office cakes- no time to shop

aurora_borealis_2

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My turn to make cakes for tomorrow. Can't shop before then.
They asked for apple cakes :rolleyes:

I have:

the usual flour, eggs, butter, sugar.
ready made meringues
3 small eating apples
dried fruit

... and very little free time

I thought welsh cakes and

any brainwaves for something really easy with the ingredients?

Thank you!

Pink.

Hi aurora,

There are some fairly simple apple cake recipes on this thread: apple cake I made apple and blackberry muffins last week and they were lovely....basic muffin recipe, stewed apples and frozen blackberries added to the mix.

These are very simple to make (take about 10 mins) and you might need to pick up some ingredients but they always go down really well.

Fifteens

15 digestive biscuits (crushed)
15 glace cherries (chopped)
15 marshmallows (chopped)
small tin of condensed milk
dessicated coconut

Mix the biscuits, cherries and marshmallow in a bowl with the condensed milk. Squidge the mixture together with your hands and roll into a long sausage shape on greaseproof paper sprinkled with the coconut. Wrap in the greaseproof paper and chill in the fridge for a couple of hours and then slice.


These threads may give you some more ideas:

What treats/goodies do you bake to save money?

Pre-school cake stall - your chance to make me look good!

Pink

craftlady

Dont know how many you are cooking for but this is my recipe for
APPLE CAKE

6 oz s.r.flour
6 oz caster sugar
6 oz marg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
3 eggs

Mix everything together well, add 2 CHOPPED APPLES, mix in. Pour in 8" sq tin (lined). If you feel like it core and finely slice 1 APPLE and arrange nicely on the top. Bake Gas mark 4 till done - approx 25 mins.:p

aurora_borealis_2

What do think would happen if I added crushed meringues in too

floyd

I made this over the weekend and its delicious http://www.waitrose.com/recipe/Cinnamon_Crumble_Apple_Cake.aspx

aurora_borealis_2

craftlady wrote: »

Dont know how many you are cooking for but this is my recipe for
APPLE CAKE

6 oz s.r.flour
6 oz caster sugar
6 oz marg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
3 eggs

Mix everything together well, add 2 CHOPPED APPLES, mix in. Pour in 8" sq tin (lined). If you feel like it core and finely slice 1 APPLE and arrange nicely on the top. Bake Gas mark 4 till done - approx 25 mins.:p

I made that one - looks impressive!

... and iced current buns

... and a no cook tray bake using crushed meringue, melted milky way, butter, and special K

craftlady

Hope they liked it. My lot eat it very quickly. How was the meringue thing sounds interesting. Iced buns......... did you just make normal bread dough then iced them when they were cooked and cold.:rolleyes:

aurora_borealis_2

craftlady wrote: »

Hope they liked it. My lot eat it very quickly. How was the meringue thing sounds interesting. Iced buns......... did you just make normal bread dough then iced them when they were cooked and cold.:rolleyes:

They loved it - isn't it light!

The meringue thing was v nice too but very sweet

When I say buns, I mean fairy cakes. The currants sunk to the bottom :rotfl: