Cake cooked in a breadmaker

carly

Has anyone baked a cake in a Panasonic breadmaker?

Today I baked a coffee and pecan cake following the recipe in the Panasonic 2500 breadmaker manual. The resulting cake was a disappointment.
Firstly it took an extra 40 mins to cook on top of their suggested 1 hour baking time and more worryingly on removing the cake from the liner I found that there was at least 4 tablespoons of molten fat in the bottom of the bread pan.

This is the first time that I have attempted a cake in the breadmaker...... I thought it would be more economical than putting on the main oven just for one cake.
I followed the recipe exactly and lined the bread pan with a non stick liner bought from Lakeland specifically designed for this purpose.
was I just unlucky? or did I do something wrong? Maybe the recipe is at fault?
Just to add that the breadmaker works fine in it's breadmaking capacity

sonastin

I've tried a banana cake which was a bit of an icky mess but I put in more banana than I should have done so blamed myself. It did take a heck of a lot longer to show signs of being cooked butI put that down to being too sloppy with the extra banana.

I also tried the ginger & apple cake (I think, can't quite remember). It was OK but a bit bread-y according to OH. More dense than the cakes I've baked in the oven and not as nice.

I used the breadmaker when I first got it. At the time I didn't have a proper oven and I was using the microwave combi setting as a basic oven function. The breadmaker cakes seemed like a way to do some homebaking until I got my oven back but the cakes were something that was "got through" rather than enjoyed so I went back to shop bought until I could use a proper oven. Now I figure that the power used in putting the oven on for one cake costs less than the ingredients if we don't like the breadmaker cake so I don't bother experimenting any more.

My first two attempts might just have been unlucky - first one was certainly my fault - but I don't see the point in risking it now. Its not like the BM cooks it for free anyway!

Bossyboots

I have had the same problem. The cake doesn't rise and is very dense. I tried the banana cake following the recipe faithfully as well as the ginger and apple, but both although edible are not what I expect from cakes. Have gone back to the oven now, but very disappointed. The bread though is excellent.

My son has had the same issues and he has a different breadmaker

tanith

My other half cooks a wicked Madeira cake in our breadmaker with no problems..

carly

tanith wrote: »

My other half cooks a wicked Madeira cake in our breadmaker with no problems..

Any idea which recipe he/she uses , please?

tanith

Actually its a Wrights Madeira cake mix I think he bought it from Aldi you just add oil and water bung it all in the breadmaker and Voila!! great Madeira... they also do Carrot cake and Choclolate cake, not the same as a recipe but I guarantee a fab cake..