Cake recipes!

i was gonna make it last night but i was missing a cake tin:(

Anyone eat malt loaf?

I found an awesome recipe, low fat and all, which has horlicks/ovaltine in. i have it all sliced up, bagged and in the freezer. i get out slices at a time with a big grin on my face.

Afraid I can't be arsed to write up the recipe - unless anyone is particularly keen - i just wanted to share my culinary happiness.

I hope that this is acceptable.

I have an odd feeling it won't be...

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Originally Posted by theNoor

I hope that this is acceptable.

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Wow, how good is this thread!!!! Can't beat a nice bit of cake, i usually reward a hard session at Hamsterley with a feast in the Wearview Diner, nice cakes there!! Will attempt some baking, Masterchef beckons!!

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Originally Posted by theNoor

Anyone eat malt loaf?

I found an awesome recipe, low fat and all, which has horlicks/ovaltine in. i have it all sliced up, bagged and in the freezer. i get out slices at a time with a big grin on my face.

Afraid I can't be arsed to write up the recipe - unless anyone is particularly keen - i just wanted to share my culinary happiness.

I hope that this is acceptable.

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share - thems the RULES :D

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Originally Posted by emmilou

share - thems the RULES :D

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Alreet! But divvn't shout at us like that...

12oz wholewheat self raising flour
pinch salt
3 tbsp ovaltine
8 oz brown sugar (that granulary stuff is best - demerara?)
8oz dried fruit (sultanas for me)
1/2 pint milk (semi- its the only way)

grease and line a 2lb tin. oven on gas 3. mix ingredients together for a wee while. bake for 1.5 to 2 hours. Stick a thingy in to see if it comes out clean. That sort of thing. i usually sit it in oven for 1.5 hours is enough. i sit outside the oven and read good housekeeping.

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Originally Posted by theNoor

Stick a thingy in to see if it comes out clean.

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That's gonna smart a bit, even at only regulo 3.

Banana cake, yummy Emmilou. Got some nice speckly ones ready for this. Gonna give it a go!

Auntie's Apple, Apricot & Pear Cake

This is very simple, not healthy and no good for the fells....

12oz Self Raising floor
6oz Caster sugar
6oz Margarine
3 eggs
2 chopped apples
2 chopped pears
1 cup chopped apricots
a little milk

Mix all ingredients together, place in cake tin and bake at 190 deg C for 1 hour, reduce over to 160 deg C for 20 mins...done

If you forget the eggs it is a bit stoddgy but it is get-away-with-able, not that I forget them :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by emmilou

3 large bananas - old speckly ones work best
6 oz caster sugar
6oz butter
8oz SR flour
1 tsp Bicarb - dissolved in a little milk (2tbsp)
1tsp mixed spice
1 heaped tbsp cocoa powder - decent stuff like green and blacks
3 eggs
walnuts - optional
choc chips - optional

cream butter and sugar, add eggs, mash banana, add to mix wack in all the other bits and bobs but sieve flour
it will look all sloppy but that's the idea!
pour into a large ggreased cake tin
bake gas4 160 degrees for about an hour but check after 50 minutes

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Doing this with the kids this afternoon..........Mothers Day is going to be sooooo special for my wife this year :D .