Urgently need recipe for a 12" cake

Karma67

Hi all,

I've got into panic mode here!! Daughter's 4th birthday party on Saturday and i have promised to make the cake...she wants a butterfly cake, chocolate..so i went off and bought a 12" round cake tin to make it with, coloured royal icing and cake board....

Now all i need to find is a recipe for chocolate cake that will fill a 12"tin!!:eek:

Searched and searched....to no avail....:o so i'm hoping my tremendous fellow MSE-ers can help me with my dilema!!!!

Is there anyone out here that can pass on a recipe to me pleeeaassseeee!!!!!

lil_me

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070617223351AAQALhS

That one any good?

Scaling up guide for fruit cake, don't know if that will help http://www.deliaonline.com/cookery-school/scaling-up-cake-recipes,1002,AR.html

Another guide http://uktv.co.uk/food/thread/threadid/7156

blue-kat

I just double or even triple Delia's all-in-one sponge mix for quick b-day cakes, and huge traybakes to share with the class.
don't bother with the filling inthe recipe above.
similar easy recipe at BeRo,
I put 1/2 the cake mix in the bottom of the tin, then add some cocoa powder to rest of mix, and pour it on top - voila marble cake.

make a quick buttercream icing, mocha icing is very nice, - jsut add some cocoa and coffee granules diluted in a drizzle of warm water or milk.

The Bero milk choc cake always disappears very fast. I use milk rather than evap in the recipe, and make it in a bigger tin, Just upscale the recipe proportionally to fit you 12" tin.

good luck !

purpleivy

Don't forget to post a photo of this, sounds fab!

Karma67

Cake in oven as i type...i went with bero's milk chocolate recipe in the end...Thanks...i just doubled the quantities and have fingers x'd...I'll let u know how i get on!!!

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! :beer:

melie3

blue-kat wrote: »

I just double or even triple Delia's all-in-one sponge mix for quick b-day cakes, and huge traybakes to share with the class.
don't bother with the filling inthe recipe above.
similar easy recipe at BeRo,
I put 1/2 the cake mix in the bottom of the tin, then add some cocoa powder to rest of mix, and pour it on top - voila marble cake.

make a quick buttercream icing, mocha icing is very nice, - jsut add some cocoa and coffee granules diluted in a drizzle of warm water or milk.

The Bero milk choc cake always disappears very fast. I use milk rather than evap in the recipe, and make it in a bigger tin, Just upscale the recipe proportionally to fit you 12" tin.

good luck !

sorry for hijacking post, hope your cake cooked ok.
is it ok to scale up cakes then??
i need to make a novelty cake, it takes 4 pints of liquid. the first time i experimented was 1lb 3oz p/flour, 14 oz butter and sug, 7 eggs, 3 tspoons baking powder and vanilla. gas 4 for about 1.5 hrs . it tasted quite 'eggy' and doomed quite a bit in middle. did i have too much mix?? do you need to turn cakes, as mine was quite hard one side as the tin is different depths in places.

Karma67

Well after alot of blood sweat and tears..(not realy!!) Ive made it...
My 4yr old loves it, which is all that matters, but i dont think i will be winning any cake decorating competition just yet lol

Here are piccies...as threatened lol

Just out of oven!


Finished product!!

storm000

Karma67 wrote: »

Well after alot of blood sweat and tears..(not realy!!) Ive made it...
My 4yr old loves it, which is all that matters, but i dont think i will be winning any cake decorating competition just yet lol

Here are piccies...as threatened lol

Just out of oven!


Finished product!!

Gorgeous!!!! Well done.........

blue-kat

fantastic !
very well done !:beer:
looks fantastic, and delish too.
producing a spiffing birthday cake as well aall the birthday preps can feel rather pressured.

Karma67

Thank you both

blue-kat wrote: »

producing a spiffing birthday cake as well aall the birthday preps can feel rather pressured.

Tell me about it!!
I've been stressing about it all week...soooooooooo glad it's all over!

The kids had a lovely time, the bouncy castle went down a treat and got a few ooo's and aaahs over the bday cake (from mums too lol).

Thanks everyone for their help and suggestions