FIRST St Athan Scout Group held their first ever Great St Athan Bake Off which feature a selection of bakes from Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

Those taking part had to either enter 12 homemade buns/muffins/cupcakes or 12 cookies/biscuits or one medium/large cake.

Parents could provide basic assistance, but the children had to do as much of the making, baking and decorating as possible. There were 25 entries from children ranging from six to 14-years-old.

The standard was very high and the judges, including district scout leader Darryl Payne and 1st St Athan cub leader Stephen Partridge, certainly had a difficult task. More than £60 was raised for the RNIB Wear Dots, Raise Lots campaign, and the beavers, cubs and scouts have definitely learned some new baking skills.

Gary Shaw, 1st St Athan scout leader, said: "Wear Dots, Raise Lots is a great cause and the Great St Athan Scout Bake Off Competition has been a real hit. I'm very impressed by the baking skills and the effort that's gone in to all the competition entries".

The Best Tasting Cake medal went to Harry Hindley, age 11, for his lemon cake. The Best Decorated and Great St Athan Scout Bake Off Champion award went to Ruby Whitelam, 11, for her chocolate cake decorated like a scout campsite, which included tents, a campfire, trees and a river.

As the competition was such a hit it was decided that the Great St Athan Scout Bake Off would become an annual competition.

The 1st St Athan Scouts also learned about Braille and British Sign Language during the evening. The scouts completed tasks such as spelling their names using Braille and BSL, as well as sending messages and code cracking using both forms of communication.

The RNIB Wear Dots, Raise Lots campaign aims to highlight the impact of Braille and helps the RNIB to support the 100 people in the UK that start to lose their sight every day, for more information visit rnib.org.uk/wear-dots-raise-lots or 1ststathan.scoutsites.org.uk/