Eating your cake!

[polomint38]

So you can't have your cake and eat it?

I have indeed had many a cake and eaten it with gusto. (as anyone who has met me probably guessed!). By the way, those who have met me, this is an excuse to say to me "Bruce, you are not big or fat, but just cuddly and homely"

I quite like a good carrot cake!O0

Which cakes do forum members like and why? (any good recipes are welcome) >:D

[DrS]

Coffee and walnut, whether as a dry cake or as a gateau, or topped with buttercream a la M&S. Can't beat it.

... unless tarts are allowed. Yes I know ^-^ but you can't beat a good Bakewell O0

[asthmatic camel]

Ohhh, cake; if only I could still eat it!

My all-time favourite used to be my Jamaican mother-in-law's rum & ginger cake. Packed with fruit and heavily laced with rum, this stuff was cake eater's heaven. Sadly, the recipe died with her but there are some good ideas at RecipeZaar (http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?s_type=%2Frecipes.php&q=ginger+cake&Search=Search&Searcht=), which I'm sure could be adapted. From memory, molasses and Wood's 100 Navy rum were important ingredients.

[Floppit]

On the whole I'd rather chow down on a bacon butty. I don't like icing, buttercream or marzipan. Pleh!

But, as it happens I'm currently enjoying a period of puddings and the Gu chocolate and vanilla cheesecake is top of my list, weird as I don't like chocolate either - but that's a texture thing.

[brianp]

We never buy cake as my better half is diabetic, but when I'm in my favourite restaurant I often have a piece of St Clements cake. This consists of lemon-flavoured sponge cake with soft lemon-flavoured icing on the top and in the centre, and a good scattering of grated orange and lemon rind on the top. Delicious!

[Croydon Bob]

By the way, those who have met me, this is an excuse to say to me "Bruce, you are not big or fat, but just cuddly and homely"

Bruce, you are, er, not, erm, you're just, erm, big, fat and, er...

I like Carrot cake, chocolate cake, date and walnut cake. Actually pretty much any cake will do (I typed that as "ant cake" instead of "any cake", yuck, not ant cake).

:chinese:

[Graham Lappin]

I like a bit of cake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyGWuBd4bTo)

In general cake in the United States is far too sweet. My wife makes the most incredible cakes and although I am not a bad cook myself, when it comes to cakes and pies and tarts ... I'll stop there

Anyway, I have a publishing deadline that it looks like I am going to miss because of you lot on this forum. I am going to get a cup of coffee and dream about my wife's condiments whilst getting on with some work.

[skbuncks]

I'm not to keen on marzipan but other than that any cake will do, although I do have an over fondness for anything with chocolate, even ants (http://www.lazyboneuk.com/products/Chocolate-Covered-Giant-Ants.html).

Whilst not exactly a cake this is my recipe for Tiffin. It involves no cooking so you can't go wrong.


This will make around 30 pieces of Tiffin.


6 oz Butter
8 oz Dark chocolate
8 oz Cooking (Milk) chocolate
Small pot double cream
4/5 Tablespoons cocoa powder
4/5 Tablespoons drinking chocolate
Sultanas (Can use raisins or any dried fruit you fancy)
Cherries (Buy whole, glaced cherries and cut in half)
Chopped nuts (I just chop up some walnuts)
Digestive biscuits (1 large packet)
Condensed milk


Crush the digestives (in a bag with a rolling pin is best) and place into a large mixing bowl.
Add the sultanas, cherries and chopped nuts, generally about a good handful of each, and mix in. Next mix in the cocoa powder and drinking chocolate.


In a separate bowl melt the dark chocolate and butter and then stir in the double cream. Pour this onto the crushed digestives and mix well, this will take some muscle as it should be very thick and firm. If it becomes to thick to stir you can add some condensed milk.


Place in a greaseproof tin and pack down firmly whilst spreading evenly so its about ½ an inch to ¾ of an inch thick.
Next melt the cooking chocolate and spread evenly over the top then place in the fridge overnight to set.


..and my favouriite brownie recipe (http://www.chocolate-source.co.uk/chocolate_recipes_brownies_triple_chocolate_browni es.htm). Veery chocolatey

skb

[Graham Lappin]

I just made some banana cake. Recipes in the US use "cups" and "spoons" instead of weights and so not being used to this, I just guessed. Consequently I have just made the worst banana cake in the history of human kind and I attach a picture to prove it ;D

[polomint38]

I just made some banana cake. Recipes in the US use "cups" and "spoons" instead of weights and so not being used to this, I just guessed. Consequently I have just made the worst banana cake in the history of human kind and I attach a picture to prove it ;D

Keep hold of that Graham, if it ever comes to it, you could bludgeon someone to death with that cake and then eat the evidence (the cake/weapon not victim.) :cheesy:

ETA:
This plot of eating the murder weapon was used in an episode of Tales of the unexpected (http://snipr.com/u62r6 [www_tv_com]) in the 1970's, it was a frozen joint of meat

[Graham Lappin]

.... if it ever comes to it, you could bludgeon someone to death with that cake and then eat the evidence (the cake/weapon not victim.) :cheesy:

>:D;D;D

My back-up excuse it that I got distracted on this forum whilst it was in the oven.

[Graham Lappin]

... and although I am not a bad cook myself....

On the basis of the evidence I now withdraw this theory as having no foundation.