Quick query about making my own Christmas Cake

shopndrop · 16 October 2011 at 8:48AM

I am about to make a Christmas cake today but just realised that the recipe states 9" round tin which I don't have. I have a 6" or 8" round or a square tin that I can adjust to any size up to 12" square.

I have got the ingredients all mixed now, so can't alter the quantities - does anyone know what size square tin I should use instead please?

Should I still bake it for the same tin as well?

Melody_Lee · 16 October 2011 at 8:57AM

Hi,

There's a conversion guide on BBC Good Food website. I think you'll be okay with 8" square tin. Check the website to be sure though!

shopndrop · 16 October 2011 at 9:09AM

Thanks for that. What a useful guide. It is 8" square.

Melody_Lee · 16 October 2011 at 9:24AM

Glad to help!

zippychick · 16 October 2011 at 8:02PM

ive merged this with our christmas cake thread

this thread may also help

Zip

donny-gal · 21 December 2011 at 5:19PM

Making this my old Kenwood Chef has just given in the ghost, and he K Beater has broken, smash my glass bowl, does anyone know the weight of the sugar, so I can start again, it only had butter and sugar in so have everything else.
Thanks DG

moments_of_sanity · 21 December 2011 at 5:38PM

Hi, my leaflet says the dark brown sugar is 210grams.

(Preloved is a great place to buy spare parts for your Kenwood, I have a really old one 1970's type and recently got the dough hook for about £10)

Florenceem · 24 December 2011 at 6:25PM

Hubby was in town yesterday when the market was getting ready to pack up. A stallholder was giving away free Christmas cupcakes - she gave one to hubby - fruit/marzipan/iced and decorated. They had some left and didn't want to throw them - also good publicity for their cakes. Hubby chatted with the stallholder as they walked back to her stall - she then gave him a boxed Christmas cupcake to bring home for me. We will only each eat half of one of these big cupcakes at a time so we are sorted for Christmas cake - two days.