Homemade Cakes thread

stokegal

becs wrote: »

Hi Mel,

This is the best chocolate cake I have ever tasted! It is so delicious and really really really moist!

Hi Becs

Do you know if this would this recipe work with normal caster sugar or just golden caster sugar?

I have an order for a giant chocolate cupcake and I was thinking of using this recipe instead my normal chocolate sponge recipe

SeaBee

stokegal wrote: »

Can anyone help please??- I want to make this as advised by Emlou but how much is 1/2 vup - I only have kitchen scales and cant find anywhere to convert it (I even googled it and got no response!!!)

Hi Stokegal - Delia is your friend . 1/2 a cup is 120ml

MoosMummy

stokegal wrote: »

Can anyone help please??- I want to make this as advised by Emlou but how much is 1/2 vup - I only have kitchen scales and cant find anywhere to convert it (I even googled it and got no response!!!)

1 cup is 240ml so 1/2 a cup is 120ml

HTH xxx

zippybungle

stokegal wrote: »

OMG Zippy - this is amazing!!!

I am eating a vanilla cupcake with this icing and it is yummy!!

i had originally tried the hummingbird recipe for cream cheese icing but that was not really that nice so I amended it to follow your recipe and yours is SO much nicer

pleased to hear you like it! It's really easy to make too isn't it?
In fact I have forgotten just how nice it is, so might have to make some more soon.........:p

Zippy x

stokegal

It's that nice that the OH has had 4!!!

becs

Hi Stokegal,

I would imagine it would be fine with normal caster sugar, I always use golden caster sugar in all recipes instead of normal. I've not had any problems so imagine would be ok the other way round too.

X_YuMmY_X

Hi, I'm new!
I was wondering if anyone could help me, I have a friends birthday coming up and she wants a chocolate cake, does fondant icing go ok with chocolate cake? because I wanted to decorate the top, or would it taste better if I just use chocolate icing?
Thankyou!

awesome2_2

X_YuMmY_X wrote: »

Hi, I'm new!
I was wondering if anyone could help me, I have a friends birthday coming up and she wants a chocolate cake, does fondant icing go ok with chocolate cake? because I wanted to decorate the top, or would it taste better if I just use chocolate icing?
Thankyou!

Hi
I personallly would use chocolate fondant made with butter, cocoa, icing sugar and milk. Depends what you want to do on the top and if you need a solid icing maybe try melted chocolate. Yummy:p

Evansangel

awesome2 wrote: »

evansangel the cakes look lovely how did you get the marble affect and how are you feeling with bump

I seperated the cake mix and mixed cocoa powder into one bowl, then i just blobbed random spoonfuls of each into the cases and baked

Bump is well thank you, i have a scan on Wednesday so im very nervous and excited

stokegal

Hi

I was going to suggest using Modelling Chocolate but having just looked at the recipe for it online it calls for Corn Syrup - I cant find that on the Tesco website - does anyone else know what else it would be callled?