Breakfast in bed – cooked breakfast in bed – is such a treat.But what happens if you are the cook in your household, and no one else you live with can cook even the basics?

Here’s my tip: even children can manage to make this (under supervision of an adult, of course, who doesn’t have to know how to cook).

1. Save an old milk carton. Wash and dry it properly.
2. Put all the dry ingredients for the pancake batter into the milk carton the night before.
3. All your non-cook then has to do the next morning is add in a cup of milk and an egg and half a tablespoon of butter, shake hard, and cook. There are surprisingly little lumps in the pancake.

DRY INGREDIENTS FOR THE PANCAKE BATTER (enough for four fluffy pancakes):

1. 120g flour
2. 2 teaspoons baking powder
3. 1 tablespoon sugar
4. 1 pinch salt.

The next morning, add:

1. 1 egg
2. 1 cup milk (240ml)
3. 2 tablespoon melted butter (or oil)

Screw the lid on the milk carton and shake HARD and vigorously to ensure that there are no lumps. Cook with a little butter in a pancake pan or ordinary pan over the stove (note: we bought a cheap pancake pan from Lakelands and it has been a good investment).

I was very impressed when my non-cook brought me this in bed this morning x