--- title: "Reception Class - Making Chocolate Mug Cakes!" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-02-05-reception-class-making-chocolate-mug-cakes" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Reception Class - Making Chocolate Mug Cakes! ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/IMG_8414.jpeg) 5 February 2025 The children were so excited this afternoon as we finally made our chocolate mug cakes. The children have been learning about ingredients and recipes this week, and our story has been Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen. The children had to follow the recipe, carefully counting the number of spoonfuls of each ingredient. We then talked about what would happen when we cooked the mug cakes in the microwave. Some of the mug cakes rose so high, they spilled over the sides like a chocolate volcano! ![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/news/IMG_8414.jpeg) [Reception](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/reception) [Early Years Foundation Stage](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/early-years-foundation-stage) [Maths](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/maths) [Science](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Screenshot_2025-02-06_11.01.52.png)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-02-04-nursery-maths-constructing-a-brick-house-for-the-little-pig) Previous ### [Nursery - Maths - Constructing A Brick House For The Little Pig ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-02-04-nursery-maths-constructing-a-brick-house-for-the-little-pig) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-02-06_08_49_52.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-02-06-year-6-science-classifying-plants) Next ### [Year 6: Science - Classifying Plants](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-02-06-year-6-science-classifying-plants) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)