Baking a Cake | Learn Spanish A1
Learn how to talk about cooking in Spanish. A simple A1 level story about baking a chocolate cake with translation.
Hacer un pastel
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What you'll learn
kitchen vocabulary, ingredients, cooking verbs, family words
This article tells a story about a mother and child baking a chocolate cake together. It is perfect for A1 beginners learning Spanish through reading. The text covers basic vocabulary related to the kitchen, ingredients, and simple actions.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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Hoy es un día muy especial en casa.
newToday is a very special day at home.
Simple present tense with adverb muy.
Useful for talking about special days.
Vamos a hacer un pastel grande y bonito.
newWe are going to make a big and beautiful cake.
ir a + infinitive for future plans.
Great for expressing what you plan to do.
Ponemos todos los ingredientes en la mesa.
newWe put all the ingredients on the table.
Simple present with direct object.
Useful for describing kitchen actions.
Mezclamos todo con una cuchara de madera.
newWe mix everything with a wooden spoon.
Simple present with tool description.
Great for describing cooking processes.
El horno está muy caliente por dentro.
newThe oven is very hot inside.
Adjective with adverb muy for intensification.
Good for describing temperature.
El pastel ya está listo.
newThe cake is already ready.
Short phrase describing readiness.
Essential for describing results.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Word
la cocina
kitchen
Feminine noun, la cocina.
Essential room vocabulary.
Word
la harina
flour
Feminine noun, la harina.
Baking ingredient vocabulary.
Word
el azúcar
sugar
Masculine noun, el azúcar.
Kitchen and baking vocabulary.
Word
el chocolate
chocolate
Masculine noun, el chocolate.
Flavor and ingredient vocabulary.
Word
el horno
oven
Masculine noun, el horno.
Baking equipment vocabulary.
Word
la cuchara
spoon
Feminine noun, la cuchara.
Kitchen utensils vocabulary.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Grammar
ir a + infinitivo: Vamos a hacer un pastel
ir a + infinitive: future plans
ir a + infinitive construction expresses future intentions: Vamos a + verb.
Learn to plan future actions in Spanish.
Grammar
presente continuo: estoy mezclando, está esperando
present continuous: ongoing action
Spanish present continuous uses estar + present participle: estoy mezclando.
For describing actions happening right now.
Grammar
adverbios de tiempo: primero, después, ahora, por fin
Time sequence words: primero, después, ahora, por fin
Words to organize text by time sequence: primero, después, ahora, por fin.
Learn to sequence actions in storytelling.
Grammar
muy + adjetivo: muy grande, muy dulce, muy caliente
muy + adjective: intensifier
Adverb muy intensifies adjectives: muy grande, muy dulce, muy caliente.
Learn to intensify adjective descriptions.
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