PUPILS and staff at Queen Elizabeth’s School in Crediton were asked to bake a cake, or cupcakes, for the first QE Sport Relief Bake Off last week, and the response was fantastic!

The Food Technology department was inundated with all types of delicious cakes. There were pretty cupcakes decorated with incredible precision in gorgeous bright colours, sports pitches, sporting equipment, and even a mountain complete with climbers.

All were impressively crafted from sponge cake and icing.

The task of tasting the creative confections and declaring the prizewinners fell to Principal Rupert Poole, who applied himself to the task with no small amount of enthusiasm.

After studying the impressive design skills and handicraft that had gone into creating each entry, Mr Poole set about tasting the cakes. After much tasting, deliberating and savouring, and after several exclamations of “that is just delicious, you must try that one”, the three winners were chosen.

In third place, with her light and fluffy Sport Relief cupcakes, beautifully decorated with piped icing and containing a red sport relief surprise inside, was Sophie Cox.

In second place, the enormously impressive cake mountain complete with icing rock climbers baked and decorated by Matthew Cartwright.

And in highly contested but well-earned first place was Lucy Wallace with her impeccably iced and very delicious Sport Relief football pitch sponge cake.

Each of the winners received a medal to commemorate their achievement, and Lucy was also awarded a Great British Bake Off Big Book of Baking.

The standard of entry was so high that Mr Poole also gave a special commendation to Georgia Kendall, Milly Edwards, Olivia Wootton, Willow Brynes and Holly Byrne, who had joined forces to make a monumental Stopwatch cake surrounded by a swimming pool, running track and various types of sports balls.

The other fabulous entries included a vibrant Red Nose cake, delicate crispy cakes, a Polly Peacock cake, scrumptious cupcakes, rich and delicious chocolate sponges and a delectable coffee and walnut cake.

After the competition, the cakes were sold by the slice to students and staff to raise money for the Sport Relief Charity. The QE Sport Relief Bake off was a great success and everybody, especially Mr Poole, is looking forward to the next one!