Charlie's Favourite Cake!

Ingredients:
225g flour
350g caster sugar
85g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 eggs
250ml milk
125ml vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
250ml boiling water

1.Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease and line two 20cm/8in tins.

2.For the cake, place all of the cake ingredients except the boiling
water, into a large mixing bowl (combine liquid ingredients and dry
ingredients seperately and then combine all ingredients together
except for the boiling water). Using a wooden spoon, or whisk, beat
the mixture until smooth and well combined.

3.Add the boiling water to the mixture, a little at a time, until smooth.
(The cake mixture will now be very liquid.)

4.Divide the cake batter between the tins and bake in the oven for 25-
35 minutes, or until the top is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted
into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

5.Remove the cakes from the oven and allow to cool completely, still
in their tins, before icing.
Irreversible changes
Start:
Children reminded of food safety, hygeine (washing hands
before and after- especially when handling eggs, keeping
hands off of hair, faces, surfaces, each other, trying not to
cough, sneeze or spit...) and saftey around boiling water
(teacher can pour for children to stir if need be).

Chn given short instructions and sorted in teams with job roles
(Mixer, measurer, greaser, timer, reader etc;). Remind chn that
each job is essential and must be chosen with care. Readers
ccan als ocheck off ingredients as they go along to make sure
they are combing the right amounts.

Chn given 20-30 minutes to measure and combine ingredients

and prepare the pan. Perhaps to have observation sheet on
hand during combining.

While baking:
Remind chn of the changes that took place when ingredients
were mixed and demonstrate verbally some similar changes if
need be (vinegar and bicarbonate of soda, cement and water,
toast, eggs, etc;)

Ask children to observe and describe what happens to the

cake and suggest whether these changes could be reversed
or not (great time while it is baking send one group at a time to
observe).
Ask children if they think a new material has been made and
their evidence for this (eg bubbles of gas evident in the cake,
a hard solid from liquid batter.) See if chn can recognise when
there is bubbling a gas is being released during baking.

Identify some changes as irreversible and explain reasons.

End: Demonstrate directly that these changes cannot be
reversed through seiving and breaking apart cake (one cake
can be used while others are baking to free up time). Children
will recognise that it is not easy to reverse them.

Have children describe the changes involved and explain why

this is an irreversable change. Pictures of chn during activity to
be put in workbooks with children demonstrating new
knowledge through written description.

Plenary: Chn should be able to measure accurately, describe

irreversable change, understand change of state (gas, liquid,
solid), use food safety precautions and hygeine. If mistakes
are made, have chn figure out where it went wrong and what
could be better next time.

Cake to be enjoyed by chn (and us!) at end of day snack (Mrs

Emerald to monitor and prepare throughout day).