Try the recipe for chocolate concrete with your children. Make sure they’re well covered – you can buy children’s aprons (as well as small mixing bowls, spoons and moulds) from many baking suppliers.
What you need:
160g (5.5 oz) butter or margarine
1 egg
25g (1 oz) cocoa powder
225g (8 oz) self-raising flour
175g (6 oz) granulated sugar
What to do:
Pre heat oven to gas mark 3 / 170C or 160C (fan oven)
Melt the butter, add the sugar and mix well
Add the flour and cocoa and mix well until you have a stiff consistency
Beat the egg and gently mix into the flour mixture
Put the mixture into a greased 30cm x 18cm (12"x7") baking tray, gently press into the corners and flatten into the tin
Sprinkle with a little water and place in the top half of the oven for 45 minutes
Remove from oven and sprinkle with sugar
Allow to cool for 5 minutes then cut into required size pieces and place on a wire tray
You can either eat it as it is – or make some pink custard to go with it!