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Cheap Cake Recipes?

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  • juliejay
    juliejay Posts: 70 Forumite
    I would go with the usual sponge mix:

    Weigh two eggs. Add the same weight of sugar, butter/ Marg and SR flour. Add a pinch of salt and a splash of vanilla (if you have it). Divide into twelve paper cases. Bake at 180 degrees for about 10 mins until they are just starting to brown.

    This will make a dozen cupcakes (fairy cakes in the olden days). Then decorate to your hearts content.

    Butter cream with sprinkles, grated chocolate, chopped up crunchy etc.

    Cut the tops off and fill with jam and whipped cream or lemon cheese and dust (technical term here to impress)with icing sugar.

    Cover with milk and white chocolate buttons as soon as they come out of
    the oven and swirl about artfully when melted.

    Replace two dessertspoons of flour with cocoa powder for the chocolate version or add chocolate chips to the mix.

    Off to the kitchen to make some myself now.
  • Rebelle
    Rebelle Posts: 84 Forumite
    Fridge cakes are very easy and very yummy, and great for using up odds and sods in your cupboards or depending on the ingreds you choose can be as cheap or as indulgent as you like - think American-style Rocky Road: melted choc mixed with nuts, marshmallows, raisins, crumbled biscuits, rice crispies/cornflakes etc then spread onto a tray, cover with clingfilm and leave in the fridge to set until firm... gorgeous!!

    I usually just make it up as I go along but there are loads of variations if you Google for a recipe - I've tried this Nigella one for Sweet & Salty Nut Crunch bars (aka choc, salted peanut and honeycomb fridge cake) and it was divine.

    I love brownies too for a cheap and easy bake - mix 3oz flour with 8oz sugar and a generous tbsp of cocoa powder, then add 4oz melted butter (or to cut costs, 100ml sunflower oil - can be used in muffins too instead of butter/marg) and 3 beaten eggs, mix until combined, pour into a lined/greased tin and bake for 20 mins or so at about 180 til a knife just comes out clean. You can also add choc chunks, chopped nuts or peanut butter to these - or make them into my fave - white choc & raspberry blondies, just sub the cocoa with an extra oz of flour and add white choc chips and raspberries - Frozen are much cheaper than fresh & great for baking, on 3 punnets for £5 @ Tesco at the mo.

    Hope whatever your daughter bakes turns out well OP, let us know how she gets on! :)
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    Lots of cheap, easy and bullet proof recipes here... http://www.be-ro.com/f_insp.htm

    And quite a number in The Complete Cooking Collection listed under biscuits / cakes and so on.


    Have fun :)
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  • grumswifie
    grumswifie Posts: 152 Forumite
    Hi there

    I make a really easy tea loaf which is very simple to make.

    1 cup of black tea
    1 cup of currants
    1 cup of sugar
    2 coups of self raising flour

    Soak the currants in the tea for a couple of hours and mix in remaining ingredients. Put into a lined 2lb tin and bake for about an hour at 160c. Serve in thick slices slathered in butter.
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  • Flibsey
    Flibsey Posts: 579 Forumite
    4 oz sugar
    4 oz fat
    4 oz SR flour
    2 eggs

    beat sugar and fat together (oil, marge r butter doesn't matter so long as it weights 4 oz), add eggs one at a time with a little flour, beat, add rest of flour, beat, pour into greased tin and bake in 180 degree oven until risen and golden and springing back when touched lightly on top.
  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,364 Forumite
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    ive merged this with our cheap cake recipes thread :)

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  • kingkano
    kingkano Posts: 1,977 Forumite
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    grumswifie wrote: »
    Hi there

    My tea loaf receipe, cheap, easy and tasty

    1 cup currants
    1 cup of tea, fresh made soak currants until cold
    2 cups self raising flour
    1 cup caster sugar

    Mix well pour into lined 2lb tin 180c for 50 mins. Serve in thick slices buttered. Delish

    Ok confession : I wasnt expecting much from this - I thought no fat, no eggs??

    But it was amazing! I used cranberries instead of currants (wife doesnt like currants) - and we can't stop eating it :rotfl:

    So another thank you for this recipe :T
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    Hmm... I've got a tin of black cherries in syrup I've been wondering what to do with... I wonder.... :)
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  • sproggi
    sproggi Posts: 1,560 Forumite
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    I was wondering the same but with glace cherries as DS2 does not like any dried fruits, think I will give it a try later.
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  • IronMaidenFan
    IronMaidenFan Posts: 303 Forumite
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    grumswifie wrote: »
    Hi there

    I make a really easy tea loaf which is very simple to make.

    1 cup of black tea
    1 cup of currants
    1 cup of sugar
    2 coups of self raising flour

    Soak the currants in the tea for a couple of hours and mix in remaining ingredients. Put into a lined 2lb tin and bake for about an hour at 160c. Serve in thick slices slathered in butter.

    Thank you for this recipe :T I baked one earlier today and it is gorgeous, so moist! I used about 2 teaspoons of mixed spice in the mixture as well.

    Got another on the go so we can take a slice with our lunches next week :D

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