Cakes in the bread machine

Baking_Mad

Hi, I'm looking for ideas to make cakes in my bread machine, ideally when you simply put all ingredients in and the machine does all the work.

Any recipes would be much appreciated.

SailorSam

What make of breadmaker have you got.
I have a Panny and at the back of the instruction manual are recipes for about half a dozen different cakes, you do them all on BAKE only.
Check your manual it may be the same.

chocolate_buttons_2

It only takes a few minutes to mix a cake.

My BM has recipes for cakes (Panny 253) but I have never used any of them, I prefer making by hand. You don't gain anything timewise I don't think. And the smell of just-cooked cakes in the house? Priceless. x

Baking_Mad

I've got quite an old machine that came from Aldi. I've checked the manual and there were no cake recipes in it. Not sure why cos the machine's got the cake function. I wanted a few recipes so I could start the bread machine and be able to go out, not having to worry about the cake burning, etc

JulieM

alionaear wrote: »

I've got quite an old machine that came from Aldi. I've checked the manual and there were no cake recipes in it. Not sure why cos the machine's got the cake function. I wanted a few recipes so I could start the bread machine and be able to go out, not having to worry about the cake burning, etc

I don't think the bread machine will do the whole mixing and baking process for you when it comes to baking cakes. You'll have to mix the cake ingredients in a bowl, then remove the paddle from the bread pan and line it with greaseproof paper before transferring the cake mixture into it. You then set the machine to 'bake'. On my machine (Panasonic) you can't set the timer on 'bake' so I don't think you could go out and leave the machine for long.

Baking_Mad

oh, that's a shame. thanks for explaining that anyway, guess I'm back to the old style oven baking.

poppyjoe

Hi

There was a recipe on here some months ago that was a chuck it all in the bread maker banana cake/loaf thing. I did try it a few times and it was lovely.

Here is the original thread.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/199668

Hope that helps!

PaddyPaws

I've got a Prima BM with a cake programme on it - works just fine for cakes (especially the banana bread recipe)

YORKSHIRELASS

I have got some cake recipes for mine, will dig them out for you if you want. To be honest I have not had much success with them, they dont rise the same as made in the oven and the texture is a bit strange!

What are fantastic made in the breadmaker are tea-cakes. These are a fairly healthy snack too as they dont have loads of fat and sugar in them. I make them for my son to have with some fruit or yoghurt for breakfast because he has never been very good at eating on a morning!

This in how I make them:
280ml warm milk
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp caster sugar
1 tsp salt
450g white bread flour
1 tsp dried yeast

I set the machine off on the dough setting then add 50g of currants and 50g of sultanas after about 20 minutes. When the machine is finished I take them out, shape them into 10 balls, flatten them slightly and allow to rise for about 30 minutes then bake at 200 degrees for 15 minutes.

Baking_Mad

Thank you very much all of you, I'll give banana loaf a go at the weekend. I've found quite a few recipes online today similar to the teacakes where the bm mixes the dough and then you have to take over and finish baking in the oven.

Also found the bm lemon drizzle cake on the cakebaker website (sorry can't post the link as new user)

Sounds delicious, so might try it as well.

madtrekker

I've used my panasonic 254 a few times to make tea-loaf type cakes when I had no oven but to be honest, I find it's easier to bung the mix in a loaf tin and chuck it in the oven than fiddle around lining the bread pan with greaseproof paper etc.