Shropshire Star

Cake bake for Comic Relief

Pupils at Ellesmere's Lakelands Academy turned cake makers to raise funds for Comic Relief.

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Some of the students with their cakes

The Lakelands saw younger pupils make small bakes while the year nine and 10 students had to make a a layered cake.

The cakes ranged from gooey rocky road cupcakes to a five-layer ice cream cake, an Easter inspired bake with mini

eggs and a white bunny moulded from icing also with a a myriad of red nose inspired cakes.

Head, Miss Sophie Bellis, said: "I cannot believe the level of skill in some of these incredible cakes, and I am so proud of everybody who has taken the trouble to enter.”

“These amazing bakes and creations have incorporated some incredible flavour combinations and creativity."

Once cake, entered by 10N was baked, decorated and assembled as a whole class creation, depicting themselves and their classroom.

Bethany Pickett who made the ice cream inspired creation said “I am very happy with my cake as I chose good flavours and colours.”

Olivia Mooney who entered a chocolate mint creation said: "I’m happy with how my cake turned out and also the standard. Everyone else’s are amazing, everyone has done well.”

The winners of the Lakelands Bake Off first round will now go through to the final on March 29. All of the cakes in the first round were sold or auctioned off raising over £200 for Comic Relief.