Presents!!!

But before they sat down to tea, Kauri gave Grandpa his present.

“Happy Birthday Grandpa, I made this for you,” he said.

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“Oh thank you Kauri,” said Grandpa when he’d unwrapped it, “I just love it!”

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And Myrtle gave her present to Grandpa.

“Happy Birthday Grandpa,” she said, “I made this for you.”

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“Oh thank you Myrtle,” said Grandpa when he’d unwrapped it, “I absolutely love it!”

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And he was thrilled with the delicious birthday tea the children had made for him.  But Cedro was too excited to wait for everyone to finish the savouries before they got to his present …

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… so he cut a slice for Grandpa straight away and said

“Happy Birthday Grandpa, I made this for you.”

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And with a great big smile Grandpa took it and said,

“Oh thank you Cedro, I really really love it.”

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And he really REALLY did.

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The End 😀

You can read the whole story here and it is available in paperback here 🙂

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Then he took out the weighing scales …

Then he took out the weighing scales, measured 12 ounces of flour and put it into the mixing bowl.

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To the flour he added 4 slightly heaped teaspoons of baking powder.  And he mixed it in well.

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Next he weighed 6 ounces of sugar and mixed it in with the flour.  He stirred it a lot.

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After that he added the wet ingredients together:

250 ml of water,

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6 tablespoons of sunflower oil and

3 teaspoons of vanilla essence.

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He poured the wet stuff into the dry stuff and mixed it up really well until he had a thick, moist, cake mixture.

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Then he lined a cake tin with eco-friendly grease-proof paper and poured the mixture into it.

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When he’d scraped all he could out of the bowl, Cedro put on his oven gloves and very carefully put the cake tin into the hot oven.

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Cedro set the timer for 75 minutes (which was an hour and a quarter) and ….

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To be continued on Monday 🙂

but if you want to know how the cake turns out, you can read the whole story now 😀

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That’s it!

While Cedro continued to ponder, Grandpa walked behind him, into the kitchen.

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Grandpa picked up the biscuit tin, rattled it, put it back down and trudged back to the living room.

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“That’s it!” thought Cedro, “Grandpa’s got a sweet tooth!  I’ll make him a birthday cake!”

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Cedro washed his hands and gathered together all the ingredients he would need.  They were flour, baking powder, sugar, sunflower oil, water and vanilla essence.  Then he carefully switched on the oven and set it to 160° centigrade.

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continues tomorrow 🙂

but if you don’t want to wait you can read the whole story here now 😀

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