Reactions to home baked cakes

Queenie

Trow wrote:

Queenie - at least tell us who is now the proud owner of a PM with the secret recipe!

:dance: Congratulations to ....


...... Snowy Owl :beer:


Well done Snowy :T she guessed the main one of the two *secret* ingredients.

spendaholic

Congratulations, SnowyOwl, but ...

SnowyOwl wrote:

Pickled onions, pickled gherkin, parsnips, thyme, black pepper, pickled egg, curry powder....???

Talk about hedging your bets!

gravitytolls

Try nuking them, cakes rise quickly in the mike, and they cook evenly too.

I prefer mine done in the oven, but actually the mike produces amazing results.

A basic cake recipe of fairly even ingredients:

6 oz flour, butter, sugar
2/3 eggs

any additives i.e nuts, cocoa, vanilla etc

Whizz it all up,
stick it in a greased micro dish of about 8inches (I guess, as I'm a bit thick with measurements), with a bit of parchment at the bottom, though you probably won't need it.
Shove it in for around 4 mins, for most mikes, and bob's your uncle.

Have a gentle feel with your fingertips, if it's 'springy', and doesn't feel 'wobbly' underneath, it's done. If it isn't another 30-60secs should do.

Honestly, anyone can do it, give it a hwirl.

gravitytolls

Queenie wrote:

:rotfl: :rotfl: Have to confess, I'm rather partial to a bit of cheese with me fruit cake ... my mother was a Yorkie :rotfl: Ooooh, yes and left over christmas pud lightly fried in a bit of butter :drool:

Enjoy your progs

:shhh: You'll have to try harder, you've not cracked it yet


MMMM, me too, I first tried it after reading James Herriot's stories. He was working on Xmas morn, and teh farmer's wife gave him a slice of Xmas cake, a wedge of Wensleydale:drool: and a dram of scotch.

I don't go much on the scotch, but the cheesey cake is Heavenly.