Day 2: How to bake a Christmas Cake by Mrs Tinker

Mrs Tinker is the Deputy Head Teacher at St John's. Here is Mrs Tinker explaining the origins of the Christmas Cake and how to bake your own Christmas Cake!

 

If you enjoy learning about baking, you may be interested in this video from the 2021 Advent Calendar. Here are the children from St John's who run the Baking Club explaining how to make Gingerbread biscuits.

Challenge: 

Challenge 1: In which period of history did the Christmas Cake orginate?

Challenge 2: What did the mixed spice remind people of?

Challenge 3: What ingredients are needed to make a Christmas cake?

 

 

Post your answers here....

 

 

Comments

Keya - Raven class

Fri, 02/12/2022 - 08:33

1.The Tudors

2.The 3 wise men who visited Jesus on Christmas morning

3.Flour, eggs ,butter , sugar

Hawk Class

Fri, 02/12/2022 - 10:06

1. The Tudor times!

2. The three Kings who visited Jesus.

3. Eggs, flour, butter, sugar, dried fruit, marzipan and royal icing.

We would love to have the recipe with all of the measurements for the ingredients please Mrs Tinker!

Hedgehog Class

Fri, 02/12/2022 - 11:20

1: The cake originates from the Tudors

Clara

Sat, 03/12/2022 - 09:29

1.The Tudor times

2. The three wise men who visited Jesus

3. Eggs, milk, butter, sugar, flour, and marzipan made from almonds. 

Gemma Hawk class

Sat, 03/12/2022 - 16:48

1. the tudor era 

2. the three wise men

3. flour,eggs,butter and sugar.

Maria Raven class

Sun, 04/12/2022 - 13:37

1. The Christmas cake originated in Tudor times. 
2. The mixed spice reminded people of the Three Wise Men. 
3. The ingredients needed are eggs, flour, butter, sugar, mixed spice and dried fruits. 

Anonymous

Sun, 04/12/2022 - 17:44

1.The Tudors

2.The 3 wise men who visited Jesus on Christmas morning

3.Flour, eggs ,butter , sugar

Mahrosh Rabbit

Mon, 05/12/2022 - 14:03

1.Advent

2. Three wise men              

3.Flour,eggs,butter,sugar

 

 

 

Elise hawk class

Wed, 07/12/2022 - 16:43

1.1640

2. The Three Wise Men

3.Flour,eggs,suger and butter

Taylor- Falcon class

Wed, 07/12/2022 - 18:37

The Tudors.

The three wise men.

Flour ,eggs, butter, suger, mixed spice and fruit.

 

 

Bella Falcon

Wed, 07/12/2022 - 19:13

1. The Tudors 

2. The three wise men 

3. Eggs,flower,butter,sugar,dried fruits and mixed spice 

Anonymous

Fri, 09/12/2022 - 18:16

Porridge flour egg dried fruit

 

Lila(dove) and ...

Sun, 11/12/2022 - 17:48

1.around 1640

2.the three kings

3.sugar ,flour, butter,eggs!!!

Olivia squirrel

Mon, 12/12/2022 - 16:30

1.Tudor times
2.the three wise men
3.flour,eggs,butter, sugar

Isla

Wed, 14/12/2022 - 18:59

1. Tudors

2. The three wise men

3. flour, eggs, butter, sugar, marzipan, fried fruit, mixed spice