is home baking cheaper?

hex2

Another version of chocolate fridge cake -
Equal quantities of chocolate (not dairy milk, needs to be decent chocolate), butter and digestive biscuits. Half as much of nuts - not peanuts! Melt the butter then stir in the chocolate to melt slowly. Stir in chopped up biscuits (1cm bits and crumbs) and chopped up nuts. Into a tin lined with greaseproof and chill for a couple of hours.
Works well and is cheaper with value marzipan instead of nuts.
Eat in small portions!
This was originally in Jane Grigson's English Food as Mr. Frost's chocolate cake.

Badgergal

Mmm I made the sponge in the microwave and was amazed it worked! Tasted goood! I had it with custard which made me think - how do most Old Stylers do their custard? From scratch, with the powder...? I used a carton of ready made stuff, which I'm sure is an Old Style travesty!

squeaky

From scratch doesn't even use powder But yes, powder is easy enough to use.

Useful stuff scratch, you can make almost anything out of it

Zziggi

Badgergal wrote:

Mmm I made the sponge in the microwave and was amazed it worked! Tasted goood! I had it with custard which made me think - how do most Old Stylers do their custard? From scratch, with the powder...? I used a carton of ready made stuff, which I'm sure is an Old Style travesty!

i have to admit that my custard is birds powder to which i add a small amount of sugar and 1pt of milk. I find it is cheaper than buying the cartons of instant stuff.

rchddap1

Don't like custard myself....have treacle instead. OH does like it though, and prefers Ambrosia pre-made chocolate custard. He won't have anything else.

Might to a quick microwave pudding tonight. Yum.

Whilst I am on the subject. Where I come from we have always had Jam rolley polley (I know bad spelling) with butter. Has anyone else heard of this, or is my family just mad?

moonbeam682

we have jam roly poly quite often its such a great winter pudding & so cheap & filling

rchddap1

But do you have it with butter? Or am I, and my family just mad.

moonbeam682

rchddap1 yes we do eat it with butter too - glad to know we're not the only strange family in here lol

rchddap1

Yey. Glad we're not the only ones.

Chipps

Back to the subject of custard: here's how I make "instant" custard!?!
2 tbsp custard powder, 1 or 2 tbsp sugar, 4 1/2 tbsp dried milk powder. Make a paste with some cold water, then make up to 1 pint with very hot water from the kettle, stirring like mad, then put it in the microwave for a minute or two to finish off. Tastes like it's been made with milk properly, but much quicker.