Nottingham vets rise to bake-off challenge
Students and staff from Nottingham Vet School organised the charity bake-off to raise money for Vets in the Community.
Sweet-toothed staff and students from Nottingham Vet School rose to the annual charity 'Cake-Off' challenge last week, cooking up an array of creative bakes with an animal-science theme.
Now in its seventh year, the competition is organised by students and staff from the Sutton Bonington Campus. To date, the event has raised £500 for Vets in the Community, a Nottingham Vet School project that helps homeless people and their pets.
This year, climate change and its effect on wildlife was a strong theme. A Madeira cake called ‘Survivors’ displaying a group of penguins on melting ice won overall winner and winner of the Dynasties’ Desserts: David Attenborough category.
The Grossest Cake award went to a cake showing fly strike in rabbits - aptly named ‘Who didn’t check Roger Rabbit’. In spite of its unpleasant looks, judges also deemed this cake to be the best-tasting bake of the competition!
A sheep made out of profiteroles called ‘profiter-sheep’ scooped first prize in the Farm-to-Fork category, while a bra-shaped cake named ‘It’s a Woman’s World’ topped the Baking Bad News current affairs category.
“This year’s cake-off was a great day! We had brilliant, hilarious and inventive entries as well as some cakes highlighting important issues,” said Sarah Febry, a fourth-year veterinary student and one of the organisers of the event.
“An example of this is the It’s a Woman’s World cake which was inspired by the current gender pay gap in the veterinary industry despite the majority of its members being female!
“We are so proud to have raised this money for Vets in the Community who provide free veterinary care for the animals belonging to the homeless and vulnerably housed in Nottingham.”
Nottingham Vet School is currently in the latter stages of funding to buy a specially-fitted trailer to serve as a mobile clinic. For more information about the project, and to make a donation, visit the Vets in the Community JustGiving page.
Two independent vets have launched a podcast to help owners strengthen their bond with pets. Dr Maggie Roberts and Dr Vanessa Howie, who have worked in both veterinary practice and major charities, are keen to use their experience to enable people to give pets a better life.
