Yesterday was a really early start for Katie, Ella, Eve, Faith, Mrs Adair and myself. After topping the Educate&Celebrate online vote with our 'Make a noise about bullying' cake, we were invited to London to take part in the Edu-cake and Cel-a-bake live Rainbow Bake Off!
We arrived at the train station at around 7.20 and it wasn't long until we were on the train and on the move.
We arrived at the train station at around 7.20 and it wasn't long until we were on the train and on the move.
Fast forward 3 hours and we had arrived in Kings Cross. We didn't have time to spare, we found our taxi and were off to The Urswick School in Hackney.
At around 12.00 we arrived at the school. We said a quick hello to Elly Barnes (CEO of Educate&Celebrate) then went to get sorted in the baking room. A lot of people commented on how brilliant our 'Team Howletch' T-shirts were.
We were shown to our work space and the judges introduced themselves. After a few words of encouragement from Elly, it was time to bake!
We worked amazingly well as a team to get the cakes baked quickly so they had time to cool!
We worked amazingly well as a team to get the cakes baked quickly so they had time to cool!
After the cakes were made, it was time to get messy! We had a fondant rainbow to make but first we had to colour the fondant!.
At this point, we started to get close to the finishing time so we didn't take many photos.
We all pulled together to get the final touches on our cake and with about ten minutes to spare we were done. Our 'Non-homophobic Heaven' was complete and we thought it was pretty amazing!
We all pulled together to get the final touches on our cake and with about ten minutes to spare we were done. Our 'Non-homophobic Heaven' was complete and we thought it was pretty amazing!
It was then just a matter of waiting for our turn to be judged...it was tense! There were so many amazing cakes, we didn't know how the judges were going to make a decision.
Finally, we were the last to explain our concept and cut into our cake. The judges seemed to really enjoy it. They nearly ate the entire piece we had cut for them which we took as a good sign because they had already eaten cake from 11 other schools before us!
After 5 or 10 minutes of deliberation, the judges returned to announce the primary winner, secondary winner and overall winner.
We were all thrilled to bits to crowned the primary winner! Here are we are with the judges and our prizes!
We were all thrilled to bits to crowned the primary winner! Here are we are with the judges and our prizes!
At the end of the day, we returned to Kings Cross and had enough time to find Platform 9 3/4. We ended the day with such a giggle as Mrs Adair put her full cup of coffee down to take a photo and a station worker swept it up almost instantly! Can you guess which photo was taken as it happened?
We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who voted for our 'Anti-bullying week' cake that secured our place in the final and an even bigger thanks to the team at Educate&Celebrate for organising such a fabulous event.
Also, a huge thanks to Mrs Adair for all the help yesterday and giving us the opportunity to travel all that way to take part.
Finally, I can't say thank you enough to Katie, Ella, Eve and Faith for producing such amazing ideas and being the best team ever! I am so proud of you all!
Miss P :-)
Watch the following video to see London Live news footage... we are in it quite a bit. Click on 'Watch on Vimeo' to view it.
Also, a huge thanks to Mrs Adair for all the help yesterday and giving us the opportunity to travel all that way to take part.
Finally, I can't say thank you enough to Katie, Ella, Eve and Faith for producing such amazing ideas and being the best team ever! I am so proud of you all!
Miss P :-)
Watch the following video to see London Live news footage... we are in it quite a bit. Click on 'Watch on Vimeo' to view it.