Sponge Cake Apple Tree House

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Dad, where are we going?

Grandma Zainab wanted to borrow a cup of raisins.

-Oh.

-Yeah, we're taking them up to her now.

-Why?

-She didn't say.

I guess it must be something to do with one of her recipes.

Shall we see what they're up to?

OK.

BEEPING

Hello, Grandma Zainab?

Hello, you two.

-Hi.

-We brought you raisins.

Wonderful.

Come in.

Hi. Hi, Kobi.

Hey.

Thank you so much for the raisins.

It was the one thing I forgot for our recipe.

So, what are you two cooking up, then?

We're making a cake.

Not just any cake.

A fabulous fruit cake for Flo's Cafe.

-Wow.

-A fabulous fruitcake?

But only Frank from the cafe knows how to make that.

That's a special recipe.

I know, but he's entrusted me with it.

Oh, that's a privilege.

Yes. Poor Frank.

He dropped a sack of potatoes on his foot

and the doctor said he needs to rest,

so Mali and I stepped in to help out with the cakes for the cafe.

Now, where did I put that jar of mixed spice?

-Over there.

-Oh, yes.

-Thank you.

-Frank's fabulous fruitcake, eh?

Oh, take it easy on the spice, Zainab.

We want to make sure Frank's fruitcake tastes fabulous.

I know what I'm doing.

Gran makes the best cakes ever.

You know, my old mum was a terrific cook.

She showed us everything there is to know about baking.

In fact, I'd say my family were cake experts.

-Really?

-Oh, yeah.

I'd have loved to have gone on one of those shows,

TV baking competitions.

Dad on TV. What would you bake?

Oh, you name it, I'd make it.

Cheesecake, carrot cake, apple cake,

upside down and as-you-like cake.

Wow. All those amazing cakes.

Dad, you must know so much about baking.

Oh, to be super baker of the century.

Amazing.

If you need any help with tasting,

that's my particular area of expertise.

You know who to ask.

Oh, oh, that's a bit sour.

Hands off the ingredients.

Come to think of it, as you know so much about cakes,

why don't you bake one?

-Huh?

-Yeah, that's a great idea.

Flo needs a sensational sponge cake too.

Surely someone with your expertise

could throw that together in a jiffy?

Yeah, well, er...

Well?

I'd love to, but jobs to do, busy, busy, busy.

Oh, please, Dad, can we?

Sam, this is really something that, do you know...

You'll find all the ingredients in this box.

Happy baking.

Yes! Come on, Dad.

Right.

Patience!

Patience!

Can we get a hand in here, please?

Where's your mother?

-Mum's at work.

-Oh, yeah.

Why do you need Mum anyway?

You're going to be great.

Well, yeah, I don't know, I just thought...

take our time.

Let's not rush.

I think we should wait.

No way. You always say, time is of the...

Yes, essence.

The thing is...

I've never actually made a sensational sponge cake before.

Then let's think what our grandma would do.

Good idea.

Well, hmm...

She made so many different cakes,

and then she'd whip them up so fast,

you know, it wasn't always easy

to follow what she was doing.

But, you know, she must have had an old sponge cake recipe.

I wonder. Let's think.

Look, one of Mum's recipe books.

Let's take a look.

The Perfect Cake Baker.

-That one.

-Oh, no, that's not quite right.

Ah!

Super sponge cake.

Super sponge cake can't be that different

from a sensational sponge cake, can it?

Oh, this is going to be good.

# Here we go

# Bake a cake from a cooking book

# Even though we don't know

# Cos we haven't learned the recipe

# Bake it, bake it

# Let's make a cake and bake it

# Bake it, bake it

# Let's make a cake and bake it

# Line the bowl with butter

# And then some eggs and sugar

# And add some flour and later

# We can beat and whisk them up

# Whisk it, whisk it

# Add some milk and whisk it

# Whisk it, whisk it

# Add some milk and whisk it

# Well, when we've beat and whisked it

# Stir that mixture up

# Let's pour it nice and easy

# While the oven's warming up

# Whoa, please don't make a mess, no

# Whoa, please don't make a mess

# # Whoa, please don't make a mess, no, no, no

# Please don't make a mess. #

Do you reckon the cake is ready now?

I reckon so.

It's been in the oven long enough.

Shall we take a look?

Just put me oven gloves on.

Stand back, Samster,

the super sensational sponge cake is coming out of the oven.

Oh...

-Yeah.

-I can't wait to put the jam and cream on.

Oh.

Hmm.

It's a bit hard.

This was supposed to be a super sensational sponge cake.

Not a solid-as-a-rock cake.

We've made a rock cake.

How do we cut it?

Oh, dear.

This cake is terrible!

It must be something wrong with that recipe.

Well, it definitely said super sponge cake.

Yeah, but this is dreadful.

Nobody at Flo's Cafe is going to be able to eat this.

Dad, we're not really cake experts, are we?

It's a lot harder than it looks.

Everybody at Apple Tree House loves the cakes at Flo's Cafe

and when I saw Zainab baking that delicious cake,

and being so helpful,

I wanted to help out too.

I just wanted to be a good neighbour.

But you are a good neighbour.

You look after everyone and you keep all the flats clean and fantastic.

Well, I do like to keep everything nice for everyone.

But now I feel awful.

Flo's Cafe can't open tomorrow without a sensational sponge cake.

Think of all those disappointed customers.

Well, there is one person who can help.

Mm-hmm.

-Zainab.

-Zainab.

Hi.

Hi, there.

Back already? How's the sensational sponge cake?

Actually, it was a bit of a disaster.

Oh.

Seeing you baking so well, it made me overexcited.

I have had a lot of baking practice,

but it was a long time ago when I was young, with my mum.

I see.

As we didn't make such a good go of it,

I was hoping you could help us have another go

at making a sensational super sponge cake?

-Of course.

-Old Scottish expression,

many hands make...

Make light work?

And that's what friends are for.

Right, everybody, let's wash our hands and get to work.

We need to make another cake.

Mali, you get 100g of flour.

Sam, you crack three eggs in a bowl.

And Kobi, you can measure out five tablespoons of jam.

Sponge-tastic.

# One more go, let's bake a cake from a recipe

# Now we have a helping hand

# Let's bake a cake with Flo

# Bake it, bake it

# Let's make a cake and bake it

# Bake it, bake it

# Let's make a cake and bake it

# When something isn't easy and you never get it right

# Don't give in completely

# Just ask a friend for help

# Teamwork, teamwork

# All you need is teamwork

# Teamwork, teamwork

# All you need is teamwork

# Whoa, please don't make a mess, no

# Whoa, please don't make a mess

# Whoa, please don't make a mess, no

# No, no, no, please don't make a mess. #

-Hello.

-Flo?

-Flo!

Oh, wow.

You made the cakes.

Oh, you are angels.

All of you.

It was teamwork.

We all did it together.

They look amazing.

Tell you what, sit right there,

and I'm going to bring you over some refreshments.

You've earned them.

Looks like Flo's impressed with the cakes, Dad.

Let's hope she thinks they taste as good as they look.

There you go. I've cut you a slice, my loves.

I think you should have the first taste, Flo.

Oh, thank you.

Um...

Well...

What do you think?

I have got to say, this cake...

is the tastiest and probably the biggest

sensational sponge cake ever seen in Flo's Cafe.

Yay.

Yay!

Then we had to clean the kitchen before Mum got home.

Did it take long?

Ages.

We had fun making the cakes though, didn't we?

And we had fun eating them, too.

Though I'm glad we didn't have to eat Dad's rock cake.

You're a good friend, Mali.

And you're a great friend, Sam.