Something I Can Sell for a Pound a Slice?

sexymouse

I know everyone has suggested cakes on here, but how about a quiche, as if it's anything like my place of work was, a lot of people buy sandwiches, and this would save them having to go out, as long as you let them know in advance. It is fairly quick and easy to make, and homemade quiche is always nicer than shop-bought. You could even cheat and do what I do, and buy a savoury pastry case if you don't want to make the pastry yourself.

tiamai_d

Fool-proof easy-peasy cheese cake.

digestives and melted butter for the base.

for the cheese-y-bit...

2x200g tubs of cream cheese (must be full fat, the half fat stuff will collapse!)
1x300mls double cream (again, has to be full fat)
3-4oz Castor sugar (depends on how sweet you want it, add a bit, taste, add some more)
Wee slosh of Baileys if you wish!

Use an electric whisk and whisk it up till it sits in peaks. Layer it ontop of your biscuit base, leave to set in the fridge for a couple hours.

On top you can use pretty much anything you wish. Strawberries, or any berry is my fave, and you can make a syrup with a bit of water, some jam and some sugar, keep boiling it till it thickens, test some on a spoon, should go thick but not set.

I think I may just go and make one myself now, my mouth is watering!

kodokan

How about Millionaire's Shortbread, with the biscuit base/ gooey toffee middle/ chocolate topping - that should be worth £1 for a generous slice. Might not get too many repeat customers, though, it's a definite 'eyes are bigger than stomach' food...

kodokan

sophiesmum_2

At the sheltered housing where I work the oldies have regular fundraising coffee mornings. People like stuff that they can carry away without a mess.
Think LIl me suggested fudge/ cookies in bags tied with ribbon. These always go down well, also jars of marmalade with paper covers over lids. The ladies use the mamade tins to make these one tin and 4lb sugar makes around 6/7 jars and costs around £2.60 - they sell these for £1.25 each so worth doing and only takes 30 minutes to make.

If you have a costco their scones work out okay and also the big danish pastries - you could easily get £1 each for those. Think they are about £4 a dozen so £8 instant profit there and no work.

How many people do you have at work to sell to?
Football cards are another good fundraiser - 40 teams to sell for £1 each - winning team under a scratch off panel - £20 for winner £20 for funds -

you should have no trouble making your £200+ doing lots of little fundraisers.
Good Luck
sophiesmum

ps We have a big stock of the football cards in - PM me if you would like me to send you a couple as a freebie to get you started, we won't miss a couple:D

Raspberry_Swirl

when i've done the MS Society Cake bake i've made the following:

chocolate cake
apple and blueberry loaf
date and walnut loaf
carrot cake loaf
lemon drizzle loaf
double choc muffins
doughnut muffins

all sold a £1 donation each. this year i made £112 for the MS Society.

the cheapest cakes to make out of those were the lemon drizzle and chocolate cake, and these were the best sellers, along with the blueberry cake.

rumblytum

Hi there,

You've had lots of food suggestions, but I wondered whether you would also consider having a go at making some home made soaps and bath bombs. Obviously you would have to invest in the ingredients and moulds, though, so may not be worth it for your timescale.

HTH

rumbly x

Uniscots97

Hope the sale goes ok. If you want something different then here my recipe:

Vegan Chocolate indulgence cake:

Ingredients:-

125g soya margarine
300ml unsweetened soya milk (split into 250ml and 50ml quantities)
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
250g plain flour
50g cocoa
250g sugar

Toppings:-

Choose from Dairy-free chocolate, Vegan friendly cake covering (icing or frosting), chopped hazelnuts or walnuts or dried fruit......or any combination of them all!


Method:-


Pre-heat your oven to Gas Mark 4 (180 C). In a saucepan melt the soya margarine, syrup and 250ml soya milk. In the 50ml of soya milk measured out dissolve the bicarbonate. In a large bowl combine the flour, cocoa and sugar (sieve the flour to ensure no lumps). Fold in the melted mixture from the saucepan and finally add the bicarbonate/milk mixture. Fold in until all the ingredients are well mixed through.
Line a 20cm baking tin with baking paper or grease it with a little soya margarine. Pour the cake mixture into the tin and immediately place in the oven at Gas Mark 4 for 30 minutes. Once the cake has cooked for 30 minutes reduce the heat to 160 C for a further 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you have a fan-assisted oven reduce the oven temperatures by 20 C. Once cooked remove the cake from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool. Once cooled, the cake can be topped with dairy-free chocolate (this is lovely melted and drizzled over the cake) or any of the items I've mentioned.
If stored in an air tight container, this cake will keep for between 2-3 days.


If you are having trouble finding some of the ingredients try your local health food shop, I purchased all of mine from Holland and Barrett who have a very extensive range of vegan friendly products. I spent just under 6 pounds (GBP) on ingredients, so it didn't work out too much more than I would spend on ingredients for a non-vegan friendly cake.

KittyKate

I would do 1 sweet and 1 savoury - my OH would happily pay £1 for a slice of ham & egg pie (like pork pie but with a boiled egg in!) whereas I'd pay £1 for a treacle tart (£1.50 if with pecans! mm!!)

freyasmum

lil_me wrote: »

I would pay that for carrot cake, I just can't make it to save my life and love the stuff, it's always really expensive.

What about fudge ?

Hiya, I have a great recipe for carrot cake. I only made it for the first time last week and two cakes have gone (with requests for more)! The only problem is that it's not cheap to make so mightn't be exactly suited for the OP. I'm at my mum's and don't have the recipe with me, but I'll bring it tomorrow if your interested.

It's american carrot cake and doesn't have sultanas (or walnuts, 'cos I forgot, lol. It still came out lovely ) or anything in. It's divine! Both my mum and dad said it was the best they had ever tasted and my dad said it will never be bettered.

Lx

Edit: Sorry, never read the thread so I didn't know there had already been a recipe for the carrot cake