What have you baked today?

angela110660

Yesterday my DD made us Belgian buns - delish! and I made a banana and pecan loaf; dessert apples and frozen berries in a crumble (yum) and from my National Trust cookbook - a salmon and watercress flan - meant to be trout but could not find any! Very pleased with all results

VfM4meplse

angela110660 wrote: »

Yesterday my DD made us Belgian buns - delish!

The only thing better than a Belgian bun is a Chelsea bun

marmiterulesok

Brambling wrote: »

A nice and easy 'malt' loaf recipe

1 cup all bran
1 cup milk (not skimmed)
1 cup mixed dried fruit
1 cup sugar (I use a dark brown but any will work)
1 cup self raising flour

Mix the first 4 ingredients together (bran, milk, fruit & sugar) omitting the flour, cover and leave in the fridge overnight.

Add the flour and mix together, pour into a greased 2lb loaf tin and bake 190 (170 fan) for approx and hour.

When you say cup,do you mean the American cup measurement?I would love to try this recipe.

Brambling

marmiterulesok wrote: »

When you say cup,do you mean the American cup measurement?I would love to try this recipe.

As long as you use the same cup for all ingredients it shouldn't make a difference, I've just checked my measuring cups and it's 250ml in size. I ensure the dry ingredients are levelled with the top of the cup (just using my hand to smooth off acess) not heaped.

It's a forgiving recipe

marmiterulesok

Brambling wrote: »

As long as you use the same cup for all ingredients it shouldn't make a difference, I've just checked my measuring cups and it's 250ml in size. I ensure the dry ingredients are levelled with the top of the cup (just using my hand to smooth off acess) not heaped.

It's a forgiving recipe

Thank you!I've just realised that I'm not sure that I can buy All Bran here though.

Brambling

marmiterulesok wrote: »

Thank you!I've just realised that I'm not sure that I can buy All Bran here though.

If you're in the uk? Most supermarkets sell it, I would buy an own brand cheap one T*esco etc it's the bran that looks like match sticks

I'm lucky that in my town there's a little shop where they sell stuff like flour, cereal, sugar etc loose and you buy the amount you want to use

marmiterulesok

Brambling wrote: »

If you're in the uk? Most supermarkets sell it, I would buy an own brand cheap one T*esco etc it's the bran that looks like match sticks

I'm lucky that in my town there's a little shop where they sell stuff like flour, cereal, sugar etc loose and you buy the amount you want to use

I'm not in the UK, no.
I'll have a look tomorrow.

marmiterulesok

I'm making a ginger cake today.

DWhite

I’ve been away from the thread for a while as I just haven’t had time to bake because life gets in the way!
Today I have malt loaf in the oven. I finally managed to get some malt extract which is harder to get hold of than I feel it should be, around here at least. Having made the batter mix I couldn’t find my loaf tin anywhere! So I’ve improvised with a loaf tin liner and shored it up with some cups to stop it falling flat and going everywhere.
The recipe called for a lot of baking powder (3 tsp) and it resembled a honeycomb when going into the oven so I’m not sure how it will turn out.
Funny, I always had in my mind that male loaf would be more bread like but it’s definitely cake.
Fingers crossed it turns out okay, or I shall be experimenting some more and buying a new loaf tin

DWhite

I’ve just pulled a Yorkshire Parkin out of the oven. I made the mixture this afternoon but had to go out and didn’t have time to bake it. My house smells delicious now, gingery and nutmeggy. I’ve put it in a tin with foil and shall let it mature for a few days. I’ll serve it with a treacle toffee sauce to make it a proper treat.
It’s traditionally eaten on bonfire night so I shall have to make some more in preparation for that