film festival

Feedback on the Tuki film festival on Thursday we went to the Tuki film festival it is a festival where kids make movies on a topic the topic this year was the west coast. I think it was good but I think maybe we could have like a 10 minute break.

Baking in maths

On thursday november 7th we did baking for our math this week we are learning measurement. We did baking because when you are baking you need to measure things.


I was in a group with Zac and Rebecca and we made vanilla cupcakes with buttercream icing.  I really liked making them because we got to eat them at the end.  When we made them we accidentally made to much icing.

Cupcakes:
150g butter, softened
1 1/2 cups Chelsea Caster Sugar2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1 1/4 cups milk
Buttercream Icing:
100g butter, softened
1 1/2 cups Chelsea Vanilla Flavoured Icing Sugar*
1-2 Tbsp milk
Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 190°C conventional or 170°C fan-forced. Beat butter with an electric mixer until smooth, add Chelsea Caster Sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mix well. Add the sifted flour, milk and vanilla, beat until smooth. Place paper baking cases in a cupcake tin, spoon in mixture until they are about 2/3 full (don't overfill or they will form peaks). This recipe makes 24 cupcakes so you might need to do this in two batches. Bake for 20 minutes until golden or until they spring back when lightly pressed. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool while you prepare the icing.
Buttercream Icing: Beat the butter until it is pale and fluffy. Sift in the Chelsea Vanilla Flavoured Icing Sugar and mix, adding milk until you have a light, fluffy mixture. Add extra milk if you need a softer consistency. Spread or pipe icing over cupcakes and top with decorations as desired.