cake in a jar + update

knithappens

i just ordered some. Cant wait for them to get here so i can start baking!!

morganlefay

I can still find Kilner and other preserving jars in "proper" hardware stores round here (Bucks) but supermarkets tend not to stock them. Trouble is, not many old fashioned hardware shops left. The French still do masses of preserving in jars (those Le Parfait ones are French) if you were near enough to the coast to be able to do a day trip to France you could fill your car with them very cheaply from any supermarket - especially in the autumn when a bottling frenzy seems to break out. Not sure how helpful that is really, but there might be someone here who lives in Dover, you never know !!!

kscour

mcbiddy wrote:

well looking on google didn't help, but ebay might have:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LE-PARFAIT-BRASS-GLASS-JARS-JAM-PRESERVES-750g_W0QQitemZ170079596902QQihZ007QQcategoryZ83QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemhope this helps

And they sell "proper" pie dishes as well:j Thank you!!!!!!!:D

knithappens

morganlefay wrote:

I can still find Kilner and other preserving jars in "proper" hardware stores round here (Bucks) but supermarkets tend not to stock them. Trouble is, not many old fashioned hardware shops left. The French still do masses of preserving in jars (those Le Parfait ones are French) if you were near enough to the coast to be able to do a day trip to France you could fill your car with them very cheaply from any supermarket - especially in the autumn when a bottling frenzy seems to break out. Not sure how helpful that is really, but there might be someone here who lives in Dover, you never know !!!

Not many hardware stores round here, but i am going out tomorrow on the look out.

mustafa_say_ving

mcbiddy wrote:

well looking on google didn't help, but ebay might have:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LE-PARFAIT-BRASS-GLASS-JARS-JAM-PRESERVES-750g_W0QQitemZ170079596902QQihZ007QQcategoryZ83QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemhope this helps

OO she has some lovely stuff doesn't she ..I'm pretty sure I bought my Le Parfait jars online from "the cooks kitchen"


Edit....I knew I'd seen these before on one of the other sites I use

http://organizedchristmas.com/article75.html

magnolia65

Just found this site

http://www.jbconline.co.uk/acatalog/370ml_-_.html

Don't know if the price is cheaper than what you have been looking for. Although you would have to buy 24 of them though.

MrsTinks

magnolia65 wrote:

Just found this site

http://www.jbconline.co.uk/acatalog/370ml_-_.html

Don't know if the price is cheaper than what you have been looking for. Although you would have to buy 24 of them though.

24 jars are over priced, ideally if people lived close by and could buy the 500 and split it 5 or 10 ways it would actually be pretty cheap

about £0.31 per jar if you buy 500 (inc VAT and delivery) but about £1+delivery per jar if you buy 24...
So... another 9 people who want 50 jars living close to Buckingham/Bicester/Oxford? LOL!!

knithappens

well i finally made them, and they came out perfect, the la parfait jars off Ebay were perfect. HE is gonna love them, plus my idea now is to make these as cheep Christmas gifts. I did 3 yesterday 2 banana and sultana bread, and one milk chocolate cake, and put in a pre packaged Chocolate fudge topping.

Fizog

Fascinated what's cake in a jar please?

otterspasm

A CAKE? IN A JAR? Please explain....my brain is hurting trying to work that out but it sounds great...
Thanks,
Tess