Home-made cakes thread 2

zcrat41

Fab thanks. Cake is in the oven now and smelling lovely. If that's an easy one though, you guys must be wizards!

Golden_Anemone

I've made a 23cm square Christmas cake and want to cut it into smaller cakes and ice separately to give away as presents.

How would you think it best to cut it? 4 quarters? 3 long cake bars or maybe even 9 individual 7cm square cakes?

Thanks. :-)

I used Delia's recipe [had to multiply everything by 1.6 to get the quantity right for my tin] but it turned out perfect so I'm recommending it.

mandragora_2

Inspired by Angela, post 681, I made a spider cake for my 3yr old grandson. Nowhere near as professional as the earlier one, but he thought it was cool, anyway!:o

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AnnieH

Golden_Anemone wrote: »

I've made a 23cm square Christmas cake and want to cut it into smaller cakes and ice separately to give away as presents.

How would you think it best to cut it? 4 quarters? 3 long cake bars or maybe even 9 individual 7cm square cakes?

Thanks. :-)

I used Delia's recipe [had to multiply everything by 1.6 to get the quantity right for my tin] but it turned out perfect so I'm recommending it.

I'd do the individual ones.

Angela

mandragora wrote: »

Inspired by Angela, post 681, I made a spider cake for my 3yr old grandson. Nowhere near as professional as the earlier one, but he thought it was cool, anyway!:o

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Glad you took inspiration from my cake.
Looks good, bet he loved it

Angela

Golden_Anemone wrote: »

I've made a 23cm square Christmas cake and want to cut it into smaller cakes and ice separately to give away as presents.

How would you think it best to cut it? 4 quarters? 3 long cake bars or maybe even 9 individual 7cm square cakes?

Thanks. :-)

I used Delia's recipe [had to multiply everything by 1.6 to get the quantity right for my tin] but it turned out perfect so I'm recommending it.

I am doing this and using that recipe too, its my favourite for xmas cakes, I am cutting mine into 9 squares.

zcrat41

Don't chuckle but this is the result of my first ever birthday cake! It tastes yummy but think I might need a bit of practice on the old decorating front!!!

Thank you for your help with my questions

Zc

zcrat41

Thought some of you might like a giggle. This is my first every attempt at a birthday cake - it tastes nicer that it looked!!

Thank you for all your help in answering my questions as I went along. I'd love to get a bit better at this!

AnnieH

zcrat41 wrote: »

Don't chuckle but this is the result of my first ever birthday cake! It tastes yummy but think I might need a bit of practice on the old decorating front!!!

Thank you for your help with my questions

Zc

That's fab! It looks a heck of a lot better than my first attempt at baking

blondy24

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