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Year 6

Making a UK seasonal fruit traybake

I can use food skills to make a UK fruit traybake.

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Year 6

Making a UK seasonal fruit traybake

I can use food skills to make a UK fruit traybake.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. This cake uses the all-in-one method, where the flour, sugar, fat and eggs are mixed together thoroughly.
  2. For cakes, accurate weighing and measuring is required to achieve consistent baking results.
  3. The food skills used to make a fruit traybake include measuring, slicing, mixing, pouring, and using an oven (baking).
  4. Different types of seasonal UK fruit can be used and arranged attractively in the cake.

Keywords

  • All-in-one - a method for making a cake by mixing all the ingredients together

  • Seasonal - food related to a particular season of the year

  • Traybake - a cake that has been baked in a tray

Common misconception

When baking, the baking trays (or foil trays) do not need to be greased or lined.

Baking trays (or foil trays) should be greased with a little oil, or lined with greaseproof paper, to create a barrier between the cake and the tray. The barrier helps to prevent the cake from sticking.


To help you plan your year 6 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making a UK seasonal fruit traybake, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

Depending on the time of year, this recipe uses fruit that is in season, or fruit that has been grown at school. Explore the different types of UK fruit that could be used - tasting and testing is a great way for pupils to experience the variety of shapes, colours, tastes and textures.
Teacher tip

Equipment

For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
  • Risk assessment required - equipment

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? If the oven is needed for a recipe, it should be preheated.
Correct answer: True
False
Q2.
What knife technique is being demonstrated here?
An image in a quiz
bridge claw
claw grip
grip hold
hold bridge
Correct answer: bridge hold
Q3.
It is important to wash fruit and vegetables before we use them to help remove ...
Correct answer: dirt
nutrients
Correct answer: insects
Correct answer: bacteria
Q4.
If foods such as traybake cake are eaten, they should be only occasionally and in amounts.
Correct Answer: small, tiny, little
Q5.
Match the Eatwell Guide food groups to its main nutrients:
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer:Fruit and vegetables,vitamin A and C, fibre

vitamin A and C, fibre

Correct Answer:Potatoes, bread, rice and pasta,carbohydrate, for energy, and fibre

carbohydrate, for energy, and fibre

Correct Answer:Beans, pulses, fish, eggs and meat,protein and iron

protein and iron

Correct Answer:Dairy and alternatives,calcium

calcium

Q6.
Match the origins for the following ingredients in a sandwich:
Correct Answer:bread,wheat, which has been milled into flour

wheat, which has been milled into flour

Correct Answer:sunflower spread,sunflower seeds, which have been crushed

sunflower seeds, which have been crushed

Correct Answer:cheese,milk, from a dairy cow

milk, from a dairy cow

Correct Answer:sliced tomato,tomatoes, from a plant

tomatoes, from a plant

Correct Answer:mayonnaise,eggs and oil, from a chicken and seeds

eggs and oil, from a chicken and seeds

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Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? The foil tray does not need to be brushed with oil (greased) to prevent the cake from sticking.
True
Correct answer: False
Q2.
For successful cakes and traybakes, accurate __________ and __________ is required.
Correct answer: weighing
slicing
Correct answer: measuring
grating
baking
Q3.
The traybake uses the __________ cake making method.
creaming
Correct answer: all-in-one
whisking
melting
Q4.
What is this piece of equipment called and used for?
An image in a quiz
Mixing spoon: used to mix the cake mixture out of the mixing bowl
Correct answer: Spatula: used to scrape the cake mixture out of the mixing bowl
Table knife: used to scrape the cake mixture out of the mixing bowl
Q5.
The traybake included different types of UK fruit, such as plums, pears or apples.
Correct Answer: seasonal, season
Q6.
Sort this UK fruit traybake recipe into the correct order:
1 - Preheat the oven.
2 - Grease the foil tray.
3 - Prepare the fruit.
4 - Mix the flour, sugar, butter, baking powder and eggs together.
5 - Pour the cake mixture into the tray.
6 - Arrange the fruit slices over the cake.
7 - Bake for 20 minutes.

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