Home Economics

Being in TY means that we get to try new subjects and experiences. So on the 15th of October I baked in school for the first time!

My Home Ec partner and good friend , Tara, (shoutout to her!) and I baked chocolate buns. It was certainly an experience! 

If you're a glass half empty kind of person you wouldn't get past the fact that our buns didn't rise too much and had a slightly burnt complexion.

However, the glass is also always half full, and we had great craic making them and got a laugh out of the end result! 

If you're interested in making these buns yourself you will need:

200g flour

140g caster sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp salt

70g cocoa powder

140ml water

70ml vegetable oil

1 egg

1) Mix all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl

2) Add the wet ingredients

3)Bake for 15 minutes at 175C. 

For the icing:

140g butter

280g icing sugar

2tbsp milk

1 tbsp vanilla

1) Beat the butter

2) Beat in sugar

3) Add in milk and vanilla

4) Place in nozzle and decorate.

Enjoy!