What have you baked today?

marmiterulesok

I made a vinegar cake yesterday,nearly ran out of time.

Possession

Not really baked, as I just use the hob, but I made toffee crispy mallow cakes.

MoneyMission

4 x sugar free banana and sultana loaves and 12 granary rolls.

Caterina

Apple and walnut cake, and ate too much of it (4 slices)!

angeltreats

I made Jamie Oliver's Earl Grey Tea Loaf, from his Great Britain book. I wanted to make something fairly inexpensive to try out the oven in our new house (this contains no fat and only one egg). Pleased to say the oven performed admirably! And the tea loaf is delicious.

marmiterulesok

Caterina wrote: »

Apple and walnut cake, and ate too much of it (4 slices)!

Hi caterina.It sounds nice.Could you share the recipe please?

Thank you!

Jacksmummy-1979

Yesterday made DH a rhubarb crumble and a banana loaf for packed lunches.

Today I am going to make a raspberry & vanilla terrine and some biscuits to fill up the tin as its running low x

Caterina

marmiterulesok wrote: »

Hi caterina.It sounds nice.Could you share the recipe please?

Thank you!

It is very much a "chuck them all in the bowl and cross fingers" recipe I am afraid - I never measure so all measurements are approximate:

2 cups of self raising flour
2 small apples, cored and chopped (I don't peel but others might prefer to peel too)
handful raisins or other dried fruit
large handful walnuts
a few tbsps sugar
a large pinch of cinnamon
a large glug of vegetable oil
enough milk (I use soya) to mix it all into a thick-ish batter

Mix everything in a bowl, until all the flour is absorbed, then pour into a buttered cake tin and put into preheated oven (medium heat). Bake covered with silver foil for 20 minutes on medium oven, then remove silver foil and sprinkle sugar on top of cake, increase oven heat and bake for another 10 minutes, keeping an eye that it does not burn on top, but just caramelises the sugar.

Sorry for vague recipe, hope you can make it and enjoy it as much as we all did! :T

marmiterulesok

Caterina wrote: »

It is very much a "chuck them all in the bowl and cross fingers" recipe I am afraid - I never measure so all measurements are approximate:

2 cups of self raising flour
2 small apples, cored and chopped (I don't peel but others might prefer to peel too)
handful raisins or other dried fruit
large handful walnuts
a few tbsps sugar
a large pinch of cinnamon
a large glug of vegetable oil
enough milk (I use soya) to mix it all into a thick-ish batter

Mix everything in a bowl, until all the flour is absorbed, then pour into a buttered cake tin and put into preheated oven (medium heat). Bake covered with silver foil for 20 minutes on medium oven, then remove silver foil and sprinkle sugar on top of cake, increase oven heat and bake for another 10 minutes, keeping an eye that it does not burn on top, but just caramelises the sugar.

Sorry for vague recipe, hope you can make it and enjoy it as much as we all did! :T

I tend to be happier with precise instructions,but I'll give it a go,thanks!

kah22

kah22 wrote: »

Let me know how it goes. I'm thinking of changing the amount of Golden Syrup in the next batch I make (if I make) from 675g golden syrup to 575g golden syrup

I'm hoping that will do two things: 1. Make the product less sweet, at the moment it is far to sweet for my taste. 2. Make the product that little bit firmer and easier to handle. In my original batch the slice was overly crumbly and came apart to quickly. I'd also think about increasing the amount of bread crumbs, again to help firm up the bar, but I'd like to hear opinions.

One final suggestion for anyone making these slices keep the size of your slice to something like the small Milky Way bar.

Was thinking about this recipe today, contacted Caffe Nero and they confirmed that '.... [FONT=&quot]the website is the same as the product in store. In our Head Office, we have had colleagues make the recipe and have had tasted the in store version and it does taste the same.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]You are correct in saying that it is a very sweet recipe and a little crumbly. We do have the recipe details on our website if this helps in any way...'[/FONT]

It occurred to me that when I made my original batch I used my own homemade bread to make the crumbs and perhaps the moisture/sunflower oil in the bread was one of the factors that made the slice a bit unstable. Next time I'll make sure the crumbs are completely dry before baking.

Still wondering though should I reduce the amount of Golden Syrup, after all who am I to argue with a Ramsay recipe