I love baking cakes, and eating them! I think baking is good because its therapeutic and relaxing, and you make something which is pretty and tasty. Here are some of the cakes I have made:
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The Process
Ingredients
- 125g/4oz butter or margarine, softened
- 125g/4oz caster sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 125g/4oz self raising flour
Preparation method
- - Heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- - Line two 18cm/7in cake tins with baking parchment- Cream the butter and the sugar together until pale. Use an electric hand mixer if you have one.
- - Beat in the eggs.
- - Sift over the flour and fold in using a large metal spoon.
- - The mixture should be of a dropping consistency; if it is not, add a little milk.
- - Divide the mixture between the cake tins and gently spread out with a spatula. Bake for 20-25 minutes until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before turning on to a wire rack to cool.
- Sandwich the cakes together with jam, lemon curd or whipped cream and berries or just enjoy on its own.
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The Benefits
Why is baking a good activity? Here are some benefits:
Therapeutic, creative, productive, practical skill, makes good present, potential to earn money, easy, lots of different varieties, and of course because you get to eat the result!
For graphic designers at Leeds College of Art, lets not forget baking is good practice for the annual typogateux competition!
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For graphic designers at Leeds College of Art, lets not forget baking is good practice for the annual typogateux competition!
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I even did a project on cakes for my graphic design A level:
Give In To Temptation
For the sake of Art, I got to bake lots of cakes, and then eat them.
I also created the packaging and advertisements for the opening of a fictional cake store, Sweetheart Candy.
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Other cool cakes!
I love decorated cakes, and often try my hand at it whenever theres a birthday coming up, but I'm not too neat. And the annual BAGD typogateux competition is the perfect excuse for more practice! I wish I could create cakes as amazing as these:
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Finding out what others think about baking:
- Do you like baking? Yes [5] No [5]
- How good would you say your baking skills are, on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being non-existent, 5 being greatly skilled.
1 [2] 2 [2] 3 [2] 4 [2] 5 [2]
- What is your favourite cake out of these choices? (Tick one)
Cheesecake [2] Chocolate cake [2] Sponge cake [] Fruit cake [] Cup cakes [3] Lemon Drizzle [1] Carrot cake [2] Swiss Roll []
Battenburg cake [1] Bakewell tart []
- Do you like baking? Yes [5] No [5]
- How good would you say your baking skills are, on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being non-existent, 5 being greatly skilled.
1 [2] 2 [2] 3 [2] 4 [2] 5 [2]
- What is your favourite cake out of these choices? (Tick one)
Cheesecake [2] Chocolate cake [2] Sponge cake [] Fruit cake [] Cup cakes [3] Lemon Drizzle [1] Carrot cake [2] Swiss Roll []
Battenburg cake [1] Bakewell tart []
