The Feast stayed true to it’s name as we indulged in freshly baked cupcakes which formed part of our 2nd ‘GEMS: Mothers & Daughters’ event earlier this month. Eve, one of our young participants, tells us more about the day…
As we pulled up to the Faithful Neighbourhood Centre, I was jumping with excitement. Making sugar paste figures on top of cupcakes?! Fun! We signed in and mingled with each other while everyone else was arriving. Then, after everyone had assembled, we were brought together and shared our best cooking experiences ever. Then we were told to make a quick sketch to perform to the rest of the group showing what it can be like having mums and daughters in the kitchen at the same time! We separated into two groups, the mums altogether and the daughters altogether. After a joyous seven minutes; with laughs, smiles, and hilarious developing sketches, we came back together to perform.
After that, it was time to bake the cupcakes. We split into three tables, two mother-daughter pairs on each. After preparing the basic mix we had the choice to add special ingredients; the chocolate chips were by far the most popular. The cupcakes were eggless because we had a Christian, Muslim and Sikh event and baptised Sikhs are vegetarians. I was a bit nervous as to the taste, but they turned out yummy! I think that they are easier to make than normal ones! While they were baking, we had a great discussion in our tables. We talked about relationships; what the main ‘ingredients’ of them are, and what we think we need help with. We also talked about being patient with each other, forgiveness, if there are different levels of sin, if there’s a line of forgiveness, and if you go beyond the line would you be forgiven? It was really fun to see the differences and similarities of views between Sikhs, Muslims, and Christians. We were so enveloped in our discussions; we would have let the cupcakes burn! Thankfully there was a team on hand to make sure that didn’t happen. Phew!
They got them out of oven in time thankfully! While we were letting them cool, we started to make the sugar paste figures. There was a snowman, a penguin, and Santa legs sticking out of a snow bank. We all had an amazing time and some epic penguins came out of it! We even had a snowman with an attitude! The cupcakes were pretty much cool by then, so we set about icing them. We used up the white icing in no time at all and we came out with some pretty cool designs. Everyone had an amazing time, but the overall favourite for myself and I think for other people, was the sugar paste. It was the height of the evening!
We all had lots of fun, and learned many things. How to make sugar paste figures and egg-free cupcakes for one, but I also learned a little about people’s personalities, religions, and made lots of new friends. I’d strongly recommend coming to one of these in the future. It’s a great way to make friends, learn a bit, and eat delicious cupcakes! It was so much fun and my smile never left my face.
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This was such a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Many thanks to Tina Brogan, one of our very faithful volunteers, for organising this event. A job well done!