Well, I tried it again. I used the right size tins, I checked that the oven was the right temperature with a thermometer, I even softened the butter Just In Case. And still, my cake was more like a biscuit. An uncooked biscuit at that. My sponge making days are over. Gloom.
Tag: baking
I've never been much cop at baking
But for some reason, in the past week or so I’ve been making some cakey things. I started with carrot and cinnamon muffins (delicious), then did some espresso flavoured cup cakes (also delicious). Then, fired up with confidence, I decided to make a sponge. A SPONGE. How hard can it be?, I asked myself. I…
good grief …
Ladies and gentlemen I give you The cheese wedding cake.
christmas cake eggstravanza
Originally posted in my LiveJournal 19 dec 2005 So … I weighed out the ground almonds, the whole nuts (whizzed briefly in the food processor), the mixed tropical fruit, the sultanas, the blueberries and cranberries, the dried apricots. I rummaged in the back of the cupboard for Cointreau and Amaretto. I beat 225g of butter…