CREDITON’S Queen Elizabeth’s School held its annual bake off on Wednesday, March 22 to celebrate Comic Relief. The brief was to bake a cake on the theme of Comic Relief.

Students and staff took up the challenge and made an array of delicious cakes, cupcakes, brownies and cookies in a variety of flavours. It is safe to say that the budding Mary Berry’s and Paul Hollywood’s went all out to demonstrate their baking skills, with multiple layers and surprise flavoured centres that took the judge by surprise almost every time.

Principal Rupert Poole judged the cakes on both taste and appearance.

In first place was Sophie Cox from year 10 who made a delicious chocolate cake, with an outer layer of Malteasers and a Triathlon scene moulded out of fondant icing on top.

In second place was year 9 student Sophie Tricker, who made a chocolate sponge cake with chocolate custard, beautifully decorated with a Comic Relief design.

Ruby Chudley, from year 7, was third, with a scrumptious chocolate “sniffler” red nose cake.

Well done everyone!

All three winners were awarded medals. However, Sophie in first place, was also awarded the yearly trophy, engraved with her name and a baking book to help her develop her talent further.

The cakes were cut up into slices which were quickly snapped up by students and staff during lunch time.

The Bake Off sale made a total of £51.90 which will be donated to Comic Relief.

Alan Quick