Around 15 SSMP students returned to UMS as early as two weeks in advance before the start of the semester to be a part of the 2008 MSM muffin baking project. This year, we not only catered for the nutritional needs of our own school’s students, we also provided the morning and evening tea for the first years during the first two days of Universiti Malaysia Sabah’s orientation, know as ‘Minggu Suai Mesra’ (MSM). It was no easy feat considering the fact that this year’s enrolment exceeded 3000 from all over Malaysia!
The ingredients make wonders when mixed together to form the batter.
On the morning of 26th June 2008, the bakery technology laboratory was filled with the hustle and bustle of the baking team busy transforming batter into moist and fluffy muffins. The team was divided into sub-groups whereby each specialised in their own ‘departments’: preparation of ingredients, mixing the ingredients into a batter, scooping batter into moulds, monitoring the ovens and of course the essential quality control ‘department’.
Scooping the batter into the many moulds before putting them into the oven.
The next 8 days were not all smooth-sailing. The team faced challenges with the oven temperature, packaging the large numbers of muffins, insufficient material, getting the recipe right (especially with the different flavours – chocolate, vanilla, marble and jam-filled ones), as well as long and tiring working hours. But with the help of a few lecturers, they managed to get back on track. The aroma of fresh baked muffins from the oven motivated us to work even harder to finish in time. All muffins were sealed and packed, ready to be catered to the first years according to plan.
The team even served freshly baked muffins straight from the oven during our school’s two day ‘Program Bersama Sekolah’ and it was then that they could see how their efforts had paid off when several first years overcame their shyness to ask for second helpings. The muffins were a big hit with the lecturers too. The warm and fluffy muffins were jam filled ones for the first day marble for the next day.
The team even served freshly baked muffins straight from the oven during our school’s two day ‘Program Bersama Sekolah’ and it was then that they could see how their efforts had paid off when several first years overcame their shyness to ask for second helpings. The muffins were a big hit with the lecturers too. The warm and fluffy muffins were jam filled ones for the first day marble for the next day.
(Below)Evenly filled moulds before going into the oven.(Top) Muffins fresh from the oven and ready to be served!
It was amazing how a small team can achieve so much in less than a week. A big thank you goes out to all of you who helped made this project a success and all of your efforts are very much appreciated. Profits from this project will be channelled into the funding of SSMP’s major programmes such as our Food Carnival and Family Day.
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