Cupcake Wars BEGINS! Here is a look inside session 2 and request for some materials



This very bananna cupcake is topped with bananna icing
and a strawberry (so the bananna does not overpower).
This cake was designed to be low in processed sugars.



If you read this tonight,



if there is a chance you could bring in teaspoon and tablespoon measuring spoons or a plastic measuring cup that would be great. We were a little short on those today. I also did not find Xanthm gum, so if you have some, I think we will be ready. I am also going to try to stop by tonight at the health food store.

We also need... banannas, strawberries, an organge, two packages of all purpose, gluten free flour, dried lavendar and MandMs (Gabriel insists they are gluten free!) and tofu!



This cake is very low in sugar.  In fact, I think the group
did not add any!  They replaced the sugar with citrus juices,
such as lemon and orange.  For their re-design,
they are going to add some lime as well!
The frosting is a sugar free moose that is store-bought!



------------------- Session 1 and 2 ----------------------



Also low in sure, a white cake with dark chocolate filling

and dipped strawberry!
The filling is an original!



Today we used a premade box of gluten free cupcakes for the first session. It was look to learn how we would try to have 4 teams making different kinds of cupcakes without turning our classroom into a mess. The students did great! For the 2nd session we had 4 teams turn out 4 cupcakes fromt their own design. The students truly engineered their own recipes and explained the thinking behind the modifications and choices. One group even made 'from scrath' their own chocolate filling!



A yummy chocolate gluten-free and yegan with low sugar.



Here are pics of our engineered cupcakes. After tasting the groups will go back and think about how to improve the taste and/or texture of their cupcakes.



Monday session 2 will have a chance to remake their new recipe. The other two sessions will have to give it a go over the summer! Tomorrow should be a yummy Thursday!