Wikijunior:Raspberry Pi/Raspberry Pi Zero Traybake Cakes recipe
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To celebrate the birthday of the Raspberry Pi in 2018?, we had Raspberry Pi Zero tray cakes.
You can make these cakes yourself, providing you have a printer that can print edible icing paper with edible ink. If you don't have a printer, perhaps you can find someone who can print the template out for you.
Depending on your preference, you can make a traditional Victoria sponge cake or a lighter blow-away cake.
Preparing the Raspberry Pi Zero cake toppers
editMake sure an adult helps you with cutting the Raspberry Pi Zero edible paper. |
- Print the Raspberry Pi Zero edible paper template onto an A4 sheet of edible rice paper.
- Cut the Raspberry Pi Zeros out individually using a pair of scissors, a knife or a paper guillotine.
- Set aside for later when you are icing the cakes. Each Raspberry Pi Zero is 65 mm by 30mm.
Make a blow-away cake
editBlow-away cake (angel food cake) is a light sponge that is low in fat. This is because of the air that is introduced into the mixture as it is whisked.
Ingredients
editImage | Amount | Ingredient |
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113 g (½ cup or 4 oz) | self-raising flour (or plain flour with 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda) | |
113 g (½ cup or 4 oz) | caster sugar (also called superfine sugar) | |
4 | eggs |
Equipment
edit- ×1 mixing bowl
- ×1 wooden spoon
- ×1 electric whisk (or a hand whisk)
- ×1 metal cuboid tray (such as lasagna tray)
- ×1 cooling rack
Method
editMake sure an adult helps you with using the oven. |
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (375°F or Gas Mark 5).
- Crack the eggs, separate the yolks and then add the whites to the mixing bowl.
- Whisk the egg whites and then add the yolks, one at a time and beat them in too.
- Sift the flour and then add the sugar slowly, keep beating until a mixture is formed.
- Grease the cake tray then pour the batter into it. Cook for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cut the cakes into equal pieces about the same size as the Raspberry Pi Zero (6.5cm by 3cm (or about 2.5in by 1in.))
- Remove the cake from the trays and cool on the cooling rack.
Make a Victoria sponge
editThis is a traditional Victoria sponge recipe which has a denser texture.
There is an alternative Victoria sponge recipe in the Wikibooks cookbook.
Ingredients
editEquipment
edit- ×1 mixing bowl
- ×1 wooden spoon
- ×1 metal cuboid tray (such as a lasagna tray)
- ×1 cooling rack
Method
editMake sure an adult helps you with using the oven. |
- Preheat the oven to 160°C (335°F or Gas Mark 3) (or use the top-left oven in the AGA®).
- Cream the margarine and sugar together into a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Break in the eggs one at a time and beat well.
- Add the flour and stir until the mixture is thick.
- Grease the cake trays with some margarine.
- Place mixture evenly into both cake tray and cook in oven for 30 minutes.
- Leave the cake to cool in the tray for 2 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
Make the butter icing
editIngredients
editImage | Amount | Ingredient |
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113 g (½ cup or 4 oz) | icing sugar (also called powdered sugar) | |
113 g (½ cup or 4 oz) | unsalted butter | |
1 teaspoon (tsp) | green food colouring |
Method
edit- Make the cake's icing by mixing the icing sugar, butter and green food colouring.
- Spread the icing on the cake and then apply a Raspberry Pi Zero edible paper decoration on top.