Post 10. Little Christmas cakes.

On today's lesson we were cooking little ginger cakes. We started of putting butter, golden syrup and brown sugar into a saucepan and heat it stirring until all the butter would melt and then we added soda and left this mixture to cool down for 10 minutes. Meanwhile we cleaned all the dishes and prepared an egg and sifted the flour. When 10 minutes elapsed, we added an egg, mixed it and then we also added the flour, ginger, other spices and mixed it until smooth. Then we poured it into the panties, half-full and cooked it for 25 minutes. Most of the class ran out of time, so we left them in the oven and Mrs George and Mrs Goodchild said that they will take it out.

Here is a picture of mini cakes in the oven cooking

post 9. White chocolate and raspberry cupcakes for charity

On today's lesson we were cooking cupcakes for charity. To cook the cupcakes we used creaming method. That's when you start beating the butter and sugar up, then the milk and flour are added and stirred into the mixture. After you've done that other ingredients could be put. When the mixture was ready, we had to put it into the panty pants. At the end of the got two trays of amazing white chocolate and raspberry cupcakes. We ran out of time on the lesson and we didn't have time to take the second tray out, so we left it in there and Mrs George and Mrs Goodchild said that they would do it for us. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures this lesson.

post 8

On today's lesson we were cooking our multi-cultural foods which were assessed by Mrs George. the country that we chose was Germany and the recipe that we found was fruit-cream roll.
here is the recipe of our dessert. We've used the different website with the recipe but the roll is the same with the one on this website and the recipe is really similar to the one we've used. so here is the recipe:

Get all the ingredients ready and pre-measured. Line a rimmed 15" X 10" cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Preheat oven to 400 F.

Step 2: Instructions

In a small bowl, mix together the flour, corn starch, and baking powder.

In a separate bowl, whip the 3 egg whites with 3 tablespoons of cold water until stiff.

Slowly whip in 1/2 cup sugar.

Stir in the 3 egg yolks.

Gently fold in the flour mixture until everything is incorporated.

Spread batter on parchment paper lined cookie sheet.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes until wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean.

Place sheet of waxed paper over damp cloth towel. Sprinkle with a little bit of sugar.

Turn our baked cake onto waxed paper. 

Step 3:

Immediately peel off the parchment paper.

Trim cake edges if needed.

Step 4:

Lengthwise roll up the warm cake and waxed paper together.

Set aside to cool.

Step 5:

When cake has cooled, beat whipping cream and "Whip it" and icing sugar until stiff.

PLEASE NOTE: If "Whip it" is not available, you can use 1/2 cup of icing sugar instead. You must use either the "Whip it" (or other brand of whipped cream stabilizer) or the icing sugar. Using regular sugar to sweeten will not keep the whipped cream from getting runny.

Unroll the cold cake carefully.

Spread with jam if desired. (You can heat the jam slightly in the microwave to help spread it.)

Mix the fruit with the whipped cream.

Spread the whipped cream/fruit over the cake.

Step 6:

Now, carefully re-roll the cake, using the waxed paper to help lift the cake.

Sprinkle with additional sugar by putting a teaspoon or so of icing sugar into a small sieve. Tap the sieve lightly to let the icing sugar "float" onto the cake.

The only problem that we had was that when we tried to roll our cake, it broke in some places. but when we sliced it it and put on the plate it looked natural. 

We served it with a lit of bit left over cream and sprinkled icing sugar. 

for our assignment we were also supposed to serve the table the right way. when we've done so, we took some pictures of our roll. and we also have some photos from the process of cooking. here they are

post 7

On today's lesson all the assignments had started. Our class was divided into two groups, first group was cooking their multicultural food today and our group is going to cook tomorrow. So, for the second group of girls, today's lesson was a theory lesson. I was just doing my history.

Post 6

On today's lesson we were cooking the burgers that we were preparing the recipe for. We chose Mexican chicken burger and ordered all the ingredients two lessons ago. So when we came in to the class, we found a tray with our names on it and all the ingredients in it. We just needed to collect some more  ingredients such as oil and coriander. We had to cut and prepare all the ingredients for the patties and then make them round shape and then start cooking. My partner was cooking the patties and I was preparing the bread, lettuce and the sauce. Then we cleaned all the dishes. The burgers are really really tasty, even though on the picture they look a bit messy. 

Here are our mexican chicken burgers:

Post 5

On today's lesson we did theory. We were preparing for our assignments. We had to make a work flow plan for our cooking lesson on Tuesday next week, so we could manage our time and get all the work done in time and still have some time for cleaning and eating. 

For the work flow plan we had to write all the ingredients, all the equipment that we need and then divided the procedure of making the dessert into two, so we all knew who is doing what and this would help us manage our time. 

We also send the document to both of us, just in case, so both of us have it.

post 4

on today's lesson we were cooking chicken sang choy bow which is chicken with nuddles served on the lettuce leaves. To cook this dish we were using a wok. Chicken went firs, then all other sauces and ingredients. When all of the ingredients were added, cooked and ready to be served, we put the lettuce leaves into the containers and then this meat filling on top of the leaves. It tasted good and my partner and I liked it.
This is a picture that we got from today's lesson