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mrbadexample's birthday: cake challenge thread.

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  • Oooh what are they? They look gooood :D

    With thanks to elly2:

    white choc layer
    2oz butter
    1 tbl sp golden syrup
    5 1/2 oz white choc
    1 3/4 oz rice crispies

    plain/ milk choc layer
    2 oz butter
    2 tbl sp golden syrup
    4 1/2 oz choc
    2 3/4 oz rice crispies

    method
    grease a 8 inch square cake tin and line with baking paper
    to make white layer
    melt the white choc, butter and g/s over a pan of simmering water, remove from heat when all melted then add cereal, press into prepared tin and smooth the surface
    do the same for the plain choc layer
    chill in the fridge until hardened
    lift out of tin and using a sharp knife cut into pieces
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  • Rikki wrote: »
    There you go. :D
    Thanks Rikki - what a star ! I'm sure I'll get the hang of it when I devote some time to it, but till then, I Stand in Awe !

    Polenta is an Italian [SIZE=-1]cereal, it's the name for the ingredient itself - coarsely ground yellow cornmeal and also for the most common use for it, when it is cooked with stock or water and flavored with onions, garlic, and cheese. Polenta may be eaten fresh out of the pot, as a perfect accompaniment to stews. You can also pour it into a greased pan and allow it to set. It is then sliced, sautéed, and topped with cheese or tomato sauce. Cheap and filling, (I pay 49p for 500 grams at my corner shop, enough to feed 6 hungry people), we had a craze for it in this house a few years back. But my daughter is wheat intolerant:rolleyes: and she gave me this recipe, which uses polenta instead of wheat, and I love its slightly gritty texture.[/SIZE]
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  • Rikki
    Rikki Posts: 21,625 Forumite
    Nobody else cooking a cake this weekend? :confused:
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  • pandas66
    pandas66 Posts: 18,811 Forumite
    *brushes away crumbs*


    *hides half a cake*


    I've made one. The boys ate quite a bit. I did take a pic and sent it to a friend. She has gone out to the pub. I will have to make a 2nd tomorrow. Cooling cake is a smell not often whiffed here.
    Panda xx

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    missing kipper No 2.....:cool:
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    pandas66 wrote: »
    *brushes away crumbs*


    *hides half a cake*


    I've made one. The boys ate quite a bit. I did take a pic and sent it to a friend. She has gone out to the pub. I will have to make a 2nd tomorrow. Cooling cake is a smell not often whiffed here.

    Panda! :eek:

    You're meant to put the pic on here and send the cake to your friend! You've got it all wrong, haven't you? :naughty:
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  • pandas66
    pandas66 Posts: 18,811 Forumite
    I have a pic on my phone



    I have crumbs on my top!



    *it was nice*
    Panda xx

    :Tg :jo:Dn ;)e:Dn;)o:jw :T :eek:

    missing kipper No 2.....:cool:
  • Rikki
    Rikki Posts: 21,625 Forumite
    I've eaten my two muffins and I think there sitting on my hips now. :eek:

    *cries into empty cake tin.* :cry:
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  • pandas66
    pandas66 Posts: 18,811 Forumite
    Rikki wrote: »
    I've eaten my two muffins and I think there sitting on my hips now. :eek:

    *cries into empty cake tin.* :cry:
    :D:D :rotfl:

    *lowers the tone*

    muffins on your hips! :eek:
    Panda xx

    :Tg :jo:Dn ;)e:Dn;)o:jw :T :eek:

    missing kipper No 2.....:cool:
  • Quackers
    Quackers Posts: 10,157 Forumite
    MY daughter has made a cake today.

    She bakes often but today was her very first ttempt at a proper decorated birthday cake & I think its a fab first attempt considering she is just 13.

    She made the whole thing from scratch - including the marzipan & stuff :o

    I'll go take a pic and post back in a min :)
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  • Punky
    Punky Posts: 450 Forumite
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    Wonderful thread MBE. I hope you had a great birthday. Great cakes so far guys.

    I'm now inspired to bake a cake this week. Often do refrigerator cake or flapjacks for pre-school committee meetings and neighbours. Might do yoghurt cake or banana bread for the pre-school teachers. And if I'm feeling really confident might even try a sponge cake :eek: or maybe not. I'll let you know...
    Punky x
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