Mmmmm, cake (for bloke!)

liley9

hi everyone on here i'm quite new to this only posted once before i'm hoping some one can help me i'm recently married and my mother in law has always made delicous pies and i think my husband expects me to do the same but i have no idea how to make pastry. I've bought roll out pastry but it aint the same could someone please tell me how to make pastry and any ideas on what pies that i could make for a meal dont want to ask my mother in law we aint exactly best buddies.

nabowla

Hmmm. Those tins look a bit deep to me. However, I don't suppose it's a major problem. So long as the bottom's covered with cake mix and the top of the cake mix is smooth, it doesn't matter if it fills less than half of the tin. And you can use one of them to bake a nice, deep fruit cake.......

twink

yes i thought they were a bit deep too but delia always said not to go for the really shallow ones if you want the sponge to rise, they will do for fruit cakes and if it not a push up bottom they would do for an eves pudding too

larmy16

Good morning Mr BadExample. Guess what I dreamed of last night? Yep you and your cake!!!!!!!!!! Surely if the tins are that deep you can just make a ginormous cake, which means more of us on MSE can turn up for the viewing and subsequent tasting?:p

newleaf

They aren't quite the right sort, really. What you need are the deep round sandwich tins - £2.99 x2. You can either improvise with what you have got, or go back and exchange them - this shouldn't be a problem if you still have your receipt. The tins you have bought are very good tins, but designed for making one large cake rather than two to be sandwiched together. Sorry, but you'd already bought them when I logged in last night and I didn't want to pi$$ on your chips, but since you've asked...

mrbadexample

Right then, that's no cake for oedipus and Rikki who stitched me up with the wrong tins. :mad:

I have now got to go to Morrisons for a flippin' third time. :mad: I HATE the place, especially on a Saturday.

I might just chuck the lot in the bin and go to the pub.

twink

cant remember if anyone has mentioned the bero recipe book to you its full of good, easy recipes, baking etc http://www.be-ro.com go to the pub after you have changed the tins, we are all waiting for a bit of cake:D

Katgoddess

twink wrote:

cant remember if anyone has mentioned the bero recipe book to you its full of good, easy recipes, baking etc http://www.be-ro.com go to the pub after you have changed the tins, we are all waiting for a bit of cake:D

Yes, and Morrisons sells the Be Ro recipe book for about a £1. It will be in the home baking section next to the bicarbonate of soda and flour. You will probably have to get a refund from Customer Services and then pay for the new ones at the till. :cool:

(I am a professional Morrisons shopper as part of my job is having to get the stock for the petrol station off the shelf. )

bethom

mbe wrote:

Right then, that's no cake for oedipus and Rikki who stitched me up with the wrong tins. :mad:

I have now got to go to Morrisons for a flippin' third time. :mad: I HATE the place, especially on a Saturday.

I might just chuck the lot in the bin and go to the pub.

Tad melodramatic there :rolleyes::p

Just take a deep breath, go in, swap the tins, get out, then go to the pub for a swift one to recover.

mrbadexample

Katgoddess wrote:

You could have got the 89p First Home ones but them ones should be fine. You can use them to make a christmas cake.

They [STRIKE]didn't[/STRIKE] did have [STRIKE]any[/STRIKE] some 89p ones.