by Kirstie Newell | Apr 3, 2024 | Baking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week on Good Friday our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home started making Easter cakes for our afternoon tea. Our ladies couldn’t wait to get stuck in mixing all the ingredients together with chocolate to make the cakes. They thoroughly...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 7, 2023 | Baking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Bake and Taste On Wednesday 29 November some of our lovely residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in for a Bake and Taste activity together. They made some tempting Mary Berry chocolate chip cookies, mixing all the ingredients carefully and shaping...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 23, 2023 | Baking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Friday 17 November here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, our lovely residents got together to decorate Viennese whirls with fresh cream and strawberry jam – yum! Our ladies enjoyed chatting to one another and were very proud of their biscuits. Later we...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 5, 2023 | Baking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our lovely residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in for a Bake and Taste session on Thursday 28 September.  We made tempting cinnamon swirls and cinnamon apple buns. Our ladies rolled and shaped the pastries and sprinkled them with cinnamon powder...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 25, 2023 | Baking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We held a super Bake and Taste session here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home on Saturday 23 September. Our group of lovely residents joined in to decorate delicious Victoria sponge cakes with cream, strawberry jam and fresh strawberries. The finished cakes...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 6, 2023 | Baking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Wednesday 30 August some of our lovely residents joined in for a ‘Bake and Taste’ activity here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. The enthusiastic group made an apple and blackberry crumble from scratch, starting off by peeling apples and then...