Reflection

The cake did not turn out as I had expected, probably because too much sugar was used in the icing. Furthermore, due to time constraints, I did not wait for the cake to cool before I added the icing. This resulted in the icing melting, which make it look sadly appalling. The icing was also too sweet, as I added caster sugar, which I should not have done. If I could redo the dish, I would have put less sugar and removed the icing. I could also have replaced the butter icing with egg white icing or whipped cream, which would have tasted way better.

Time was also quite a constrain, as I did not clean as I was baking, which I should have done. I was too paranoid over the time of when the cake was going to be baked, which resulted in me not cleaning up properly as I should have done. If I could redo the dish, I would have made use of the timer in my phone to set the time, so that I could do what I need as the cake was baking.

However, I think my cake itself turned out pretty well, and as my friend pointed out, it fitted it's name "berry blast". The cherries and strawberries really blended into the cake, which was really cool. It was not what I had expected, but still pretty cool.

All in all, I think it was a great experience, which allowed me to see my weaknesses. I enjoyed trying my friends' food, and I think they were all very good, especially Abby's cheesecake, Nichelle's cookies and Abigail's cookies, which I was so addicted to. 

Recipe A: Cake

Ingredients:
140g self-raising flour
75g soft butter
1 egg
1 drop of vanilla extract
Sliced cherries and strawberries

Apparatus:
Electric mixer
Oven
Large bowl
Skewer
Measuring beaker
Baking tray
Baking paper

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 180d celsius.
2. Place the baking paper on top of the baking tray.
3. Mix 35g of butter with the sugar using creaming method.
4. Mix egg and vanilla extract together in the measuring beaker.
5. Slowly add them into the butter mixture and continue mixing.
6. Slowly add in the flour and mix until all ingredients are combined.
7. Spread a thin sheet of mixture on the baking paper.
8. Spread the sliced cherries and strawberries on top of the layer.
9. Add the rest of the mixture until all is used.
8. Place the baking tray into the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
9. Check with a skewer. If skewer comes out clean, take the cake out.

Recipe B: Icing

Ingredients needed:

About 1/2 tbsp of sugar

1 drop of vanilla essence

25g of butter
Icing sugar

Tools needed:

Large bowl

Mixer

Procedure:

1. Beat sugar and butter together until butter is creamy.

2. Add in icing sugar bit by bit and continue mixing until the mixture becomes whitish in colour.

Introduction of my dish:)

My age: 13
My height: 1.71cm
My weight(current, most recent): 49.5kg
My BMI: 16.9

My sister's age: 11
My sister's height: 1.63
Her weight: 50kg
Her BMI: 18.6

My dish is based on our interest and what my sister needs for her to be more healthy. She likes eating desserts, but is always consuming too little fruits. My dish would thus incorporate the 2 points by making a cake with cherries and strawberries incorporated in the dish. The dish would be named...

Berry Blast!

This dish is self invented with no intention of copyright of any sort. Any dessert with the same idea would just be pure coincidence.