by Kirstie Newell | May 20, 2021 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
World Baking Day Our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in to celebrate World Baking Day on 17 May by making some Viennese Whirls from scratch. Some of our ladies helped to mix ingredients and used a piping bag to make the biscuits. Later in the...
by Jodie Currey | Dec 28, 2020 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Bake and Taste On Wednesday 23 December our residents here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home took part in a festive bake and taste session. Together, they baked some yummy shortbread star biscuits and dusted them with sugar; later on they enjoyed the best bit –...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 16, 2020 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
The Christmas atmosphere continues to build here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Over the weekend our residents made and decorated their own delicious gingerbread men, which went down very nicely with a cup of tea! Great work! …we’ll have to make...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 14, 2020 | Special Events, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week we had a ‘Christmas Around the World’ event at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our residents enjoyed baking Christmas cookies from the Netherlands, making Christmas decorations from the Philippines and eating Christmas cake from Italy! What...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 30, 2020 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
You can’t beat one of Vira’s baking classes at The Old Downs Residential Care Home and last week cheese scones were on the menu. Our residents mixed, rolled and cut out the pastry, before they were taken off to be baked. Something warm and savoury for a...