Cheap Cake Recipes?

I would rather bake with stork (and it still tastes far better than cheap shop bought) and know what goes into it. It has to be the very cheapest ingredients along with chemicals to sell it at the price they do. I don't think it's a waste of my time to bake with stork, it even is a little lower in fat content.

grumswifie wrote: »

Hi there

My tea loaf receipe, cheap, easy and tasty

1 cup currants
1 cup of tea, fresh made soak currants until cold
2 cups self raising flour
1 cup caster sugar

Mix well pour into lined 2lb tin 180c for 50 mins. Serve in thick slices buttered. Delish

Thank you, I made this tonight, it was really easy and has quickly been eaten by DH and DD x 2, a great success. And the best part is that it is so easy to make they may even make it themselves in future. :j

Ok I like the sound of the tealoaf - I have a loaf tin, but how do I know if it's a 2lb one?? Sorry to be so dense...!

BatOutOfhell wrote: »

Would like to bake more cakes, tray bakes, fairy cakes etc for my kids as they taste nicer than shop bought. Unfortunately though shop bought cakes work out to be cheaper than home made as I will only use butter not marg and will only use free range eggs on principle.
There's usually some sort of offer on in the Supermarket making a small loaf cake about 85p and a 7" sponge cake about 90p.

Can anyone suggest ways of making home made cheaper than shop bought?
P.S. None of us like bananas, so even though I have loads of black ones in the freezer, they only get used up at the village cake stall;)

Hi - I always use marg that's on offer - Morrisons usually have something at half price, be it Utterly Butterly, Can't Believe its not Butter or whatever. I also always do flapjacks & find them to be much cheaper than bought ones, and definately cheaper than "breakfast bars", and they last about 5 minutes in my house! My recipe for flapjacks includes crushed cornflakes so I keep the crumbs from the bottom of the box/pack for that purpose (!) and sometimes I'll throw in some eating apple if they've gone a bit wrinkly in the fruit dish. You say you don't like bananas, but do you like them in cakes, cause I've got a good recipe for banana tea bread?

Flapjacks:
4oz marg
1 tablespoon golden syrup
3oz sugar
3oz rolled oat
3oz SR flour
2oz crushed cornflakes

Mix melted marg and syrup. Mix all dry ingredients together, then pour onto the marg mixture and mix well. Press gently into a tin (I find an 8" square gives deep enough portions) (but don't press down too hard else it'll be like concrete!) and bake for around 20 mins gas 5/190 degrees C/375 degrees F, or until firm & golden. Cut into fingers while warm and leave in the tin to cool. Then be prepared for the sugar rush!

Banana Tea Bread:
8oz SR flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon or nutmeg
4oz marg
4oz light soft brown sugar
4oz honey
2 medium eggs, beaten
2 large bananas, peeled and mashed with a little lemon juice
2oz stoned dates, chopped (or I sometimes use sultanas)

Rub fat into flour. Stir in sugar, honey, eggs, bananas and dates and beat well until all mixed. Turn into a greased & base lined 2lb loaf tin. Bake at gas 4/180 C/350F for about 1 - 1.5 hours or until well risen and firm to the touch. Cool slightly into the tin then turn out onto a wire rack until completely cool.

For this recipe I regularly replace the honey with golden syrup (or maple syrup), add 1 tsp ginger instead of cinnamon, and around 3oz dessicated coconut instead of dates. Both options are nomnomnommm especially spread with butter!

I'm not sure this recipe will work with black bananas though - it sometimes smells a little like it's fermenting if the bananas are too far gone!

Sorry to sound so dumb, but by cup of tea do you mean hot water and a tea bag or a cup of tea with milk like you'd drink?

Just typing this question has made me feel stupid, the answer is probably sooo obvious - sorry!