I will probably not make as good a cake as the average mum at my children’s school. But I know what kids like and I’m crazy enough to dare it. And so I came up with ‘GoGo Surprise Muffins’ !
Now here’s an idea I had for my children’s bake sale! Most of the ladies of the PTA are fab cooks and home bakers, which puts me, probably the only dad at Beatrix Potter school in SW London who actually cooks, at a bit of a disadvantage:
I probably can’t bake cakes as well as they can. But I know what kids like and I’m crazy enough to do it. And so I came up with ‘GoGo Surprise Muffins’ ! Which are nothing other than some nice muffins (I used a recipe for red velvet cake from Rachael Allen’s book) and my children’s favourite craze: The GoGos. I stuffed them into the muffins and covered them with some American Icing.
If you never heard of these guys, you’re either not a parent or very very impervious to peer pressure. They are a brilliant idea by a collectibles and game company called Magic Box. There are some 80 designs so far and you buy them in packs of 3 and play with them like one used to play with marbles. Excellent idea. And they’re really cute and creative.
What they are NOT is soft and edible. So I will have to sign-post these really carefully or some children at the school might end up getting a premature visit from the tooth fairy :-)
Check out the images keep your fingers crossed that these will be a success at the school’s bake sale.
3 Comments
Very good idea, I suggested it to a friend that has a tea shop in Santiago.
Really love your dedication to please the kids! I know my son loves gogos too! However, I don’t think that’s a good idea to put a very small plastic toy that is inedible inside a muffin/cupcake. Not only it contains paint/colour that may be toxic (surely you’ve heard of recalls from toys like Thomas Tank), but most importantly the small gogos may choke the children when they eat it and not a good thing to happen. You never know how a small thing can just slide inside a big mouth.
concerned parent,
L
Hi L,
I understand your concern. I would not recommend this for anyone with truly small kids. I only give these out to my kids and friends of the same age. They all play with GoGos all the time and can handle it. Plus I do advertise at school faites etc that there is a small plastic toy inside. But now my cakes are already so famous that kids will buy them only because they know they’re also getting a toy. They are not much easier to swallow then the toys inside a Kidner Surprise Egg :-)
But I understand where you’re coming from and thank you for your vigilance.
Many thanks
Nando