Weetabix Flapjack!

LOADS OF PEOPLE VIEWED US YESTERDAY SO  I THOUGHT "I MUST MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL SO, HERE IT COMES!! I've had this weetabix in my cereal cupboard for way too long. I wondered yesterday if there was something I could do with it, then I remembered the flapjack centres and  just went for it. Unfortunately these aren't gooey enough to mould to make those soft centres, but I'm sure that if you add more butter and golden syrup they will be.

LET'S GET ON WITH IT THEN!

Ingredients:

140g Weetabix (Approximately 5 biscuits)

15g Golden Syrup

110g Margarine

110g Brown Sugar

Optionals:

40g Raisins or Dried Fruits

15g Cocoa Powder

1tsp Ground Ginger

Method:

Preheat your oven to 150C/300F. Grease a square 8" pan, going all around the sides and covering the bottom.

Blitz the weetabix in a food processor (or MIGHTILY crush them in your hands) Making sure there are no large chunks.

After you have done that, gently melt the margarine, golden syrup and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Gradually add all of the weetabix and mix thoroughly until it is all incorporated. (This is when you add your optional ingredients)

Spread the mixture onto the pan and place into the oven for 40 minutes. 

Time to play the waiting game!

Take the flapjack out of the oven and leave it to cool for at least 20 minutes. While still warm, score the flapjack to the size of squares or to the shape that you desire.

COBLAMO! YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS DELICIOUS CRUNCHY (or gooey if you are adventurous) RECIPE FOR WEETABIX FLAPJACK! JOIN US NEXT WEEK (or earlier if something special happens) FOR SOME WEIRD AND WONDERFUL RECIPES AND IDEAS! SEE YOU THEN!

Vanilla Cupcake with Flapjack Center and Peanut Butter Frosting.

All the greatest things in ONE CUPCAKE!

So, this cupcake has a bit of a back story... For the whole day I had been racking my brain for things to make for today. I already knew I wanted to make cupcakes but the flavour is everything, right? My Saturday was slowly running out and I had no clue what I wanted to do. Then it hit me... a center. I feel that normal cupcakes are boring if there isn't something to surprise you and what more to surprise you then a gooey flapjack center?! 

LETS GET THAT CUPCAKE A ROLLIN'!

Ingredients:

For the Cupcakes:

140g Unsalted, Softened Butter

140g Caster Sugar

2 Eggs

140g Plain Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

1-2 tsp Milk (Just Incase)

3 Small Pieces of Squishy Flapjack

For the PB Frosting:

37g Unsalted, Softened Butter

90g Icing Sugar (Confectioners or Powdered Sugar)

1tbsp Smooth Peanut Butter

Method:

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line 2x 6 hole cupcake tins.

Beat the butter and sugar together with an electric stand mixer or a whisk until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, followed by the flour and baking powder. If you need to, add enough milk to the mixture so that it falls off your spoon easily.

Divide the batter between the cases and bake for 20 mins or until a skewer or knife comes out clean. Take the cakes out of the pan and put them out onto a wire rack and cool for around 10-20 minutes.

Once your cupcakes are cooling, it's time to start making the frosting!

Place the butter in a large bowl and blend with a whisk/electric stand mixer until it is smooth. Then, add the peanut butter, once again, blend it until smooth. Finally add the icing sugar and mix until very soft peaks form.

After 10-20 minutes of cooling, the decorating can begin!

Use a cupcake corer (any size) and take out the middle of the cake (... DO NOT TAKE OUT THE WHOLE MIDDLE, leave a little at the bottom to keep it all together)

Squish the flapjack pieces in your hand and roll them into a cylinder that fits the hole, make sure the flapjack is level with the top of your cupcake.

Put all of the PB icing into a piping bag (or just a ziplock bag) and pipe the cupcakes the way you feel is best!

AND YOU ARE DONE, CONGRATULATIONS! If you made this recipe, I would love to see it or, if you have any questions, comment down below :D See you next week for another delicious cake recipe!