Recipe Challenges

Use the recipes to answer the following questions:

Cupcake Recipe – Makes 10 cupcakes

100g butter or margarine

100g caster sugar

2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten

1 tsp vanilla extract

100g self-raising flour

2 tbsp milk

For the buttercream icing:

150g butter, softened

2 tbsp milk

200g icing sugar

Gingerbread Recipe – Makes 10 biscuits

350g plain flour

1tsp bicarbonate of soda

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

120g butter

180g light soft brown sugar

1 free-range egg

4tbsp golden syrup

Challenge Questions:

Cupcake Recipe Questions (remember to include the icing!)

 1. How many grams of butter would be in each cupcake?

 2. How many grams of caster sugar would be in 3 cupcakes?

 3. How many eggs would be needed to make 20 cupcakes?

 4. How many grams of icing sugar would be needed to make 40 cupcakes?

Gingerbread Recipe Questions

 5. How many tablespoons of golden syrup would be needed to make 5 biscuits?

 6. If 1 tbsp contains roughly 15ml of liquid, how many ml of golden syrup does the recipe contain?

 7. The recipe uses 120g butter. How many grams would be needed to make 1 biscuit?

 8. What fraction of an egg would be in each biscuit?

Extension Questions:

  9. How many grams of caster sugar would be needed to make 25 cupcakes?

10. How many cupcakes could you make using 8 tbsp of milk? (remember the icing!)

11. How many cupcakes could you ice with 1 kilogram of icing sugar?

12. How many cupcakes could you make with 1 kilogram of butter? (remember the icing!)

13. How many grams of butter would you need to make 100 gingerbread biscuits?

14. How much more butter does each cupcake contain than each gingerbread biscuit? (answer in grams)