Cheap Cake Recipes?

needtowin

Hi I've just tried this....I was bored and had ingredients in cupboard.....for a change!.... thanks sparkly fairy they are yummy!!!
HARRY BIKERS QUICK AFTER SCHOOL BISCUITS
4 oz flour
3 oz sugar
2 oz butter
Put all the ingredients in a bowl and rub together. Form a stiff dough.
Roll into a sausage then cut into rounds.
Put on a greased baking tray and bake for about 10 minutes at 160-170 DEGREES

happilass

Hi,
i have just made the cake Grumswifie suggested and my DH loves it, thank you Grumswifie it is so easy to make, brilliant.
Happi

shining_light

Thanks Squeaky I will have a look for those next time I'm shopping

little_lil

Not sure if this will work but I am considering icing a tea loaf to use as a Christmas cake. Only the OH likes proper xmas cake so we don't normally bother but as we all love the tea loaf I thought I would try and ice one. Worth a try!

cooking-mama

Id love to try the tealoaf recipes,but my girls are not keen on raisins/sultanas...what substitute could i use?..definately gonna try the Hairy bikers school cookie things too,
Does anyone have a recipe for healthy breakfast type bars(that dont include too much dried fruit),maybe get away with a wee drop apricots or possibly cranberries?Eldest normaly has a cereal bar on the bus to Uni,but these work out to be full of sugar and expensive.Thanks

LondonDreamer

cooking-mama wrote: »

Id love to try the tealoaf recipes,but my girls are not keen on raisins/sultanas...what substitute could i use?..definately gonna try the Hairy bikers school cookie things too,
Does anyone have a recipe for healthy breakfast type bars(that dont include too much dried fruit),maybe get away with a wee drop apricots or possibly cranberries?Eldest normaly has a cereal bar on the bus to Uni,but these work out to be full of sugar and expensive.Thanks

I sometimes use the mixed dried fruit that Mr T sell in their whole food line, it's a mix of raisins, cranberries, cherries and strawberries. I'm not a raisin fan but these aren't the regular dark raisins - they're a mix of light and green and taste much more fruity. It's more expensive than the standard mixed fruit but SO delicious! I think any dried fruit would work though, whatever your girls like. I'm tempted to try a fruit and nut mix next time myself.

louisaL

Hi can i just ask those you who have made the tea loaf does it have a very strong tea taste. i am eager to make it as it looks really easy and i love fruit loaf but i dont like tea (or coffee) alternatively is there anything else i could soak my fruit in? or do i not need to soak it in anything as the tea provides more of a flavour than a moisture?

LondonDreamer

I don't particularly like tea, and don't notice a tea taste at all. But if you're really adverse to it, you could try using diluted apple juice or even just plain water as I think the tea is only there for moisture. You definitely need to soak it in something though, as the tea is the only moisture component.

Going4TheDream

Teabread recipe without Tea!

http://www.cakebaker.co.uk/making-tea-breads.html

Infact lots of nice cakes on this site :-)

louisaL

Thank you!

and those cakes certainly do look yummy!! :T