How do I bake a cake in my breadmaker?

sharon_currie

Hi does anyone have a recipe for date and walnut loaf to bake in a breadmaker I have looked through the site and cant find a recipe for this I hope someone can help many thanks

zippychick

i cant find a specific thread. Have you looked for a similar recipe in your instruction book or on manuals online?

sharon_currie

Hi thanks for getting ack to me, The instruction book I got with the swan Breadmaker does not really have any good recipes ,It just really explains how to use the machine. I have found lots of recipes online but these are not for the breadmaker machine they are just for ovens

sharon_currie

Queenie wrote: »

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:

Hi I was wondering if I could have a copy of your recipe for Date and walnut loaf please for a breadmaker as I cant find one thats for rge breadmaker ... Many thanks