The DFW baking and sweet treats club

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I just discovered that you can buy popping candy that is coated in cocoa butter......which stops it melting into your cake mixture! Whoop!

stewby

stoplurking wrote: »

Stewby, I'm not stalking you, honestly, but you keep on amazing me with your new found money saving ways. If there is an award for Best New Moneysaver you are a dead cert to get it.

I am so sorry that I never saw this before. I wasn't ignoring you I promise.
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You have completely made me blush, there are so many better people on here than me. I am just trying to learn all I can and people on here a lot of advice to give which I will gratefully take on board.


Erm... prior to my LBM, I decided to get a slow cooker for xmas from my brother and his family. It is this one below... so very small and not really batch-cooking friendly. Any advice on recipes and things?? Would I need to half the normal recipes so that it will fit in the bowl?? Could I freeze the ingredients raw and then just add it all to the slow cooker to cook on the day we wanted it??

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Swan-1-5-Round-Slow-Cooker/dp/B002NV7DS6

oh yeah... this year for our fake xmas (happens on the 2nd January), I am planning on making a swiss roll splitting it into three (two smaller bits and a big bit) and attempting to make a cracker!!
I will post a picture if it isn't a complete disaster.


Hope everyone had a wonderful xmas.