Tipsy Cake. . . and coffee. Help!

josie836

i find that a cafitiere (sorry about the spelling) is the best way to make fresh coffee. It is fresh every time and not left hanging around in a filter machine. one of the best coffees I have found is Mt T's basic brand around 1.39.
Can't help with the tipsy cake I'm afraid.

Boodle

Hi - I have spent ages trying to track down Tipsy cake, which we ie my family and my husbands so it could be regional name, used to call Russian Cake, and I think you mean the same thing from reading the responses.

My nanna gave me her recipe a few years back when I asked for it but I seem to have lost it I have just had another good look for it this afternoon after reading your thread but no luck Searches for Russian Cake gives all sorts and Tipsy Cake searches turn up a version of trifle.

From memory, Russian Cake/Tispy Cake was a normal plain cake batter, split into three or four. One batch was coloured with pink food colouring, one with green, one with yellow or was just vanilla (I can't remember) and one had cocoa added. It was marbled into a loaf tin and baked. The warm cake (I think???) was soaked in a mixture of sherry and possibly sweet wine, jam and either fruit juice or water with the same technique as you would a drizzle cake I assume. It was then covered in marzipan which had been rolled out on a layer of caster sugar which studded the outside of the marzipan to give the cake a crunchy exterior.

I might actually give this a go myself to see if it resembled the original. I hope this helps a little bit. I loved the stuff!

jinky67

Tunnocks of the Caramel Wafer and teacake fame sell Tipsy cake still

hybernia

My apologies to everyone who has been kind enough to come to the rescue here!

Unfortunately, after a major 'Net problem we were then away for a while. I also stupidly neglected to subscribe to this thread re email alerts. I must be getting old.

Anyway. This is to say a BIG if very belated thank you to you all, and particularly to yurimaru at #9 because -- YES! ! ! -- here indeed is that which we've been seeking:

http://www.realfooddirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=4815

Tipsy Cake found!!!

Also thanks to durham_girl at #11: I've seen those items on sale in some stores but never figured out quite what they were for! So many thanks for the Amazon link -- and also for the guidance re the kind of coffee to go after.

We have just returned from Italy and though at 3 Euros a cup everywhere, coffee was darned expensive relative to our wrecked £, it did at least taste like coffee.

Thanks to everyone here it looks like (a) we're on our way to discovering the taste of 'real coffee' here AND re-discovering that good ol Tipsy Cake, yay!

Memory_Girl

mrs_marty wrote: »

Just read your post properly that was the bakers I worked in!!!!! Hepburns up Well Street, How small is the world! Still speak to Kev (the baker who made the cakes, I shall email him see if he will give me the recipe)

Shakes her head at how small the internet has made the world:p

Know what you mean about the coffee - I use a French Stove-top coffee maker that makes a proper expresso shot that I can blend with hot water and/or milk and it is delish. I find drip coffee just a little bit thin in taste.

Its the aluminium beastie thats shaped like a hourglass IYSWIM.

MG

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durham_girl wrote: »

Or, you could try something like this. It goes on the hob and is suitable for all types except halogen and ceramic. This would make a stronger coffee than a normal filter machine and you could combine with the steamed/foamed milk to make a cappuccino or latte or even have a full cup of strong coffee. They are easy to use and clean - the water goes in the bottom half, the coffee goes into the middle section, everything is screwed together then it goes on the hob. As the water boils it is forced through the coffee and into the top section. You do need to get coffee ground for espresso for one of these, not all purpose coffee.

And breathe! QUOTE]

Cheers for that I have just ordered one for my DD as she is a coffee afficianardo:D

anniewoo

I would agree with durham_girl about the stove top espresso makers,I have had one for years and they are great :T I made myself a cappuccino earlier with some foamed milk,using one of those Aerolatte things

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/11733/Aerolatte-To-Go

and it was almost as good as Cafe Nero

I use Lidl's espresso coffee,which comes in a metal tin.I can't remember how much it is,but I tend to stock up when it is on offer.I think it is around £1.30 a tin,but don't hold me to that,it might have gone up recently.

meames_2

sorry posting problems - post shouldn't be here!

lostinrates

hybernia wrote: »

We have just returned from Italy and though at 3 Euros a cup everywhere, coffee was darned expensive relative to our wrecked £, it did at least taste like coffee.

Thanks to everyone here it looks like (a) we're on our way to discovering the taste of 'real coffee' here AND re-discovering that good ol Tipsy Cake, yay!

you paid WHAT for coffee? Coffee in italy is good and inexpensive usually, even in the central areas of rome and Milan! The tip to remember is that you pay more to sit down. The coffee is cheap, its a seat that's expensive. Because there are few public loos often ''a coffee'' is the cover charge for a loo break. To enjy an inexpensive coffee, stay at the bar like an italian, and rest your feet outside if you can find anywhere to sit!

lostinrates

oh, and stove top espresso makers...we use our even on our ceramic hob. They are fabulous and another joy is that whisking SKIMMED milk gives good results for a home made cappucino.