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Help! Sponge cake Filling Disaster!
Lillibet_2
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I have made a chocolate sponge for a coffee morning tomorrow, just tried to fill it with HM apricot jam & it ran off it really fast....not a problem thinks I, I add the little bit of icing sugar that I have to thicken it up. Now it's got little white lumps in it ('cos I didn't sift it:o:doh:) and it's still running off the cake:wall: I haven't got any more icing sugar except for a table spoon full for dusting, I have pelanty more jam including different ones, and the bottom layer of the sponge is very sticky & soggy due to the jam!:sad: To cap it all my SiL has just rung & invitied herself over tomorrow so I'm going to have to cut it in half & keep some back for her visit. I really need to save it....what do I do?_pale_
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Dare I suggest you make another one, and devise a way of turning the first one into a dessert - use it as a trifle base or something. (On a sewing list that I belong to we don't talk about "mistakes" but "design opportunities")0
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could you turn it upside down and dust with the icing sugar?
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Lack of time & ingredients forbids starting over....don't think I didn't consider it as my first option!
I could easily turn it over but I don't really need to (it's risin nicely & I'd like to show this off!) it's what I do to fill it (and keep it filled) that's the problem!Post Natal Depression is the worst part of giving birth:p
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Call it a drizzle cake? I'm sorry, but I really can't think of any way to rescue it as a cake.
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What about pureeing the jam to absorb the sugar and then heating it through with some cornflour or arrowroot to thicken it. Once it is cold it should be thicker and maintain its place on the cake.0
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Bossyboots wrote:What about pureeing the jam to absorb the sugar and then heating it through with some cornflour or arrowroot to thicken it. Once it is cold it should be thicker and maintain its place on the cake.
idiot question : how do I puree jam?:o Other than that, sounds liek a possability?
I also have butter, don't think I could make buttercream without icing suar though?Post Natal Depression is the worst part of giving birth:p
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Lillibet wrote:idiot question : how do I puree jam?:o Other than that, sounds liek a possability?
I also have butter, don't think I could make buttercream without icing suar though?
Just whizz the jam through a food processor or blender. This will break up the icing sugar and incorporate it into the jam. Blend some cold pureed jam with cornflour or arrowroot and then warm it all through with the blended bit as well. As it is cooling, stir gently a couple of times to knock out some of the air bubbles (not essential as you are using it in a cake) that will arise in pureeing.
You could grind some ordinary sugar for buttercream but it might be a bit gritty so if you are trying to impress this is not the best way to go.0 -
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cake saved:D
Thank you so much:T:A:T:A:T:A:T:A:T:A:T:APost Natal Depression is the worst part of giving birth:p
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Aww Lillibet I am so pleased it worked. Well done.0
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Or just put cream over the sticky jam - yummySaving in my terramundi pot £2, £1 and 50p just for me! :j0
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