I do not bake but had to make a birthday cake earlier this year: food friends sent me to this recipe when I said I needed something delicious and foolproof (they know I am a cooking fool).
It went well! I seem to remember the frosting/icing/ganache being weirdly straightforward.
― woof, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 09:13 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/DEVILS-FOOD-CAKE-5310
This looks moderately complicated but is not really. You can also mask any imperfect baking with the amazing icing. Secret of a good sponge seems to be a wet mixture.
― Inte Regina Lund eller nån, mitt namn är (ShariVari), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 10:46 (ten years ago) link
Do you think I can do a pound cake in a springform pan, or is that madness? I'm in a rental house with a limited selection of bakeware, but there *is* a springform pan. Close enough to a bundt/funnel pan?
― quincie, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
Oh man those choco cakes look soooooo good, but I phear the frosting. I like C sharp's idea of dressing up a basic pound cake with jam/whipped cream/fruit--I should be able to manage that.
Man I really wish I had some chocolate cake to have with my morning coffee!
― quincie, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 14:43 (ten years ago) link
Ya I think this thread has inspired me to go acquire a Bundt pan and make that sour cream cake
― https://vine.co/v/hB9QbLYPP0K (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
Put a clean empty can or cup in the center of your springform pan and you've got a tube pan. If you don't want to try that, just keep an eye on the edges and cover with foil if they brown before the center is baked.
― Jaq, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
Vegemite, love your 4442, going to try it!
I usually dust cakes with powdered sugar or do the simple powdered sugar and water (or milk) frosting. Sometimes add cinnamon. I like how that frosting melts down the side of cakes too: http://instagram.com/p/aPTT_xy3x4/
― *tera, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
Jaq THANK YOU, that would not have occurred to me!
― quincie, Thursday, 12 September 2013 00:40 (ten years ago) link
Pound cake can definitely be made in a springform - that's the cake i grew up making and we never had a bundt pan.
and we'd never thought of Jaq's amazing can trick either-- brb, making so many fancy cakes.
― Dora Viola G. I. de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tolle (c sharp major), Thursday, 12 September 2013 10:13 (ten years ago) link
Fucking cake is in the fucking oven. It was hell. God I hate baking.
― quincie, Saturday, 14 September 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
We are so proud of you though!
― Baby, where'd you get Chobani from? (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 14 September 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
Awww that is sweet, I'd bake you a cake anytime Stevie but I'd rather go out for awesome chinese food ;)
― quincie, Saturday, 14 September 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
yay quincie!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 14 September 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
Stupid cake is too brown on the top (not burned but def over-brown); hope it comes out of the pan OK and I serve it ass end up.
― quincie, Saturday, 14 September 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
Can always gently slice the top off
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 14 September 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
^^ secret reason for the invention of frosting
― Dora Viola G. I. de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tolle (c sharp major), Saturday, 14 September 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
troo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 14 September 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
You did it!!!!!!!!
― *tera, Saturday, 14 September 2013 23:26 (ten years ago) link
We'll see how it tastes. I really admire those of you who bake willing, cheerfully, and successfully!
― quincie, Sunday, 15 September 2013 00:49 (ten years ago) link