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Making a pink cake
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I found something called Trex, apparently I use 20% less than I would of butter. If the recipe asks for 4 eggs how many egg whites do I use?0
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Just a quick word of warning; if you use cochineal as your red food colouring, it is made of crushed insects. So if you want cake with a hint of bug, this is the red for you
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just make a normal sponge and add red colouring it works exactly the same without the faffing about x0
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Victoria Sponge.
Add Raspberries to colour.
Bake
Eat with chocolate and wobbleadeI hvae nt snept th lst fw mntes writg ths post fr yu t cme alng hre nd agre wth m!
Cheers! :beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:0 -
lovelylaura01 wrote: »just make a normal sponge and add red colouring it works exactly the same without the faffing about x
That is what I just did and it doesn't come out pink at all :S0 -
I'm not sure what went wrong, maybe it was your food colouring? What brand did you use?hemophobic wrote: »That is what I just did and it doesn't come out pink at all :S
That method has always worked for me0 -
I think it used to be, not sure it is any more. Mine says carmoisine (though googling that isn't too reassuring, think I might prefer the crushed beetles!).VeggieCatLady wrote: »Just a quick word of warning; if you use cochineal as your red food colouring, it is made of crushed insects. So if you want cake with a hint of bug, this is the red for youErmutigung wirkt immer besser als Verurteilung.
Encouragement always works better than judgement.0 -
http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/10/pink-lady-cake/
this cake is yummy - the pink comes from strawberries not a bottle so it tastes of summer rather than e124
:T thank you rach that looks lovely. I've never baked a cake using just egg whites before but have dozen eggs from yesterday & 2 punnets of rasps so might just have a go with those instead of strawberries.0 -
hemophobic wrote: »I found something called Trex, apparently I use 20% less than I would of butter. If the recipe asks for 4 eggs how many egg whites do I use?
http://www.getcracking.ca/sizesandsubstitutes.html
according to this, 1 large egg yolk = 1 tablespoon & 1 large egg white = 2 tablespoons. Therefore, 1 large egg would be 3 tablespoons.
So, 4 large eggs would be 4 x 3 tbsp liquid = 12 tbsp = 6 egg whites?0 -
Probably a silly question, but does the cake itself NEED to be pink or could you just ice it with pink icing? That might be easier?0
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