Sweet Indulgence – Pies and Pastries
On the last week of pastry pupils were challenged to make a pie or tart using shortcrust pastry and as per usual the standard was very figh as you can see below. there were Lemon Meringues, Tarte aux Citron, Smore tarts, Apple Pie and Egg Custard, but the winners of star bakers this week were Jasmine Frehner and Megan Lee for their salted cararamel and chocolate tarts
Sweet Indulgence – Choux Pastry
The standard were extremely high this week in the choux pastry making task, with a great range of profiteroles and and eclairs. It was extremley hard to choose the baker of the week and we ended up with 4 students; Christie for creative choux swans, Ozara (now 3 time star baker ) for her sugar work to hold up her croque en bouche and Jasmine and Darius for their perfectly uniform profiteroles;. Well done !!
Christie Chong wins Cupcake Wars!
Week 6 of Sweet Indulgence and its time for Cupcake Wars again. Students were asked to be creative and use prior learning to design their own cupcake and the standard was high, but Christie was deemed the best as she challenged herself with intricate sugar work that she learnt in week 1.
Star Baker – Amy Lee
Well done to Amy (11D), who was awarded star baker in Sweet Indulgence for her lovely 3 milk cake that she made professionally and decorated with precision.
The whole class did really well and there were many delicious cakes presented at the end
Chocolate and Confectionery – Unit 1
In the first unit of Sweet indulgence students have been learning all about sugar and chocolate and have been making their own sweets. There has been a lot of creativity in the room and many students have collaborated to increase their skill level. Special mention goes out to Jasmine Frehner and Megan Lam who were awarded Star baker awarded for their imaginative cookie dough centered chocolates. marketing was also a key task in this with students designing logos to brand their products
Star Baker – Claudia Lau
Well done to Claudia from IB food , who is this weeks STAR BAKER. after she made this amazing black forest gateaux in the Classic recipe challenge
Star Baker – Katherine Nye
Congratulations to Katherine who has been out sourcing her talents and as part on her BTEC extended project on cake making has paid to make this fabulous cake for a dog’s birthday. The cake had yo be low fat and low sugar, so it could be enjoyed by both humans and dogs, with caused a few problems, but after researching hard Katherine found great cake and icing recipes and pulled off a great design.
Lord’s Kitchen – Star Bakers
In the Lord’s Kitchen Class this week, pupils were set the Puff Pastry Challenge to test their creativity and precision., when using standard component products.
The star baker award went to Cade Weathington for this creative starters and Darcey Jack for her professional approach to the task and the uniformity of her fruit puffs
Bakers of the Week – All the Y7/8 cooking club
This week the bakers of the week were the Y7/8 cooking club who made all the mince pies for the staff party. Thanks for your help, they look great
Capturing your Sweet indulgence Lemon Meringue Pies
This week in sweet indulgence, students worked in pairs to make lemon meringue pies. Each pair had to work together to make the different components of the pie from the scratch. It was a big challenge for some of these students because they were doing this for the first time. However, this was a challenge they were all excited to take on. It was pleasing to see some very impressive finished products at the end. Once again, students proved that they are good collaborators and they can work well in teams to produce work of a high standard.
