Traybakes

halloweenqueen_2

Don;t beat all the icing sugar or sift it, if you have a food processor, whizz the icing sugar for a couple of seconds, put in the butter and flavourings and whizz again, if too thick add a bit of boiling water and whizz again, done, butter icing in seconds!

greentomato

beachbeth wrote: »

I have these recipes that I am going to try myself:

Dorset Apple Traybake

450g/1 lb cooking apples (Bramley)
juice half lemon
225g/8 oz butter, softened
280g/10 oz golden caster sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
350g/12 oz self raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
demerara sugar, to sprinkle

Heat oven to 160C/Gas 4. Butter and line a baking tin (27cm x 20cm) with parchment paper. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples then squeeze the lemon juice over. Set to one side.

Place the butter, caster sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour and baking powder into a large bowl and mix well until smooth. Spread half the mixture into the prepared tin. Arrange half the apples over the top of the mixture and then repeat these layers. Sprinkle over the demerara sugar.

Bake for 45-50 mins until golden and springy to the touch. Leave to cool for 10 mins, then turn out of tin and remove paper. Cut into bars or squares.

Just to say that I've tried this traybake and it's really good. It's my third attempt at making apple cake (I have a load of windfall apples to use up), and definitely the best one. In fact I'm just off to eat a slice now!

ANNEGEDDES

does anyone know of gluten free traybakes?

JoeyEmma

Does anybody have a basic traybake recipe giving measurements in cups? My scales have broken and I've ordered some more off amazon, but they haven't arrived yet.

fizzel81

my apologies for not getting on here as much as i should (been hetic recently)

today i invested in 2 9x9 silicon baking pans from wollies for £4.00 each, im hoping i can use them to make some sort of traybake (or have i got wrong trays here?)

i make the boys small buns and biscuits but havent ventured into anything more with them, they are starting to nag me more each time we go shopping for cakes etc that are wrapped look great but full of who knows what

i need to try harder this year im slipping
anyhelp would be great

Sassamac

ooh I have a fab cook book with a whole section on traybakes adn the section I refer to the most. let me dig it out and find the name / author for you.

Sassamac

ooh Ive just worked out who you are I recognise you from Bounty

JoeyEmma

Mary Berry's Easy Cakes has some good cake recipes in it.

I find that 6oz sr flour, 6oz caster sugar, 6oz marg and 3 eggs will do one of my tray bakes.

You can flavour them with all sorts of things. Sometimes I add lemon rind to the cake and then top with lemon icing. You can use cocoa and chocolate drops with chocolate icing. I sometimes use some brown sugar and ginger powder and top with an icing with chopped stem ginger using ginger syrup instead of water.


There is a whole thread if you do a search on this board.

Sassamac

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Mary_Berry_s_Ultimate_Cake_Book__5346523

this is the one.

I would dig out some recipes for you but my Mum has borrowed the book back at the mo.

Lyndsay_21

just to warn you i bought the silicon woolies baking pans and even after i followed the instructions to grease before you use them every time i've made cakes they've stuck to the bottom. dont mean to be out a downer just letting you know