Family of 5 'shop from home'food storage challenge...

rosieben

Jen, keeping fingers crossed that your OH does get paid, and finds a more secure job very soon.

JCR, let us know what idea you come up with for getting jam into the doughnuts - I'm trying to work out how to do it. When I used to deep fry them I used to put the jam in the dough and then gently wrap the dough around it but there has to be an easier way?

Waiting to hear how your 4-in-1 tests out too, great bargain!

jcr16

ooohhh now there any idea . put jam in and wrap around. i wonder ????

if i can't think of anything they shall be jam less jammy iced fingers.

D&DD

Mum *aka dinner lady* says they used to make a hole with a teaspoon/wooden spoon handle and beat the jam til runny then spoon it in...my tubey thing got filled with playdoh last night...still trying to get it out..:rotfl:

cheerfulness4

I was just thinking about these iced buns and it reminded me of a bun my mum used to buy me years ago. I'm sure they were called Devonshire splits. They were like a soft bread roll that were cut across the top and filled with 'toy' cream and a blob of jam. They were gorgeous.
Anyone know what I mean and, more importantly, how to make that type of synthetic cream?

Yategirl

DD&D - thanks for the pastry recipe... will have a hunt for xantham gum when I next go shopping

Another query though... the icing set you have with that ever so scary jam syringe tool..:eek: where did you get it from? I'm really keen to make some jammy iced buns. specially as DH and DS's have been complaining that I am not baking at the mo (I am on a diet and if I bake I eat the goodies :rolleyes: think they would be supportive and join me on the diet wouldn't you?! )

Jenagain - hope DH's wage gets paid and he gets a new job sorted.

jcr16

thats a good idea with spoon to make hole for jam.

i am wondering if i removed some jam from the jam jar and put in a small bowl. i could maybe put the bowl into warm water and slightly melt the jam. as i only have value jam in and that quite firm.


will report back when i'm done.

D&DD

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Metaltx-252440-Syringe-Icing-Set/dp/B000TAT46C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1195825039&sr=1-3

11p is a bit steep :rotfl:
Mine is slightly different it has rings to show one doughnutsworth on it..
My 'Proper' icing set I use all the time is a 1950's one by nutbrown..I love it! My dad brought one home from his national service for my mum so I grew up using it,searched for one of my own for years until finally got one from good old ebay I won a cookie set on there last week too (nutbrown again) they'll last me til I'm 90..

lil_me

Jenagain fingers crossed for your partner and you, must be very worrying for you both. Well they say in one hand out the other, cheque arrives for £180 we were owed, bills for £210 come at the same time, argh, annoying!

Boys off school so no baking for them until better, have still cooked that mince which I just decided to make a giant bolognese sauce (freeze into portions to use to make things) and a massive chilli, weather changing (snow this morning!) made me want chilli. It's a bit hot so going to try the chocolate trick, hope it works, 6.5 litre slow cooker full of it to cool off. All I needed to get was some mushrooms for the bolognese as had the rest, I am now out of chopped tomatoes and passata, eeeekk I don't like running out of things completely! I've bulked both out with breadcrumbs to thicken it and some carrots I found which needed using very finely chopped with the genie thing, which is a bit useless tbh for that but it worked.

jcr16

ooohhh thanks for that ddd , i've just bought one from amazon. with all there gadgets u keep mentioning ( not that ur making me buy them i do realise) but i'm gonna need a bigger house. of kitchen at least. lol

not yet added jam to my iced buns as they not been out oven long. had a knock a door , just before i needed to get them out and there a bit darker than would of liked. so lots of icing needed i think. lol.

jcr16

ok i made my jammy iced bun's.

i have filled them but after staring at the jar of jam i just could see a mess being made.

so guess what i filled them with. ambrosia custard. i found a syringe that i was given when i has given some medicine for my daughter and has never used it. i made a hole in bun with a chop stick then wiggled it inside to make a pit inside. then i sucked the custard up with the syringe and injected it in. each iced bun took about 4 or 5 loads of custard.

and i then poured loads of icing on the top.

they look gorgous.hope hubby will like them when he gets home.

i've very chuffed with my custard filled iced finger buns.