he made the butter cream. He started to search for my sieve so that he could sieve the icing sugar. I said he didn't need to as I don't usually bother but Mary Berry does so who am I to disagree. It's funny to watch him follow every instruction to the letter, reading every instruction once or twice to be sure he has got it right.

sorry about the messy kitchen....................

all done and I accidentally chopped his head off the photo.....................

The cake was covered with chocolate decorations not dissimilar to the chocolate tray bake he made last time we baked. The chocolate cake was so light and fluffy I felt quite jealous it was perfect

The next day Vicky phoned for the chicken recipe as Alex wanted to make the spicy chicken strips for everyone’s tea, followed by his chocolate cake which he sadly took home.

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Talk soon x

( forgot to say I have joined in with the lovely  Cosmos and Cottons Friday Bake)