The Beauty Of Cake Making!

Introduction

Hello Grade 8 Class!! CHCS school is excited to invite you to online cake baking lessons from Febuary 11 to 13, 2015.

We are excited to invite you to a baking class where you will learn all the basic's of baking including proper mixing skills, how to use materials properly and how to decorate a cake in a nice way.

Task

The task that will be spread out over the course of three days is learning the basic steps to making a rainbow cake.

We will be looking at the proper ways to use baking utensils
We will be looking at how to prepare your cake mix for the different layers of the rainbow cake
Lastly we will be looking at how to decorate the final product

Process

Step one: The basics of using baking utensils

You will learn what each utensil is for and how to properly use it to bake your cake.
There is a video down below that will teach you how to use each utensil. ENJOY!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9kxCkzRN4I

Step two: The actual steps of cake baking

First you will need all the necessasry ingredient

Cake

2 boxes Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ vanilla cake mix

2 cups water

1 cup vegetable oil

6 eggs (if you are vegan you can substitute one egg for 1/4 cup of apple sauce and 1 teaspoon on baking powder)

2 packages (2.7 oz each) Betty Crocker™ classic gel food colors

Step Three
In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among 6 small bowls, about 1 1/3 cups each.
Add 6 different colours of food colouring to each bowl of cake. Do not add to much but add enough to make the colour stand out.

Step Four
Heat oven to 350 degrees F
Bake for 18 - 20 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean from the middle of the cake

Step five
Bring together the ingredient for the icing

Buttercream Frosting

1 cup shortening

1 cup butter, softened

1 bag (2 lb) powdered sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

3 to 4 tablespoons milk
Mix all ingredients in a small mixing bowl until smooth

Step Six

level all the cakes if needed to so that they fit well together
start with one cake and ice the top contrinue this until the last cake is put on top
Continue putting icing on the top and along the side until all spots on the cake are covered

Step seven

You may use fruit, sprinkles, candies or whatever your heart desires to make your cake look beautiful
Here is a youtube video to show my favourite way to decorate a rainbow cake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-1YDNLiY9k

Evaluation

Task	Evaluation
Using proper amounts when measuring	10 marks
Baking for the right amount of time	3 marks
The building of the cake	5 marks
The overall appearance	10 marks
Being able to follow directions	10 marks

Your final evaluation will be out of 38 marks.

GOOD LUCK !!

Conclusion

This online course is prepared to help you understand the basics of cake baking.

I hope you enjoyed learning the basics of making a rainbow cake and have learned from this process!
Hopefully next time you can be more unique and come up with your own ideas on how to decorate your cake :)

Credits

I would like to give credit to youtube for their videos and for helping the students learn how to make rainbow cakes.

I would like to say thank you the students and parent who have helped thier children complete this course.

If you have any comments or further questions please send me an email at alexisbusk@chch.org

HAPPY BAKING !!!

Teacher Page

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