One of the highlights of my days as the boys get older is afternoon tea. Once they get home from school we sit down to after school snacks and a pot of tea. I don’t take sugar, however, the MIL always sugared the boys tea and they love adding a sugar lump, so we have mad fun making our own heart shaped sugar cubes.
Even better I love the fact that we have my mum’s sugar tongs and bowl and it makes it such an experience.
How to make heart shaped sugar cubes
Materials
- granulated sugar
- water
- Heart shaped silicon mould
or small cookie cutter.
How too:
It is really simple to make heart shaped sugar cubes, in fact almost too simple!
Fill the mould with sugar and then transfer it to a bowl (this way you only have the right amount of sugar)
Add a teaspoon of water at a time to the granulated sugar and mix. You want the sugar to be damp enough to come together, but not too wet as it starts to melt.
You can make your cubes colourful by adding a tiny amount of food colour to your water at this stage.
Place the sugar back into the mould before pressing down with your fingers
Allow to dry. You can speed up drying time by popping in an oven at its lowest setting for 10 minutes before allowing it to dry overnight.
We wanted to have a go at painting hearts on to our sugar (which is a great fine motor activity) at this stage, so we added some red food colouring to a small amount of water before painting on a heart with a clean paintbrush.
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Nice idea with St Valentine’s Day just around the corner. What else can you use a heart-shaped moulds for?
hearttohome.wordpress.com – Margaret, we use the heart mould for all sorts such as chocolates, ice cubes and even salt dough (I have a post coming on that one)!
These are so easy to do yet so sweet!
Very cute, perfect for Valentine’s day parties. 🙂
These look so cute! What a great idea to have afternoon tea with your boys.
Those are TOO cute! Mind you, wouldn’t trust Syd with them around – caught him eating sugar lumps from the bowl in a cafe the other day – hope there were no dentists around to see!
Oh what a fab idea – am sure my girls would love doing these! Thanks 🙂
What a lovely idea! (I need to start having afternoon tea I think!) xxx
I love these as they are so cute looking, having a sugar ‘cube’ is always a treat with your cuppa and these are extra special 🙂
This is so interesting, love them!
They look great and I have never before thought about making sugar cubes. I love it.
These are soooo cute! I think I actually prefer them without the colouring but either way they are so perfect and so much nicer than sugar cubes 🙂
This is pure genius, I’d never have thought of making my own sugar cubes! Fab idea.
This is a really cute idea.
We are big fans of afternoon tea in our house also!
I am off to check out your post on hanging heart pendants – Would love to make a set for valentines day with my little girl x
Aww these are so cute! Would be great when having guests round for tea too!
What a wonderful idea Jen, I would never think of things like this. How great for valentines!
Such a sweet idea! I’ve never thought that you can actually shape your own sugar cubes, SO need to try this 🙂
These cubes look amazing. What a clever idea. I am going to copy your recipe and make these for Valentine’s Day.
What an ingenious idea! I couldn’t make these with my son though because he would eat them all – he has a very sweet tooth!
These are lovely! I quit sugar so I shouldn’t really be making them. It’s just such a fun idea to do with children.
What a lovely idea, they would make a lovely gift for someone with a sweet tooth too!
I absolutely love this idea, so so cute x
Genius! And what a nice way to make afternoon tea even more special! Love this! Thanks so much for sharing this at the Frugal Family Linky! Evelyne
Sugar cubes always remind me of my grandparents – such a lovely thing to do
This is such a great idea Jen! So simple too x
I love these and your last picture is wonderful. I can’t wait to try these at home! x
These are just adorable! I love the hand-painted heart in the center! They would make the perfect accompaniment to an afternoon tea but could even be used as a special gift!
These look so cute! Thanks for linking up to this weeks #parentingpinitparty
I love these! It had never occurred to me that you could make your own shaped sugar cubes. Just thinking about the possibilities…
This is amazing! What a fantastic idea, and we’ll definitely be making some sugar cubes of our own :).
Such a neat idea! Thank you for linking on We Love Weekends! Stop by tomorrow to link up for upcoming weekend!
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So cute! Borderline genius idea! Pinning to Pinterest and visiting from Friday Flash Blog linky party!
A very simple but classy idea. Wow anyone with a cafe or coffee shop should be having their sugar like this for the big day. How lovely. A classic craft but so effective. Love your tea cups and saucer too. And of course the lovely sugar bowl and tongs. I am starting to get very precious about my kitchen things. x
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That is SO CUTE! I can’t believe it! Such a fantastic idea and so easy to make. Perfect for a Valentine’s Day coffee 🙂
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Those are so adorable! What a simple and fun idea.