Shoreham care home residents looking to have their cake and eat it!

Excitement is running high at Kingsland House in Shoreham where residents and staff have been cooking up a storm to enter parent company Barchester Healthcare’s Easter Cake competition. Details of the competition were announced earlier this year and the home has been busy coming up with, what they hope, will be a winning design.

The competition is being run by Barchester Healthcare across its 260 care homes and private hospitals so the home has some stiff competition to beat. Pride is at stake as chefs and residents at each of the homes across the country battle it out. Judging will take place at the end of March and the winning cakes for each of Barchester’s divisions will be announced in time for Easter.

Staff and residents at the home put their heads together and donned their aprons to come up with a scrumptious cake that they think encapsulates the themes and flavours of Easter.

Chef Chris completely wowed everyone with a HUGE Easter cake scene - featuring a classic simnel cake, chocolate cake, basket eggs and bunnies. It’s a masterpiece!

Not to be outdone, the residents rolled up their sleeves and created FOUR amazing cakes of their own—from planning to baking to the final decorations. Serious talent was on display, especially with Rodney - a former sugar craft guild chairman, helping inspire the designs.

Ana Hyne, General Manager at Kingsland House said: “We’ve all had such a brilliant time taking part in this competition, it has been such fun. Our staff and residents love to bake so when they heard about the competition, they were all so excited to take part. It has been a real collaborative process - thinking about the ingredients and the design. Not to mention all the delicious different versions we have had to taste over the last few weeks, it really has been no hardship!”

Rodney, resident at Kingsland House said: “We all wanted to get involved in the cake competition – it would just be wonderful if our designs were selected. We had such a giggle coming up with the design and deciding what ingredients should go in. I definitely think we’ve got a winning cake! We can’t wait to find out what the judges think of our entry!”

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