New FundraisingISANDS Teddy Bear Picnic Pack and Afternoon Tea Packs are a novel idea to help organise a fun day/afternoon in memory of your baby. Or indeed for a family member, friend, colleague to organise to remember a family who have had a loss.The packs contain ideas and suggestions to put it all together. The packs contain tea bags for Afternoon Tea and balloons for the Teddy Bears Picnic.To receive either packs it is necessary to register the even with us by email to info@isands.ie or by calling 01 872 6996.Hopefully we will have lots of sunny days for both this Summer.Ideasisands newsletter41

My kids love it! It's a recipe for Chocolate Biscuit Cake which I got from my mother and everyone in our family loves it. Also it's incredibly easy to make and even very young children enjoy helping to make it.Miriam O'CallaghanRTÉ Current Aff airs TV PresenterChocolate Biscuit CakeIngredients2 packets Marietta biscuits(one large packet Rich Tea will do)50g/2oz butter2 eggs175g/6oz sugar2 tablespoons cocoaTopping 2 large bars Dairymilk chocolateMethod Put all the biscuits loosely into a plastic bag or bowl and break them into pieces. (Small pieces but not tiny and don't mash them into crumbs, whatever you do!). Put the butter and sugar into a pot on the hob over a low temperature until they melt and all the sugar is completely dissolved. Add the beaten eggs and the cocoa to the mixture, still on the hob, and mix them all well together, making sure that the eggs don't curdle. Add the broken biscuits and stir really well, making sure all the biscuits are included in the mixture.Put all of this into a grease-proof paper-lined loaf tin, and squash it all down into a loaf shape. Place in the fridge for a few hours. Ideally you should probably leave it in the fridge for half a day but in my house it only usually gets to stay there for about an hour as the children want to eat it as quickly as possible.When you take it out, remove it from the tin and cover it in lots of melted Dairymilk chocolate. Let it stand until the chocolate hardens and then ... sheer heaven! Everyone in the house gets to eat the most delicious chocolate cake out there!Sample recipe from the Cookery BookCookery Book available in our on line shop at www.isands.ie or by calling 01 8726996isands newsletter42