Mary Berry Christmas Cake Mix - Tesco's - NOW £2!!

jammy_dodger

poundsinbucks wrote: »

Went to a larger Tescos a bit further away and had to do a double take when walking past the Mary Berry Christmas Cake bags. On the same stand but on a lower shelf were MB Cupcake Mixes! At first glance they look just like the cake bags, but then you notice the picture of the cupcakes. So easily overlooked I thought. But good value at £2.50 so got 2. Should keep me and DD busy during Christmas hols .

Poundsinbucks x

are the cup cakes £2.50 i saw them this morning but just pu
picked up the large fruit cake as i thought they w ere a fiver too ??


Ooops I see it now on first page they are £2.50may have toop back later and see if there are any whoopsies about

moments_of_sanity

Picasso7 wrote: »

Chelle33, thanks for your reply to this one. MomentsOfSanity, would you let us know what happens to the paint on the tin after it has been in the oven for four hours? Thank you.

Hi, the tin looks just as good as it did when I put it in the oven. It worked perfectly so will be hanging on the tin to use again :j

chelle333

moments_of_sanity wrote: »

Hi, the tin looks just as good as it did when I put it in the oven. It worked perfectly so will be hanging on the tin to use again :j

Glad it was ok told you my gran have always used them, when i asked her when i was younger, about buying normally tins shesaid why waste money on them when the Biscuit/choc tins work perfectly

Picasso7

Thanks so much for the info re the tin! It is such a good idea. Am now going to rummage around to see what tins I have around. I love tins but tend to be very fierce with myself before I keep them, asking myself where I intend to put them! For the kitchen I tend to be a plastic box woman. Took some stuff to a friend in a plastic box the other day and she almost fell through the floor as it was a Kraft margarine thing which has been with me for over twenty years!! But, sadly, they won't double as cake tins...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

(Maybe I'll buy an interestingly shaped cake tin from Mr T for £3.99 and, purely out of a sense of duty, eat the Quality Street chocs inside in order to empty the tin?!)

moments_of_sanity

Picasso7 wrote: »

Thanks so much for the info re the tin! It is such a good idea. Am now going to rummage around to see what tins I have around. I love tins but tend to be very fierce with myself before I keep them, asking myself where I intend to put them! For the kitchen I tend to be a plastic box woman. Took some stuff to a friend in a plastic box the other day and she almost fell through the floor as it was a Kraft margarine thing which has been with me for over twenty years!! But, sadly, they won't double as cake tins...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

(Maybe I'll buy an interestingly shaped cake tin from Mr T for £3.99 and, purely out of a sense of duty, eat the Quality Street chocs inside in order to empty the tin?!)

:rotfl::rotfl: I too was considering using a Quality Street tin, like you thought the shape would be 'unusual'! :rotfl:

moments_of_sanity

chelle333 wrote: »

Glad it was ok told you my gran have always used them, when i asked her when i was younger, about buying normally tins shesaid why waste money on them when the Biscuit/choc tins work perfectly

Thank you for letting me know about your Gran using them, the tin worked perfectly and has doubled as the storage tin for it before I ice it, all I have done it wipe it around (to remove all the butter that I smeared around it before laying in the double greaseproof paper), put some new greaseproof paper in overlaping the edge of the tin and put the lid on!

Julzed

valk_scot wrote: »

These are a great offer...I bought three bags of cake mix, made 15 mini cakes using pineapple ring tins (I collect these to make tea light holders for the garden), marzipanned and iced them, chucked some cheapo red paper ribbon round them and some £££ shop Christmas cake decorations that I bought for 10p last year. Bingo...nothing more to do for the school Christmas Fair on Saturday. And though they cost £15+ to make I can easily spend that on marshmallows and chocolate and such with less impressive results and a lot more faff.

hi - could you tell me how long you have to cook the cakes for when you divide them into four or five small tins please - I assume its not 4 hours!! cheers:beer:

bensonsmum

pollsdolls wrote: »

Here is a pic. I have put them next to the Christmas cake mix, so you can see the similarity. I found mine on the same stand that the christmas cakes had been on.

Very easy to miss as there is not a great deal of difference at first glance but the bag is smaller. HTH.

Thanks for the picture - i have been looking for a box????

Bev_B

Julzed wrote: »

hi - could you tell me how long you have to cook the cakes for when you divide them into four or five small tins please - I assume its not 4 hours!! cheers:beer:

I'm hoping to get my mix today and intend making a small cake and some mini (muffin sized) cakes, I've checked the back of a Betty Crocker mix and the times are 27-33 mins for a rectangular tin and only 8-12 mins if making fairy cakes so I'll be checking mine after 30 mins then every 15 mins after that.

chelle333

Mines in :j