Thursday, March 3, 2022

Birthday Cake Baking!

Both groups baked cakes for the school's birthday celebration tomorrow.  Yesterday  the Rainey crew baked for the Brown Room.  We used a recipe recommended by Brigitte... Lemon Yogurt Cake.  It should be good, but it nowhere near as spectacular as the cake that the morning Rainey program baked for their special snack!

Today it was Tucker Room's turn to bake a gluten-free version of the cake.  They discussed the process as they worked, making connections to other things they had recently discussed.
    What do eggs do when you cook? - Jordan
    Eggs make it puff - Janie
    Eggs stick the pieces together - Giacomo
    You don't get the taste of eggs, though. No one wants to taste raw eggs - Jack
(reading the instructions aloud)...mix until homogeneous - Jordan
     What does that mean? - Janie
     Do you remember when we talked about "monochromatic" today? - Elyse
    It's when everything is one color - Lochie
    Homogeneous is similar. The whole thing should look the same. So if we mix until its homogeneous, it means the batter should look the same all the way through.- Jordan
     It means it looks the same - Lochie
     It means its all one thing - Giacomo
The children mix vegetable oil into their mixture
​    Is it homogeneous yet? - Jordan
    Yes! It was 2 things (the oil sat on top) but now it's one thing. - Lochie

While these children were baking, Sylvie, Reed, Audrey, Nora, and George worked on the committee for the Constellation Guardian.  We'll share that work with you tomorrow.
 
We're looking forward to the big celebration tomorrow morning!  Hope to see you there!

Lochie and C.C. wrote out the ingredients.