Home-made cakes thread 2

julie03

awesome 2 , on my cake forum this seems to happening alot to people, and i don't think it is the weather, as this started happening to me this year in the winter.
No one seems to know why it is happening unfortunately.

purpledonkey

:wave: Awesome2

I had the same problem too but only with chocolate cupcakes. After experimenting with different cases and ingredients I discovered it was because I changed the brand of cocoa powder I used. Have you changed any ingredients in your recipe recently? Hope that helps

awesome2_2

purpledonkey wrote: »

:wave: Awesome2

I had the same problem too but only with chocolate cupcakes. After experimenting with different cases and ingredients I discovered it was because I changed the brand of cocoa powder I used. Have you changed any ingredients in your recipe recently? Hope that helps

Hi
Thanks no I still use the same cases and the same cocoa powder maybe I will try a different one its so annoying when you have stood and baked ans this happens and you have to start over

awesome2_2

julie03 wrote: »

awesome 2 , on my cake forum this seems to happening alot to people, and i don't think it is the weather, as this started happening to me this year in the winter.
No one seems to know why it is happening unfortunately.

Hi Julie
Where is your cake forum could you post a link will have a little look

julie03

It's on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/groups/allthingscakeandcakedecorating/

lisalovely

I hope it's okay to ask on this thread. I just admired all the cakes, so beautiful. I have what looks like a yummy carrot cake recipe which calls for 2 9 inch tins, I only have 2 8 inch tins. Would you happen to know what ratio I would need to scale down by? I might break my artistic brain doing linear thinking! Thank you so much if anyone can.

lisalovely

I have the answer! It's reduced by 20%

julie03

A few of my cakes this month, only one to go then having a month off

melvis

I love the Bookworm cake, Julie! x

ThemeOne

This idea may have been posted before, but it's very easy to make a decent cake using cake mix and any carbonated drink.

Simply add carbonated drink of choice to any cake mix and bake. Do not add eggs or any of the other stuff they say on the packet.

One small glass of carbonated drink should be added to two packs of basics supermarket cake mix (around 220g-230g each), then baked at 200C for around 30 minutes.

I tend to use either diet drinks (since the cake mix already includes sugar) or soda water. You can add other flavourings if you want, such as mixed spice, or vanilla essence.

This is a good cake to try for those who maybe always have problems baking, or just don't have the time, energy for anything more complicated.