Platinum Jubilee 2022 Summer Street Party: Simple Baking With The Kids

Platinum Jubilee 2022: Cake Baking Ideas

A special celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is on the 2nd of June 2022. During the June bank holiday specifically to mark this milestone for The Queen. Many people are preparing for street parties or garden parties to mark this special occasion. With all these parties happening, it is a good excuse to bake a cake. This is a great opportunity to get the kids involved. They will be part of a historic moment for you as a family and the Royal Family. Best of all they will get to eat cake after all their hard work!

As well as cakes, you can add summer-inspired drinks. Instead of having just water, it is great to mix things up and create your own drink mixtures. Here are 3 different cake and drinks recipes perfect for celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022.

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Classic Victoria Sponge

A classic cake that is very well known in England. From the name of the cake, it is fit for the Platinum Jubilee Celebration. The recipe is always simple, and can always be topped with fresh strawberries. 

Ingredients

For the main cake batter: 

• 4 eggs 
• 200g of golden caster sugar
• 200g of self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 ¾ of vanilla extract 

For the filling: 

• 200g fresh raspberries
• 200g butter salted or unsalted 
• 300ml of double cream

For decoration on top of the cake: 

• 1 tablespoon of icing sugar
• Strawberries (as many as you require) 

Method;

1. Preheat oven 180C/ number 4 for fan ovens.
2. Grease the two baking tins with butter and place greaseproof paper to the bottom. 
3. Mix the butter and caster sugar until it is smooth and blended well. 
4. Add the eggs in one at a time, allowing the eggs to mix well. 
5. Add the vanilla extract to this mix. 
6. Sieve the self-raising flour, and baking powder into a separate bowl. 
7. Slowly add the flour, making sure there are no lumps in the mixture. Mix until it is a smooth consistency. 
8. Add your cake mixture equally into the two baking tins. 
9. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes. If it is not baked at 20 minutes, add another 5 minutes. 

When the cakes are baked they need time to cool down. Whilst you are waiting you can start to get the filling ready. 

1. Whip the cream, icing sugar and a dash of vanilla extract together. 
2. Add the raspberry jam to a separate bowl. Put 1 teaspoon of boiling water to loosen the jam. (This will help to get a good consistency to dribble the jam) 

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Lemon drizzle

Another classic and simple cake that is refreshing. The smell of lemons indicates that it is summer and lemon is a good antioxidant.

For the main cake batter: 

• 4 eggs 
• 2 lemons
• 200g of caster sugar
• 200g of self-raising flour1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 ¾ teaspoon of vanilla extract or vanilla pod
• 1 teaspoon of yellow food colouring

For the filling: 

• 200g butter salted or unsalted 
• 200g cream cheese
• 200g icing sugar

For the lemon drizzle:

• 100g icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons of lemon curd 

Method:

1. Preheat oven 180C/ number 4 for fan ovens.
2. Grease the two baking tins with butter and place greaseproof paper to the bottom. 
3. Mix the butter and caster sugar until it is smooth and blended well. 
4. Add the eggs in one at a time, allowing the eggs to mix well. 
5. Add the vanilla extract to this mix. 
6. Sieve the self-raising flour, and baking powder into a separate bowl. 
7. Slowly add the flour, making sure there are no lumps in the mixture. Mix until it is a smooth consistency. 
8. Add the yellow food colouring and zest of one lemon to this mixture.
9. Add your cake mixture equally into the two baking tins. 
10. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes. If it is not baked at 20 minutes, add another 5 minutes. 

Time to get your filling and lemon drizzle ready.

1. Sieve the icing sugar and add the butter. Mix until smooth. 
2. Now add the cream cheese, the zest of one lemon and some squeezed lemon juice. 

For the lemon drizzle: 

1. Sieve the icing sugar.
2. Whisk 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
3. Whisk until it is of drizzling consistency

Once your cakes have cooled down, you and your kids are ready to decorate! You could add some candied lemons to the top, or edible summer flowers. 

Confetti Cake

As the street party is for a big celebration, it is always fun to have confetti! With all the bright colours, it is ideal for standing out. Your kids will enjoy decorating this cake too with all the colourful sprinkles. 

For the main cake batter:

• 3 Eggs
• 100g coloured sprinkles
• 175g caster sugar
• 175g self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons milk/milk alternative

For the decoration/frosting:

• 225g unsalted butter
• 375g icing sugar
• Food colouring of your choice

Method:

1. Preheat oven 180C/ number 4 for fan ovens.
2. Grease the two baking tins with butter and place greaseproof paper to the bottom. 
3. Mix the butter, flour, baking powder, caster sugar, eggs and milk into a mixer for two minutes until it is blended well. 
4. Add the 100 grams of sprinkles and mix in with a spoon. 
5. Separate the mix into two baking tins.
6. Bake for 25 minutes, or until the cake is firm to touch. 
7. Whisk the butter and half of the icing sugar.
8. Once this is of spreading consistency, add 1 teaspoon of food colouring. (Any colour, maybe the kids can choose this one)  
9. Mix well then add the rest of your icing sugar. 

Now you are ready to decorate, place the filling on one cake and sandwich. Use all the extra sprinkles to decorate the cake. You could even add some colourful smarties to make it more bright and colourful.

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Platinum Jubilee 2022 Summer Drinks

Strawberry Quench

Ingredients: Strawberries, Mint leaves, Limes & Ice cubes

Method: Chop up your strawberries into slices or halves, pick off the leaves of your mint and slice the limes. Place all of these in a jug of ice and water. You can either serve this straight away or leave it in the fridge for a few hours before. This will help the water to infuse with the ingredients. For the adults, you can add a shot of rum. 

Elderflower Lemonade

Ingredients: 1 lemon, Elderflower syrup, Dried elderflower, lemonade & Ice cubes

Method: Simply chop up the lemon into slices. In a jug add half of your sparkling mineral water or lemonade. Mix a ¼ cup of the elderflower syrup into the jug and stir well.  Add ice cubes and stir again and add the remainder of the lemonade.  When serving you can add some ice cubes and dried elderflower for decoration. For the adults, you could add a shot of vodka. 

Rainbow Water

Ingredients: Mango, Strawberries, Kiwis, Oranges, Blueberries & sparkling mineral water

Method: This one can really get the kids involved. It requires the fruit chopped into medium square shapes. Blueberries can be halved. After all the fruit is chopped, leave them all in separate bowls. Get a few glasses or plastic see-through cups. 

Begin by layering the fruit in the cups. When all the fruit is stacked on top of one another, you can pour the sparkling mineral water or lemonade into the cup. Ice can be added to keep it cool and fresh. 

Author: Chandni Ahir