Homemade Cakes thread

shelley_crow

i'm in desperate need of cakey help!

my oh is 27 on the 21st. he doesn't want a fuss but i want to make him a birthday cake.

has anyone got an idiotproof chocolate cake receipe? i've got all types of sugar, flour etc in and got some cream, i will only need chocolate i think.

any help greatly appreciated, i'm not the greatest cake maker but hopefully i can pull this off!

zippybungle

shelley_crow wrote: »

i'm in desperate need of cakey help!

my oh is 27 on the 21st. he doesn't want a fuss but i want to make him a birthday cake.

has anyone got an idiotproof chocolate cake receipe? i've got all types of sugar, flour etc in and got some cream, i will only need chocolate i think.

any help greatly appreciated, i'm not the greatest cake maker but hopefully i can pull this off!

Hi,

this is the Chocolate Cake recipe I use

http://www.be-ro.com/recipe/showrec77.html

if you don't have any evaporated milk, just use normal milk (that's what I do )

It's a very easy, fool proof recipe.

Zippy x

shelley_crow

zippybungle wrote: »

Hi,

this is the Chocolate Cake recipe I use

http://www.be-ro.com/recipe/showrec77.html

if you don't have any evaporated milk, just use normal milk (that's what I do )

It's a very easy, fool proof recipe.

Zippy x

many thanks, i'll be giving this a go very soon x

FiFi_Mad_Mum

Just saw this advertised online in Morrisons for £5, it's a Christmas cupcake stand.



HTH FiFi

Mokeyjen

Hello,

Hopefully here is a link to a picture of my boys 1st birthday cake featuring Makka Pakka from in the night garden! Thanks for all your help and advice! :beer:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=443549818110&set=a.157582428110.118253.639388110&pid=5392924&id=639388110

cookiedough38

where can I buy the flat based ice cream cones to make the ice cream cakes? thanks

zippybungle

cookiedough38 wrote: »

where can I buy the flat based ice cream cones to make the ice cream cakes? thanks

I've seen them in Sainsburys, in my sainsburys they are on the sheves above the freezers (above cartons of ice cream), they have a picture on the front of the box and I think it's a blue box if that helps!

Zippy x

Stephb1986_2

All you luck so and so's I have a brace at the moment can't have cake gutted

Steph xx

BanburyBride

Can anyone recommend one of the large cupcake moulds - we want one as our cutting cake for our wedding (having little cup cakes on a stand) but finding mixed reviews for moulds online, also some apparently don't come with recipe so can anyone recommend?

lucasmum

Hi BanburyBride I have bought a gaint cupcake mould from 'The Works' it was £5.99 and is great. It takes quite a bit of filling!! The recipe it comes with is using boxed cake mix so very un MSE! I used a 4 egg cake mix (weigh the eggs then same amount of flour fat & sugar) but that didn't fill it up to the top. I think a 6/7 egg mix would do it though. I made a nice choc cake in it and it turned out great. I think they look wonderful- I would recomend one but just do some trial runs before the big day! HTH