Baking quick questions

Need2bthrifty

I love good old fashioned rice pudding made with some evaporated milk, its a bit indulgent I know but oooh sooh yummy.

zippychick

we have an evaporated milk thread which may help

Some chocolate fudge cakes used evap milk in the frosting?

Ill merge this with baking quick questions later

Zip

anguk

I'd go with fudge too, I'm sure I got this recipe from this site and it's very good:

Easy Chocolate Fudge

400ml tin condensed milk
100g butter
200g brown sugar
300g chocolate

Put butter, sugar and condensed milk in saucepan. Heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Add the chocolate and stir until melted.
Spread out on greaseproof paper approx 14 inch by 10 inch and half an inch thick.
Place in fridge till set (3 hours)

Ignore me, I've just realised you've got evaporated milk not condensed.

Margaret52129

Hi, I've been given a fantastic Jane Asher cake tin in the shape of a train. There are 9 separate bits that you can 'link' together. I'm hoping to do this for my DGS's birthday and I just made a normal victoria sponge, but it was a disaster! The cakes haven't come out the tin in the shape of the train ITKWIM!



This is what it SHOULD look like, but mine looks rather deflated and the cake is very spongey and crumbly. Would a maderia cake be better do you think? I know that the icing sugar would define the shape more, but I can't really see the shape of mine at the moment!

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated as it's his birthday tomorrow so I've to do the cake again tonight! ARGH!

shebangs

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Margaret52129

Have googled Jane Asher cakes and have got a recipe for her cake tins.

Thanks

zippychick

they look lovely. We will merge this with baking quick questions later on

Zip

kerrylovescupcakes

Im practising doing a christening cake. Ive just baked a 10 inch madeira cake. Is there an easy way to ensure a level cut through the middle to add buttercream or is this just practice. Its not for me so Id like to get it right. Thanks

madtrekker

I think that something like this is the kind of thing you're looking for:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Craft-Cake-Cutting-Wire/dp/B000YJD81K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317298208&sr=8-1

katieowl_2

Good grief there is a gadget for everything... but having seen that I have an idea?

Assuming cake is sitting on a level surface (a board) could you place something like upside down sandwich tins or traybake tins (obviously both the same height!) either side and kind of slide the knife sideways across the tops of the tins as a guide.

Kate