Home-made cakes thread 2

Nanamia

I use 350g sr flour,175g p flour, 350g Lurpak , 350g caster sugar, 6eggs , 1tsp vanilla extract for an 8" x 3" Madeira and glaze with sugar syrup when it comes out of the oven 140 degrees fan assisted for about 1.5 hours.

It's great for celebration cakes cos it's at it's best after three days:)

VfM4meplse

Nanamia wrote: »

I use 350g sr flour,175g p flour, 350g Lurpak , 350g caster sugar, 6eggs , 1tsp vanilla extract for an 8" x 3" Madeira and glaze with sugar syrup when it comes out of the oven 140 degrees fan assisted for about 1.5 hours.

It's great for celebration cakes cos it's at it's best after three days:)

It's the extra flour that does it! Do you add any baking powder to the plain flour?

Nanamia

No VHM no baking powder:) but I've started adding a bowl of water in the oven whilst it's baking after reading the tip on Lindys site:)

becs

Littlebit I'd pour water into your tin to see what's it's volume is and then match it to the conversion tool.

pauladesignercakes

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Monkeymagic

Beautiful cakes nanamia. in case anyone going, just found discount flyer for cske and bake show at earls court in september. cant do link as on my phone but its on the home page of karen davies (as in moulds) website.

nat82

Littlebit - I just add enough cocoa powder to add a bit of depth to the taste and colour and also to stiffen it up a bit once the melted chocolate has been added. Usually 2 tbsp to a 500g/1kg mix.

Paula - I did one of pauls courses earlier on this year and it was fab! Hubby got me the online membership for my birthday and I'm doing the graduation cake this weekend. Hope it turns out ok! x

nat82

Graduation cake (excuse the mess in the background!)

nat82

Can anyone recommend a book about Whoopie Pies? I got some tins inthe Lakeland sale and have some marshmallow fluff at the ready!

VfM4meplse

I made a batch of eggless banana bread first thing this morning at my parents - had popped down here to help them with the final stage of refurbishing my old bedroom (it's only been 11 years since they got rid of me! ).

When my Dad came down for breakfast to find me filling the cake pans, he gave me a biiiiiiig lecture about not wanting to eat any of my cakes any more (ironic as he's the one that eats the lot!), OMG it was like being a teenager again!! So I popped into town to get some chores done, when I came back I made some tea the three of us and heard a small voice ask for some cake....and then for a second helping after consuming a huge wedge of it! Mum and I made him eat some humble pie through convulsive fits of laughter (his not ours).