Making mini carrot & orange cakes | Cooking and nutrition

Starter quiz

Match the part of the cooker to the dish.
- hob
  
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  vegetable soup ✓
- grill
  
  ⇔
  
  cheese on toast ✓
- oven
  
  ⇔
  
  blueberry muffins ✓
Match the measuring equipment to the ingredient.
- measuring spoon
  
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  5 ml cinnamon ✓
- measuring jug
  
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  400 ml milk ✓
- weighing scales
  
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  640 g lentils ✓
What is happening here?
- whisking
- sieving
- grating ✓
- zesting
Where are these peppers produced?
- Spain ✓
- UK
- USA
- Sweden
Which plant is most commonly milled to make flour in the UK?
- Barley
- Maize
- Oats
- Wheat ✓
It is important to be hygienic in the kitchen to prevent food ______.
- 'poisoning' ✓

Exit quiz

True or false? Carrot cake is thought to have originated from medieval times.
- True ✓
- False
Match the ingredient to its likely place of origin.
- flour
  
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  UK ✓
- orange
  
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  Spain ✓
- cinnamon
  
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  Sri Lanka ✓
- sultanans
  
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  Turkey ✓
Carrots were used to ______ the cake, as sugar was rationed in Word War II.
- 'sweeten' ✓
What is this piece of equipment called?
- A whisk
- A knife
- A grater
- A zester ✓
What is a quick method of cake making, that still produces good results?
- all-in-one ✓
- whisking
- creaming
Put the recipe in the correct order.
- 1
  
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  Preheat the oven to 200 o C or gas mark 6.
- 2
  
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  Mix the flour, sugar, butter (or baking fat) and egg together.
- 3
  
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  Zest and juice the orange, and grate the carrot.
- 4
  
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  Add the sultanas, carrot, and orange zest and juice to the cake mix.
- 5
  
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  Mix everything together.
- 6
  
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  Divide and bake.

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Key learning points

The origins of carrot cake are from medieval cooking of puddings. It was revived due to rationing in World War II.
Cakes rise due to self-raising flour (chemical raising agent) and beaten eggs, with the action of whisking (adding air).
Cakes cook in an oven via convection (circulation of hot air) and conduction (the cake mix touching the metal tin).
The food skills used to make mini carrot cakes are measuring, grating, zesting, juicing and using the oven (baking).
Ingredients in a recipe can be traced to their origins, such as flour from UK wheat, or oranges from Spain.

Common misconception

The 'all-in-one' method produces poor results, as the ingredients are not creamed together and/or whisked.

The 'all-in-one method' is a quicker cake making method, producing good results. Using self-raising flour and mixing throughly ensure the cakes rise well.

Keywords

Zesting - remove the peel from a citrus fruit
All-in-one - a quick method of making, incorporating all ingredients at the same time
Self-raising flour - flour with a raising agent already added
Convection - heat transferred via a liquid or air