No Recipe Baking Day

I put out the baking soda, salt, sugar, flour, vanilla, eggs, cocoa powder, oil and milk (along with chocolate chips and some other goodies) and let the kids go at it with no recipe. They each got their own bowl and spaces in a cupcake tin for three cupcakes... what they ended up with was entirely up to them.
We talked about what might happen when Bailey wanted several teaspoons of vanilla and baking powder or how Kayla didn't want to add much sugar.
Collin, with his natural measuring ability pretty much knew what he needed for the perfect consistency. Then we had the bake-off and had a winner in three categories.

Here are the chefs


Some of the ingredients


In order from left to right, Bailey's, Collin's and Kayla's cupcakes.


Bailey's cupcake won "most surprising" which was my nice way of saying most disgusting.
Kayla's won "most unique" which was also my nice way of saying equally disgusting.
Collin's won "best overall look and taste" It tasted kind of like a sweet bread. Not delicious but not bad either. But boy he got his measurements pretty darn close to perfect. It looked beautiful!