Lalor North Secondary College Newsletter

Food Studies


Year 12 Food Studies students individually produced a Chicken Noodle Salad. Students then analysed their chicken noodle salad using the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. Students discussed whether this recipe is suitable to serve at home for children and families.

VCE Unit 1 Food Studies! SAC time! 

Dived into 4 individual tasks to allow the assessment of a variety of skills the student have.

Investigating early agricultural production in food! The humble but popular OLIVE OIL!

Task 1. Sensory analysis of different varieties of oils.

Task 2. Produce an infused oil from scratch.

Task 3. Sensory analysis of their individually produced infused oil with lettuce, pasta and home baked crusty bread.

Task 4. Olive oil Cake. Oil use in every day cookery!

Task 5. Written Report on Monday under test conditions! Yet to come! 

What a major investigation into the every day use of olive oil. 

TikTok Olive Oil Cake Recipe

Olive Oil Cake Recipe from TikTok made Insta Famous by Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian

PREP TIME 15minutes mins

COOK TIME 35minutes mins

SERVINGS 5

Equipment

  • Electric Hand or Stand Mixer

Ingredients

  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • Zest of 2 Lemons or Oranges
  • 1 3/4 Cups Flour
  • 1 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
  • 3/4 Cup Olive Oil
  • 7 Tbs Melted Butter
  • 3 Tbs Milk
  • 2Tb lemon juice                                              Icing: 1 C icing sugar & Juice of 1 lemon
  • Icing sugar to garnish

Instructions

  1. Wash hands, put on apron and turn on oven to 170.c
  2. Butter a 10 inch cake pan, dust with flour, and line with parchment paper on the bottom
  3. In a bowl sift together the flour and baking powder 
  4. In a second bowl whisk together olive oil, melted butter, lemon juice and milk
  5. In a third bowl combine eggs, sugar, and zest
  6. Beat eggs, sugar, and zest with an electric mixer until light yellow and creamy, about 3-5 minutes
  7. Alternate adding the olive oil mixture and the flour mixture into the eggs a scoop at a time and all incorporated
  8. Pour batter into the pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes (but keep checking it)
  1. Let cool, then dust with powdered sugar and garnish with a sprig of rosemary.