My first cake

On Saturday I baked my first cake, a chocolate cake. 

 First I had to sieve the flour and the sugar.    

Then I mixed it up with coca powder and added the liquid ingredients.

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I put it in the cake dish, ready to put in the oven 

 Then I sieved some icing sugar on the top of the cake - it was too hot to put icing on and we wanted to eat it .

I cut the first slice and gave it to my baby sister, Aimee.

It was fun making the cake, and it tasted very nice. The next day we put icing on the rest of the cake.

My Mom says I make the cake better than she does.

Here is the recipe:

CHOCOLATE CAKE 

Turn oven on 180C

750ml cake flour

500ml sugar

90ml sifted cocoa powder 

10ml bi-carbonate of soda

3ml salt 

Sift these ingredients together in a large bowl and make a hollow in the centre.

Beat the following ingredients together and pour into the hollow of dry ingredients:

150ml oil

30ml vinegar

10ml vanilla essence

500ml cold water

Beat until mixed and turn into a greased oven pan. 

Bake at for 50 minutes until a testing skewer comes out clean.

Can be eaten hot or cold, iced or served with ice cream or custard.

Enjoy!!!!

  

My cousins' postcard

Yesterday I got a postcard from my cousins, Connor and Caitlin. They have just been to Disneyland USA.
I am happy that they sent me something from Disneyland.

This is the front of the postcard (a photo my Mom took).

Thank you alot Connor and Caitlin for the postcard. I really appreciate it.

Trying times ...

I love football! Actually, I love it more than cheese.
So, it is high time I joined a football club and played it.

Last Friday I went with my Dad to 'check out' the football club at the Stadium near our house.

Today I attend my first practice, a trail. What follows is an interview with my Mom after the practice.



What did you do at the practice today?
I dribbled around cones and then we had turns to play matches.

Did you find the cone activities difficult?
Ja, because I had to run at a cone and go backwards and go around it. That was difficult.

Were there any other English boys there?
No.

Did anybody speak to you?
Yes, one of the defenders spoke to me about my position, I was a forward. The goalkeeper never passed to me.

Did you like the coach?
Yes, he was nice. He didn't shout at me. (He shouted at other boys who were doing other things!)

Do you want to start playing?
Ja, I want to start, I'd really like to play football.

So, what do we have to do next?
On Friday we must go back for the practice at 3pm, and register and purchase my kit.

Right now I'm feeling quite excited. The practice was exhausting, but now that I've caught my breathe, I'm very excited.

Watch this space :)

My favourite football teams

My favourite football teams are:

Portugal football team

The Spain football team,(Iker Casillas is the best goalkeeper in the world)

                               The England football team

The Brazil football team

        

 

My favourite football players

Football is the most popular sport in the world.

My favourite players are:

Steven Gerrard

Fernando Torres

Robinho

Frank Lampard

Julio Cesar

They may not all be famous, but I like them.

Steven Gerrard from Liverpool

Fernando Torres of Spain

Brazilian player Robinho

My first football kit was a Brazilian kit, with Robinho's name on it. I didn't even know who he was. He's the best striker in the world. 

                                                    

Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard plays for Chelsea.

                                                              

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Julio Cesar, the Brazilian goalkeeper

I love playing football myself. I think I could make a good goalkeeper.

My life

Hi. I am Ryan van Roon-Gifford.
I am 9 years old, I was born on the 3rd of August 2001 in Pretoria,South Africa.

7 months later we moved to the Sharjah, in the UAE. We lived there for nearly five years. In 2006 we moved to Cyprus and have been here for four years. (We lived in Nicosia for 1 year, and in Larnaca for three years.)

I have two brothers and a sister.Jed is my twin and Ethan is four years old. My sister, Aimee is nearly two.

On the 25th of August we came back from holiday in the UAE for four weeks.