Baking quick questions

-taff

whole meal bread flour is less finely ground, should be fine. I think it also has more gluten to enable it to be kneaded and rise and get a bit elastic...

nuatha

carlamarie wrote: »

Also the recipe is for a 16cm cake tin, I have 23cm one if I added half the ingredients again would that work, im guessing I'd have to adjust the cooking times?

A 23cm tin is roughly double the capacity of 16cm tin (actually 2.1 times assuming the same depth). So double rather than 50% more ingredients. Baking time will be a bit longer - what I do is check at my usual time then test every 5 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
I've used bread flour instead of "standard" and not noticed any difference in the finished result.

Can you tell im not much of a baker?! But im trying!

We all have to start somewhere, and this is a helpful place to ask questions

carlamarie_2

Thank you both so much. I Knew i could get the help here!

You wouldn't believe it, but I do cook and I am good at it, but baking is like another language to me! Lol

Sunshine_and_Roses

I wanted to make a lemon curd cake, but found mould on my jar of lemon curd :embarasse

So now, mixed up in a bowl, I have 6oz butter, 4oz sugar, 3 eggs and 8oz SR flour.

Apart from binning it, any suggestions what I can add to it? I have sultanas, glace cherries, fresh strawberries which need using up, tinned pineapple and some jams.

Any suggestions??

scaredy_cat

i'd scoop out the top mouldy bit of lemon curd and use the rest!!

if you have any almonds - cherry and almond cake

plain cake with jam filling

strawberry cake - http://www.waitrose.com/content/waitrose/en/home/recipes/recipe_directory/s/strawberry_drizzlecake.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=recipes

K9sandFelines

You could cut in half once cooled and sandwich together with jam or jam and strawberries. Or a sprinkle of cinnamon and the sultanas. I put any fruit in mine that's on the turn. Tonight was banana and choc chip and chocolate (cocoa) and pear. I normally use sr flour (8oz), butter (4oz), sugar (4oz) and 1-2 eggs with whatever fruit

Sunshine_and_Roses

Thanks. I have a bag of almonds, how much would I need and do I chop them? Also do I need to add milk to mixture? Looks really thick as I suppose the lemon curd would have thinned it out.

Yes I would have taken the mould off too but I was too busy mixing before I noticed, now marbelled wit mould. Yuk!

patchwork_cat

I would add another egg, 2 oz more butter and you have a victoria sandwich, add your favourite flavouring and voila, yum.

Alternatively do you have lemon juice, eggs, butter and sugar then make some more lemon curd.

scaredy_cat

i'd add a couple of oz of chopped almonds and a couple of oz of cherries, halved or quartered. add a touch of milk so the mix is still a bit stiff so the cherries don't sink.

decorate the top with a sprinkling of almonds - flaked or make a pattern with whole ones.

Sunshine_and_Roses

No lemons, but don't think I would be brave enough to my own lemon curd!!