Baking

The girls settle into the staffroom for their instruction from Dolores

After washing their hands they gather what they need.

The girls weigh 125g of self-raising flour and 125g of caster sugar add them to the mixing bowl



They then weigh and add 125g of margarine...

...and make sure that is broken into the mix...

...until it looks like breadcrumbs.

The girls then make a well in the mix...

...for two eggs.

For some of the girls...

...it is their first time to crack an egg...

...and some find it challenging...

...even having to remove some eggshell.

It's messy but it's good craic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once the last of the eggs are in...

...it's hard work but...

...we work in pairs...

..and we get there.

Once the mix is at the right consistency...

...we put bun cases in the baking trays...

...and dish out the mix.

We've made loads so...

...when all the buncases...

...are completely fulll...

...we scoop our leftovers into...

...larger baking trays.

When this is done, we put them all in the oven for 20mins at 180 degrees.

When the buns come out...

...it's like a feeding frenzy in the shark pool!

However the girls have to bide their time as Dolores decides to coat the cupcakes in chocolate.

It's an anxious time.

It's almost too much to take.

Dipping the cupcakes in the chocolate...

...is the final touch.

They are left to set.

It is the calm before the storm!

The girls relax and get stuck in!

Hillary adds some sprinkles.

The inevitable clean-up!

 

Hillary kicks back to show her cupcake who's boss!



The gilrs would like to thank Dolores for giving up her time to come in and show them how to make cup cakes, she was great!