Baked anything tasty lately?

B0jangles

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Crunchie cheesecake. I put a load of crunchie chocolate spread right through this so honeycomb flavour with every mouthful.

*Looks at crunchie cheescake*


*Looks at wholesome but dull lunch*


:(:(

ace_irl

Hi everyone! It’s my first time posting in here but I love seeing all your pictures and recipes. That crunchie cheesecake looks absolutely beautiful.

I recently started baking as a hobby and I’ve been trying out some different cakes over the past few weeks. I’ve posted a photo of my most recent attempt. It is a chocolate cake (3 layers) filled with chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream and homemade caramel. I covered it in the same buttercream and did a caramel drip. I topped it with some multicolored meringue kisses. It turned out better then I taught it would but the meringue kisses weren’t great shapes. It was my first time making everything (apart from the cake, it was just second time with that) so I’m hopping I’ll get better with it after a few more goes.

Sabre0001

These look so good!

Dizzyblonde

RacoonQueen that cheesecake looks divine, I'd mug you for a slice.

ace_irl - welcome! Your cake looks fabulous.

leahyl

ace_irl wrote: »

Hi everyone! It’s my first time posting in here but I love seeing all your pictures and recipes. That crunchie cheesecake looks absolutely beautiful.

I recently started baking as a hobby and I’ve been trying out some different cakes over the past few weeks. I’ve posted a photo of my most recent attempt. It is a chocolate cake (3 layers) filled with chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream and homemade caramel. I covered it in the same buttercream and did a caramel drip. I topped it with some multicolored meringue kisses. It turned out better then I taught it would but the meringue kisses weren’t great shapes. It was my first time making everything (apart from the cake, it was just second time with that) so I’m hopping I’ll get better with it after a few more goes.

You only recently started baking as a hobby??!!! That’s impressive!

ace_irl

Thank you DizzyBlonde! This thread inspired me to start baking and now I’m hooked.

Thank you Leahyl, I’ve baked a few different cakes before, mostly Victoria sponge and red velvet but I’ve never really done much with them, I didn’t even make icing up properly, so now I’m trying to get better at the decorating.

It’s a lot harder then I taught it would be but YouTube has been brilliant in helping.

I’m going to try working with fondant this weekend so fingers crossed I don’t throw a cake out the window!

1.8kg (I had to check!) of millionaires shortbread for the work bake sale today

Whispered

Millionaires shortbread is one of my favourite things!

Lazy day today so would like to get a bit of baking done. I don't have baking paper. If I butter the cake tins will that suffice? Can tin foil be used? Is there any type of cake/baked thing that is less likely to stick? (Eg apple sponge because the apple is so moist underneath).

I've an abundance of eggs. Self raising flour. Whipped cream. Sugars. Cocoa powder. Dying to make something! Question is, what!

ace_irl

Whispered wrote: »

Millionaires shortbread is one of my favourite things!

Lazy day today so would like to get a bit of baking done. I don't have baking paper. If I butter the cake tins will that suffice? Can tin foil be used? Is there any type of cake/baked thing that is less likely to stick? (Eg apple sponge because the apple is so moist underneath).

I've an abundance of eggs. Self raising flour. Whipped cream. Sugars. Cocoa powder. Dying to make something! Question is, what!

I've baked a Victoria sponge in a tin with no liner successfully, I buttered the tin really well and put a table spoon of flour in and made sure every part of the tin was covered in both. I left mine cool completely in the tin and then took them out. If they stick a bit heat the base of the tin slightly to melt the butter a bit and that should help.

Whispered

Whispered wrote: »

Millionaires shortbread is one of my favourite things!

Lazy day today so would like to get a bit of baking done. I don't have baking paper. If I butter the cake tins will that suffice? Can tin foil be used? Is there any type of cake/baked thing that is less likely to stick? (Eg apple sponge because the apple is so moist underneath).

I've an abundance of eggs. Self raising flour. Whipped cream. Sugars. Cocoa powder. Dying to make something! Question is, what!

Buttering the tin well should work.

What about scones, banana bread, or this if you want to make a recipe I've been wanting to try?

phormium

Butter and flour, butter on it's own not the best.

Dizzyblonde

phormium wrote: »

Butter and flour, butter on it's own not the best.

This works really well - a good coating of butter then a dusting of flour.

Dizzyblonde

I made a lemon meringue pie yesterday.

B0jangles

Is that slice going spare Dizzyblonde?

magentis

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

I made a lemon meringue pie yesterday.

Oh God!That looks sooooo good.Its very hard to get a good lemon meringue pie these days.

ace_irl

That looks so good Dizzy. Just the ticket on such a wet weekend!

Leftovers from some mini bakes I made for the wife's baby shower/afternoon tea today:



For the eagle eyed: yes, I did made two double batches of millionaire shortbread in 2 days!

B0jangles

Dónal wrote: »

Leftovers from some mini bakes I made for the wife's baby shower/afternoon tea today:

For the eagle eyed: yes, I did made two double batches of millionaire shortbread in 2 days!

Dónal, you're a man after my own heart when it comes to millionaire's shortbread - down with those who think skimpy caramel is acceptable! Boo!!!


Everything looks delicious and congrats on the bun!

leahyl

Donal, your wife is one lucky lady! :pac:

Michellenman

Two birthdays in my family today so made a Victoria sponge sandwiched and topped with a swirled mix of vanilla buttercream and homemade lemon curd.. in theory a great idea. In practice, a very sweet mix and veeery similar looking to scrambled eggs on a cake I had fresh raspberries between the layers so that sharpness helped to round out the sweetness.

I had the two names piped on the cake too, didn’t just leave a big blank space on top

Had some leftover bananas from the last few weeks that I had frozen, so threw them together for some banana bread this morning. Added sultanas too.

Served with lashings of butter because it has to be done.

Whispered

Does anyone have any great bread recipes? Preferably with little to no sugar? I have been gifted a bread maker. So far I've made run of the mill white and have used it to make fociacca dough. Both turned out well enough. Now hoping to experiment a bit with different flavours. Like can I infuse garlic into the oil I'm using? What additions work? Can I make fruit yeast breads? etc

ellejay

Made the red velvet cake from the cooking club.
Very very tasty.

The frosting was unusual but suited the cake well!

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ace_irl

That red velvet cake looks so good. Reading this forum is terrible for my diet!

At the weekend I finally got around to making my chocolate biscuit cake pumpkin. I used two pudding bowls and then stuck them on top of each other and decorated it with fondant. It was my first time making it and using fondant and I massively underestimated how much you actually use to cover a cake. The family helped with decorating over wine, it really is like play dough for adults. I’ll definitely try using fondant again!

I’m going to draw out a little plan for my cake this weekend for the long weekend and get my stuff organized, Lidl had icing sugar on special during the week if anyone needs supplies. My dad picked me up one of those silicone baking mats there too and a cake stand, i’ll Be putting them to use this weekend!

Michellenman

Ace that’s amazing I LOVE it!!

ace_irl

Thank you so much Michelle! I’d show you what the inside looked like but they’ve gone and eaten it all on me.

Cheshire Cat

Baked a "Nutty Toffee Cake" for a Cake Sale tomorrow. Lots of mixed ground nuts, chopped dates and brushed with Maple Syrup when it came out of the oven.

Dizzyblonde

Rock cakes.

tickingclock

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Rock cakes.

They bring me back. They are delicious. Did you get the recipe from All in the cooking?

anewme

The tea brack from the cooking club. Perfect time of the year for it.

Made this so many times, it's so easy and always gets lots of compliments.