Genius Hour 2.7

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Genius Hour 2.6

     This week for genius hour I made homemade brownies. I had never made them from scratch before so I was nervous that they weren’t going to turn out. The directions weren’t very clear so I found myself second guessing every step. In the end they turned out fairly well so I realized that I should be able to trust my abilities. This genius hour has definitely improved my baking skills, and I think that will be useful in the future.

     First, I added all of the dry ingredients together (except the sugar). Then I melted the chocolate chips and butter together over the stove. I set these bowls aside and whipped the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt together. Finally, I added all of the mixtures together. I put the batter in a cake pan and baked at 350*. The recipe didn’t give a bake time, it only said to take them out when the middle was slightly firm. This was a setback because I had to check on them frequently to make sure they weren’t burning. Overall, I think they turned out well. The people that I had give me feedback gave me a 9.5 and 10 out of ten.

Flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda.

Melted chocolate and butter.

The brownie batter before it was baked.

Genius Hour 2.5

For the fifth week of genius hour, I decided to make coffee cake. Coffee cake doesn’t actually contain coffee, it was given its name because it is usually eaten with coffee. I had never made coffee cake before, so my goal for the week was to make a batch that tasted good and looked how it was supposed to. I believe that I achieved this goal because I got good feedback from classmates. They both rated the taste 10/10 and said the texture was good. While I was making it, the batter didn’t looks right to me, but my grandma said that that was how it was supposed to look. Baking will increase my patience and my problem solving skills in the future. I have enjoyed this genius hour so far and I look forward to continuing.
Here’s some pictures of the process:

This is the batter. It didn’t look right to me because it had the texture of cool whip and wasn’t runny like other cake batter.

Here is the cake before it was baked. The chunks on top are the brown sugar topping.