(My) Cakes - Page 10

BigV · 03-20-2012, 11:20 AM

Wow.

I've no appetite now due to being sick, but these pictures still make my mouth water in anticipation. Bravo!!

wolf · 03-20-2012, 06:00 PM

I have a large, round cake carrier that has a strap that acts as a handle and secures the bottom to the top. I feel your pain on the drop, though.

For a shaped cake, you definitely want to both butter and flour your pan, let it cool 15 or 20 minutes after it comes out of the oven, then flip it over after poking around a bit with a knife to release the cake. Even with that I've still lost bits on the bottom, but hey, that's what frosting or drizzle is for.

The important question, though is, how did the lemon drizzle taste? If it tasted good it's not a total fail. It's important experience for the next time!

Sundae · 03-20-2012, 06:14 PM

I never thought of strapping it.
Good plan, Wolf-ma'am.
Just adding an old bungee cord (I don't know if that's the real name, but we have them around) will give me the security I need.

Well as I said, Mrs W liked it lots.
I'd add less liquid to the drizzle next time - I think I added too much icing sugar to offset it. That's what made it so sweet.

And yes, I'll be much more observant when preparing my shaped moulds in future.

The staff don't know it, but I'm using a packet mix this weekend.
It's in the cupboard from last month and I just add oil and an egg.
Next term it won't be a cake a week, fun though it's been. I know what I'm cooking for the May Fayre now, so I'll scale down again.

Still, packet mix cakes get eaten anyway.
And I have the most fun in decorating them.

Aliantha · 03-20-2012, 08:07 PM

don't forget what happened last time you used a packet mix and didn't come clean.

lol

Sundae · 03-21-2012, 04:12 AM

Oh crikey I forgot that!
Well this time I will admit if asked.
Lesson learned.

Lola Bunny · 03-21-2012, 12:20 PM

Sundae: Wonderful cakes! Pity I don't work at your school to try them all.

I have a question concerning your coffee and walnut cake. Is it a coffee cake or coffee flavored cake? If it's coffee flavored, can I please have the recipe? I like the idea and would love to try it. Thanks!

monster · 03-21-2012, 05:21 PM

Coffee cake means coffee flavored to a Brit. Imagine how disappointed I was the first time I had coffee cake here

I just make a regular sponge cake and add a few spoonfuls of extremely strong coffee. You can also just substitute a tablespoon of the flour for instant coffee powder in a basic cake recipe. Or you can get Sundae's recipe which is likely to be much yummier.

BigV · 03-21-2012, 05:24 PM

Hi Lola Bunny, long time no see. :waves:

Lola Bunny · 03-23-2012, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Hi Lola Bunny, long time no see. :waves:

Hi there, BigV!!!

How are you doing?

limey · 03-21-2012, 05:49 PM

So what is a coffee cake in America?

wolf · 03-21-2012, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

So what is a coffee cake in America?

Cinnamon swirly cake, usually with a crumb topping. At least in my neck of the woods. Different, of course from a coffee roll, which is more like a German schnecken, only covered in glaze, second cousin to a donut, only baked, not deep fried. Although I guess you could deep fry one ... and then there's cinnamon rolls, which are again different. Rolled up dough with sugar and cinnamon coated on them and dusted over them so that it all becomes a lovely, gooey, runny mess.

Brit coffee cake would probably be called a mocha cake or something like that. Oh crap. Now I want one.

Our next lesson will include bear claws and elephant ears.

Sundae · 03-21-2012, 05:54 PM

Perhaps a cake you eat with coffee?

I can't take any credit for my cake, it was from a recipe website.
saying that, it was a damn good recipe.
Off to bed now, but promise to link tomorrow.

monster · 03-21-2012, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

Perhaps a cake you eat with coffee?

Yup. Usually quite plain, often cinammony, very sweet and drizzled in sugary stuff. Bundt-type or sometimes loaf-style.

Aliantha · 03-21-2012, 07:01 PM

Hmmm...why do the yanks have to change the name for things so that they sound like something they're not. Why make life harder for everyone. lol

If someone says coffee cake here, you are right to assume it's a cake that tastes like coffee.

limey · 03-22-2012, 10:41 AM

Bake me a cinnamon roll, please Wolf!

03-20-2012, 11:20 AM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Wow. I've no appetite now due to being sick, but these pictures still make my mouth water in anticipation. Bravo!! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-20-2012, 06:00 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have a large, round cake carrier that has a strap that acts as a handle and secures the bottom to the top. I feel your pain on the drop, though. For a shaped cake, you definitely want to both butter and flour your pan, let it cool 15 or 20 minutes after it comes out of the oven, then flip it over after poking around a bit with a knife to release the cake. Even with that I've still lost bits on the bottom, but hey, that's what frosting or drizzle is for. The important question, though is, how did the lemon drizzle taste? If it tasted good it's not a total fail. It's important experience for the next time! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-20-2012, 06:14 PM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I never thought of strapping it. Good plan, Wolf-ma'am. Just adding an old bungee cord (I don't know if that's the real name, but we have them around) will give me the security I need. Well as I said, Mrs W liked it lots. I'd add less liquid to the drizzle next time - I think I added too much icing sugar to offset it. That's what made it so sweet. And yes, I'll be much more observant when preparing my shaped moulds in future. The staff don't know it, but I'm using a packet mix this weekend. It's in the cupboard from last month and I just add oil and an egg. Next term it won't be a cake a week, fun though it's been. I know what I'm cooking for the May Fayre now, so I'll scale down again. Still, packet mix cakes get eaten anyway. And I have the most fun in decorating them. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-20-2012, 08:07 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	don't forget what happened last time you used a packet mix and didn't come clean. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-21-2012, 04:12 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh crikey I forgot that! Well this time I will admit if asked. Lesson learned. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-21-2012, 12:20 PM	#6
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Sundae: Wonderful cakes! Pity I don't work at your school to try them all. I have a question concerning your coffee and walnut cake. Is it a coffee cake or coffee flavored cake? If it's coffee flavored, can I please have the recipe? I like the idea and would love to try it. Thanks!

03-21-2012, 05:21 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Coffee cake means coffee flavored to a Brit. Imagine how disappointed I was the first time I had coffee cake here I just make a regular sponge cake and add a few spoonfuls of extremely strong coffee. You can also just substitute a tablespoon of the flour for instant coffee powder in a basic cake recipe. Or you can get Sundae's recipe which is likely to be much yummier. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-21-2012, 05:24 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Hi Lola Bunny, long time no see. :waves: __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-21-2012, 05:49 PM	#10
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	So what is a coffee cake in America? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-21-2012, 05:54 PM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Perhaps a cake you eat with coffee? I can't take any credit for my cake, it was from a recipe website. saying that, it was a damn good recipe. Off to bed now, but promise to link tomorrow. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-21-2012, 07:01 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Hmmm...why do the yanks have to change the name for things so that they sound like something they're not. Why make life harder for everyone. lol If someone says coffee cake here, you are right to assume it's a cake that tastes like coffee. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-22-2012, 10:41 AM	#15
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Bake me a cinnamon roll, please Wolf! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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