Bay Harbour: August 22, 2018

PAGE 8 Wednesday August 22 2018
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KEEN: The Mt Pleasant School Boys Baking Club face-off in the cake week challenge. From left to
right – Hamish, Jacob, George, Ollie, Isaac, Noah and Vinnie.
SYMMETRY: The cake week challenge winners were Noah,
for his rainbow chocolate cake (left) and Isaac who is hiding a
delicious lemon cake under that bright icing.
Boys bitten by the baking bug
• By Sarla Donovan
MT PLEASANT School teacher
Ange Tutt has started a new
craze for boys – baking.
She initially set up a baking
club in 2012, “to give pupils
something positive and fun to do
during the stressful earthquake
days.”
It ran in the third term each
year and was originally popular
with girls.
However, after talking to a few
boys Ms Tutt decided to target
them this year.
And lo – the Boys Baking Club
was born.
After starting with one boy
(her own son), she now has seven
– all from year 5/6.
She reckons it was the rebrand
which made the difference.
“As soon as I named it Boys
Baking the boys were suddenly
very keen,” said Ms Tutt.
They meet every Thursday
lunchtime to taste and share
their latest creation.
Each week Ms Tutt issues
a challenge and thus far
muffins, cakes, baking with
yeast and “200 grams of
chocolate” have been faced and
embraced.
Prizes are given out to the boys
for showing creativity and risktaking
when baking.
The cake challenge was one
where they “upped their game”
and created the most delicious
cakes, Ms Tutt said.
“It was a tough competition. In
the end the boys decided Noah
and Isaac deserved a prize for
their incredible decorating.”
She said their honesty and
enthusiasm was amazing.
“I have had photos from parents,
showing me their commitment
to the challenge – pouring
over cookbooks looking for the
perfect recipe.”
All leftover baking heads home
for them to share with their
family (and sometimes it goes
via their classroom teacher for a
taste test).
Yesterday the boys took part in
a master class with Ms Tutt.
“I am a teacher – but a lover of
baking. I taught them to bake
sponge roll, bacon and egg pies
and ciabatta bread. They were all
looking forward to getting out of
BRILLIANT
BAKERS:
(Left to right)
– George, 11,
Noah, 11, Isaac,
10, Hamish, 9,
Oliver, 10, and
Jacob, 10, are
putting together
a sponge roll.
class for a few hours and doing
some hands-on baking with
their mates,” she said.
And the girls aren’t left out –
their club is still going strong,
it’s just run by another teacher
now.
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