Cheap Cake Recipes?

kirsty822001

grumswifie wrote: »

Hi there

I make a really easy tea loaf which is very simple to make.

1 cup of black tea
1 cup of currants
1 cup of sugar
2 coups of self raising flour

Soak the currants in the tea for a couple of hours and mix in remaining ingredients. Put into a lined 2lb tin and bake for about an hour at 160c. Serve in thick slices slathered in butter.

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ooo thankyou for this recipe!! I cant wait to try it I love easy recipes and I love fruit loaf so i guess I will love this! thanks again

squeaky

grumswifie wrote:

Hi there

My tea loaf receipe, cheap, easy and tasty

1 cup currants
1 cup of tea, fresh made soak currants until cold
2 cups self raising flour
1 cup caster sugar

Mix well pour into lined 2lb tin 180c for 50 mins. Serve in thick slices buttered. Delish

squeaky wrote: »

Hmm... I've got a tin of black cherries in syrup I've been wondering what to do with... I wonder....

I made up the liquid to one cup (with a dash of water - didn't fancy tea and cherry syrup) and halved half of the cherries, and quartered the rest.

It's currently (or should that be cherryly?) cooking as I type.

It's going to be a very PINK tea loaf!

tiff

Weetabix cake

Delicious, I use the value/cheapest weetabix you can get and it turns out great.

raven83

Rebelle wrote: »

Fridge cakes are very easy and very yummy, and great for using up odds and sods in your cupboards or depending on the ingreds you choose can be as cheap or as indulgent as you like - think American-style Rocky Road: melted choc mixed with nuts, marshmallows, raisins, crumbled biscuits, rice crispies/cornflakes etc then spread onto a tray, cover with clingfilm and leave in the fridge to set until firm... gorgeous!!

I usually just make it up as I go along but there are loads of variations if you Google for a recipe - I've tried this Nigella one for Sweet & Salty Nut Crunch bars (aka choc, salted peanut and honeycomb fridge cake) and it was divine.

I love brownies too for a cheap and easy bake - mix 3oz flour with 8oz sugar and a generous tbsp of cocoa powder, then add 4oz melted butter (or to cut costs, 100ml sunflower oil - can be used in muffins too instead of butter/marg) and 3 beaten eggs, mix until combined, pour into a lined/greased tin and bake for 20 mins or so at about 180 til a knife just comes out clean. You can also add choc chunks, chopped nuts or peanut butter to these - or make them into my fave - white choc & raspberry blondies, just sub the cocoa with an extra oz of flour and add white choc chips and raspberries - Frozen are much cheaper than fresh & great for baking, on 3 punnets for £5 @ Tesco at the mo.

Hope whatever your daughter bakes turns out well OP, let us know how she gets on!

wow thanks for the link, i shall give some of these a go!:D

raven83

grumswifie wrote: »

Hi there

I make a really easy tea loaf which is very simple to make.

1 cup of black tea
1 cup of currants
1 cup of sugar
2 coups of self raising flour

Soak the currants in the tea for a couple of hours and mix in remaining ingredients. Put into a lined 2lb tin and bake for about an hour at 160c. Serve in thick slices slathered in butter.

going to make this later!:)

squeaky

I had to give mine an extra ten minutes for it to cook through, and now I have this "thing" on a cooling rack. I say "thing" because the colour is sort of half way between pink and purple. Not the normal colour for my cakes

ajs88

I use sainsburys economy eggs although there no free range there not battery either but are still much cheaper and stork as I think you get a better cake, its softer to work with and lower in fat although ive recently gotton into baking with olive oil which I get from Lidl

the tea loaf looks great by the way and i'll defiantly try it

blondy24

Hello,

Not sure if this will help any one at the mo, but picked up 6 x free range eggs in Mr M earlier this week for 74p (half price) I think that's a good bargain and might go back today/tomorrow to get some more for baking etc.

ffion

i tried the fuit tea bread it was rock hard on the outside and chewy on the inside same with weetabix cake help what did i do wrong:mad:

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

squeaky wrote: »

I have this "thing" on a cooling rack. I say "thing" because the colour is sort of half way between pink and purple. Not the normal colour for my cakes

Conjures up strange pictures in my head :rotfl:.
Did it taste nice.though.