How do I bake a cake in my breadmaker?

blue-kat

I tried making choc cake in the BM, it was was dense, and dry, and looked ugly by the time I'd dragged the paddle out.oh and it took ages too. no liked it, and it ended up in the bin.

could have mixed and cooked an all in one sponge cake in quarter of the time

6 oz (175 g) self-raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 l eggs
6 oz (175 g) caster sugar
6 oz (175 g) butter, very soft at room temperature
½ teaspoon vanilla extract or enough cocoa till it looks nice choccy colour

or for smaller cake 4oz each and 2 eggs

mix all together, put in baking tin or fairy cake cases, works every time.

Queenie

I've made cakes in the BM (successfully). Why? Well, my kitchen is small and having the oven on in the summer would just be too much, so that is the time my BM and SC are really put into good use. I made some cakes in the BM to gift to people in the summertime too and it was a real lifesaver in terms of time and convenience.

Likewise you can buy cake mixes for BM's in the supermarkets and for those people who use convenience foods and aren't of the OS "bent", it can prove very useful. Some people may not have big ovens to cook with, but may well have a BM.

Tip: Use up butter wrappers to "line" the base of the pan, just poke a hole in the centre to go over the pokey-uppy bit that the paddle fits onto (spindle?). I mix mine before putting it into the BM because I find I get better results.

The recipes I used needed a bit of tweaky on cooking times so it's always important to check your cooking a bit before the recommended time and then in regular intervals afterwards because each brand of machine is *different* and just as position and room temp can affect baking bread in the BM, it can affect the results of cake making too. One of my cakes cooked a bit sooner than the recipe stated and yet another took what seemed like an age after the recommended time :rolleyes:

Maderia cake cooks particularly well in the BM, but fairy cakes don't. I've made a really lush date and walnut cake and a strawberry cake in the BM; gingerbread too.

As with most recipes/cooking methods, it really is about experimenting.

Do remember that cake "bricks" can still be used up in trifles or served reheated and blathered in custard "Waste not, want not!" :rotfl:

Cat72

I have cooked one of the ready make cake mixes in the breadmaker and it turned out fine. It was only 59p at Aldi ( they have olive bread mixes & others too suitable for breadmakers) and saved all the washing up from mixing bowls spoons etc.I just popped it in and it cooked it and I popped some icing on. I think if your not a constant cook sometimes the cake mixes are a good idea as it saves you buying all the spices etc in for more expensive cakes like gingerbread, carrot cake.

madhouse

Does anyone have a chocolate cake recipe for the Panasonic breadmaker please? I have found one for rich chocolate cake but it only cooked on the outside and was still raw in the middle. Any tried and tested one please?

rosieben

There's a chocolate cake in the Prima BM recipe book here
I think its about page 31; the book's downloadable and loads of great recipes.

I've made this choc cake in my old prima and its beautiful, I'm going to try it in my cookworks bm but the pan is bigger so might need to adjust the cooking time. I'll be watching this thread for any other recipes.

If your pan was bigger than the recipe stated then just allow extra cooking time - mine needed an extra 15 minutes in the prima anyway.

madhouse

Thank you. That was the one I tried but it didn't cook properly!! Maybe it was because it was a different make but it was really hard and crispy on the outside but raw in the middle.

rosieben

yes, mine was underdone so I just put it back on 'bake' for about 15 minutes. It was a little crusty on the outside so I just trimmed it a little .

Its the size of the pan that makes the difference I think. I've tried the prima madiera cake recipe which is lovely in the prima, but it cooked hard as a brick in the cookworks. the pan is almost double the size of the prima so I'm going to try adjusting quantities

madhouse

I have been loking for a chocolate cake recipe but without success so adapted another. This is a chocolate chip cake as I have run out of cocoa but cocoa can be substituted for some of the flour.

3oz caster sugar
6oz butter
3 eggs
8oz SR flour
5 tbsp milk
3oz chocolate chips (or to taste)

Line the bread pan. Whisk sugar and butter until creamy, whisk in eggs one at a time adding a smal amount of flour each tie to stop curdling. Fold in sieved flour, milk and chocolate chips. Bake mixture in breadmaker for 55 minutes (This is for Panasonic, unsure about others). I cut loaf into 6 slices and each slice in half making 12 portions. Enjoy!!:beer:

thriftlady_2

Sounds like a lovely cake mmm...choc chips but what's the point of baking it in a bread maker?

picklepick

dont wanna seem stupid but what are you lining the bread pan with? greaseproof paper or can i just grease it?
oh and how much flour should i substitute for cocoa?

re the breadmaker... i dont have a loaf tin so the breadmaker method is perfect for me!