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Cupcake, Cupcake!Cupcake, Cupcake!

Presentation by: Garrett S.Presentation by: Garrett S.

My IngredientsMy Ingredients

Cupcake ACupcake A

Cake Mix – 2 Eggs – ¾ cup water – Cake Mix – 2 Eggs – ¾ cup water – ¾ ¾

stick of butter.stick of butter.

Cupcake BCupcake B

Cake Mix – 1 Egg – ¼ stick of Cake Mix – 1 Egg – ¼ stick of butter – nobutter – no

water.water.

My HypothesisMy Hypothesis

I am not adding I am not adding water to cupcake water to cupcake B. So I think B. So I think cupcake B will cupcake B will bake up smaller bake up smaller and probably not and probably not taste right. I taste right. I believe cupcake B believe cupcake B will look funny too.will look funny too.

Batters for cupcakes A and BBatters for cupcakes A and B

A looks nice and A looks nice and moist.moist.

B looks lumpy and B looks lumpy and sticky.sticky.

A was very easy to A was very easy to mix.mix.

B was very hard to B was very hard to mix without water.mix without water.

Now let’s test them and see Now let’s test them and see which one bakes better!which one bakes better!

See the differences?See the differences?

The middles of B fell.

The inside of A is fluffy.

Time for tasting!Time for tasting!

Cupcake A was Cupcake A was yummy.yummy.

It was nice and fluffy.It was nice and fluffy. It cooked just right.It cooked just right. A is a keeper.A is a keeper.

Cupcake B was gross.Cupcake B was gross. It tasted heavy.It tasted heavy. It stuck to the roof of It stuck to the roof of

my mouth.my mouth. The center was gooey.The center was gooey.

My results!My results!

B cupcakes baked much bigger, and the middles of B cupcakes baked much bigger, and the middles of them shrunk inside. The texture of the B cupcakes them shrunk inside. The texture of the B cupcakes were very heavy and tasted thick and sticky.were very heavy and tasted thick and sticky.

A cupcakes baked just right and were light and fluffy.A cupcakes baked just right and were light and fluffy.

In ConclusionIn Conclusion

My hypothesis was partly correct. My hypothesis was partly correct. Cupcake B did taste funny and looked Cupcake B did taste funny and looked funny. I was wrong in how it baked. I funny. I was wrong in how it baked. I thought it would be smaller and it baked thought it would be smaller and it baked much bigger than cupcake A. much bigger than cupcake A.

I learned that you should always follow I learned that you should always follow the directions, because adding the water the directions, because adding the water makes a huge difference in the taste, makes a huge difference in the taste, look, and texture of your cupcake. look, and texture of your cupcake.