How do I bake a cake in my breadmaker?

madhouse

I line mine with baking paper and a little butter. Also at a guess I would substitute 2oz of flour for cocoa powder but as I say I haven't tried it yet.

I also don't have a loaf tin and find the breadmaker convienient. Also I think it uses less power to work a breadmaker than have the oven on if your not baking anything else at the time.

meanmarie

I have never really got on well with my breadmaker...just use it to make dough sometimes when I am busy...took my stupid pills this am so can I ask if you leave out the mixing paddle when making this cake....sometimes fancy just making a cake but am reluctant to turn on big oven to do so, so would be one use for the BM!

TIA

marie

madhouse

Yes I take out the paddle first.

thriftlady_2

picklepick wrote: »

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

Fair enough, but a cake is a cake and can be made in any shape tin. For this amount of cake mixture an 8 inch (20cm) diameter tin will be fine.

For a chocolate cake add 2 tbsp of cocoa mixed with 3 tbsp of boiling water to the batter.

julietiff

I have long lost my booklet for this and google won't
come up with anything

bushie_2

Hi,

I've got my recipe book here if you let me know what you're atfer, yes its the HB154.
Sorry only just seen your post but if you let me know what you're after will post for you but briefly there is:
Banana and Pecan
Semi-Rich Fruit Cake
Choc Fudge
Gingerbread
Cherry

Or if you pm me can ask to borrow parents scanner and see if they will scan the whole book and email it to you?

julietiff

Thankyou:D the chocolate one and also ginger cake please
will do :T

bushie_2

Choc Fudge

100g Plain Chocolate
300ml Milk
100g Light Soft Brown Sugar
2 Medium Eggs, Separated
225g Plain Flour
1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

ICING
25g Butter
1-2 tbsp Milk
100g Icing Sugar
1 tbsp Cocoa Powder

1. Remove bread pan from bm
2. place kneading blade onto shaft in pan.
3. Place the Chocolate, 4 tbsp milk and the brown sugar into a saucepan.
4. Heat gently until melted. Stir in the rest of the milk and pour into bread pan.
5. Add the butter, sugar, egg yolks, flour and bicarbonate of soda.
6. Whisk egg whites until stiff and add to bread pan.
7. Insert pan into bm.
8. Select PROGRAMME 8 - CAKES.
9. Press Start
10. After 5 mins, open the lid, then using a wooden spatula scrape down the sides of the bread pan to eliminate flour pockets in the corners when baked.
11. Close lid.
12. At end of cycle remove bread pan using oven mitt.
13. Turn onto cooling rack. When cool cut cake in half.
14. To make icing heat butter and 1tbsp milk in pan until melted.
15. Sift icing sugar and cocoa together and add to saucepan. Mix well.
16. Sandwich cake together with half the icing and spread the remainder on top.

bushie_2

And Ginger Bread:

4 tbsp Milk
2 tbsp Black Treacle
2 Medium eggs, beaten
50g Dark Soft Brown Sugar
50g Butter
225g Golden Syrup
1tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
2tsp Ground Mixed Spice
4tsp Ground Ginger
350g Plain Flour

1. Remove pan from bm.
2. Place kneading blade into pan.
3. Place milk, treacle and eggs into pan.
4. Place sugar, butter and syrup into a saucepan and heat gently until melted. Pour into bread pan.
5. Sift the bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice, ginger and flour together and add to bread pan.
6. insert pan into bm.
7. Select PROGRAMME 8 - CAKES.
8. Start
9. After 5 mins, open lid and using a spatula scrape down the sides of the pan to eliminate flour pockets in the corners when baked.
10. Close lid.
11. At end of cycle remove the bread pan.


Hope these help, if you need anything else just give me a shout. :T

Penelope_Penguin

julietiff wrote: »

I have long lost my booklet for this and google won't
come up with anything

No idea - I bake cakes in the oven As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing thread to give you more recipes.