Baking quick questions

jay-jay

I have made a cake with the following ingredients (opps sorry thats supposed to read 10" x 10" dont know how to change the title though!)

SRF 10oz
Sugar 10oz
Marg 10oz
Egg 5

Question is I have 1 10in cake tin. Do I put all mixture in and bake or divide it into two equal amounts and bake separately.

Is 180 about the right temp. havent made a larger cake before

Thanks in advance :beer:

chalkie99

102 x 10" Victoria Sponge

Blimey! How big is your oven?:eek::eek::eek:

angeltreats

I make a 10oz sponge a few times a week at work, but I divide it into three 8" tins (for a three layer cake), it takes about 25 minutes to bake all three at once.

I'd put it all into the one tin, bake it at 180º and expect it to take over an hour and maybe even up to an hour and a half. Check after 50 minutes to see how done it is and judge accordingly. If the top is getting too brown before it's finished cooking, put a sheet of tinfoil over the top, it will keep cooking but stop getting any darker.

zippychick

My thoughts are you could do it as one as Angeltreats says, and expect the cooking time to be much longer , or split it up for shorter cooking time. I personally wouldn't change the temperature just because there's more cake mix

When you check if it's cooked, use a clean skewer inserted in the middle. If it comes out clear then it's ready. If it comes out with mix on, it needs to cook further. This is what I do when I am unsure and it never fails for me. I am of course, guessing though I tend to wing it with this kind of thing and hope for the best. Don't open the oven too early or too frequently though!

I fixed the title for you also

I'll pop this in with baking quick questions later on when you're sorted. Let us know how you get on.

Zip

polkadot

Bake in one at 180,takes about 2 hours-I do one a week at 140 fan assisted and it cooks in2.5 hrs-but without doming or cracking.

VfM4meplse

My cakes have never been as good since I changed to a fan-assisted oven...seem to take ages to cook and then turn out too dry! Next time I'll definitely go back to a good old-fashioned gas oven.

jay-jay

Thanks for the advice guys. Popped it all in at once on 180. Its come out alittle golden but going to cover in fondant icing so no one will know:D
thanks
will post picture when finished if anyone want to see

zippychick

Yes, pictures are good glad it all worked out for you

Angela

Does anyone have the recipe out of the stork margarine book for ginger cake,my friend makes it and is meant to be giving the recipe to me but hasnt and I want to make one tomorrow.

Cheers in advance.

jenster

after being bought the most delicous lemon cupcake

im now after a recipe SO

is cup cake icing just a buttercream icing ? + flavour

or does anyone have a special recipe

thanks

Jen.