What are you baking?

[Saffy]

I cut those slices into the flapjack before I had dinner. After dinner, when I wasn't hungry, I decided to cut the slices in half again.

I made the chocolate chip cookies and we made ice cream sandwiches with them.

 

[miss direct]

Hope this isn't touching on the Twilight zone, but I'm making breakfast muffins, consisting of oats, chia seeds, flaxseed, aqaufaba, maple syrup, yoghurt, acai berries, blueberries and coconut

Oh, and a grated carrot.

 

[spirals]

Loved making these

 

[Hellsbells]

Hope this isn't touching on the Twilight zone, but I'm making breakfast muffins, consisting of oats, chia seeds, flaxseed, aqaufaba, maple syrup, yoghurt, acai berries, blueberries and coconut

Oh, and a grated carrot.

Gweneth Paltrow wannabe

 

[kittyP]

View attachment 113993 Loved making these

Are they soots?

 

[spirals]

Are they soots?

They aren't but I'm so going to make the next ones into soot sprites!

 

[kittyP]

They aren't but I'm so going to make the next ones into soot sprites!

 

[polly]

They aren't but I'm so going to make the next ones into soot sprites!

Reading this while my kids watch that very scene

 

[purenarcotic]

Brownie makers, some help please. I made some for the first time ever yesterday and they went wrong - the outside of the brownies cooked but as it got towards the middle of the tin it looked like I had inadvertently perfected a fondant. How long do you leave yours in the oven - I followed the instructions and gave it 20 mins at 180 but perhaps wasn't enough? Do you have any good recipes? I thought brownies were easy and feel like a complete fucking idiot at the moment.

 

[Saffy]

Did you use cocoa or melted chocolate?
You'll get a spongier brownie with cocoa and a moist, fudgey consistency with melted chocolate.
Might be worth checking your baking tin to make sure it's the right size for the length of time suggested.
I use a Waitrose recipe and it hasn't let me down yet.

 

[purenarcotic]

Did you use cocoa or melted chocolate?
You'll get a spongier brownie with cocoa and a moist, fudgey consistency with melted chocolate.
Might be worth checking your baking tin to make sure it's the right size for the length of time suggested.
I use a Waitrose recipe and it hasn't let me down yet.

I used 2 bars of melted chocolate and cocoa powder as the recipe called for both.

Maybe I just didn't cook it long enough, it literally ran like liquid.

I think it asked for a 15cm tin and mine was 22. I might just cook it longer next time.

 

[campanula]

Urk, crumble - the first (of many) apple based confections in a bid to eat a treesworth of delicious, but non-storable apples.

 

[clicker]

Dorset apple cake. Half went while still warm ; drowned in double cream

 

[Saffy]

I made a plum crumble today with windfall from a tree near me.
We had it with vanilla ice cream and it was gorgeous.
Proper autumnal grub for a dreary day.

 

[iona]

Brownie makers, some help please. I made some for the first time ever yesterday and they went wrong - the outside of the brownies cooked but as it got towards the middle of the tin it looked like I had inadvertently perfected a fondant. How long do you leave yours in the oven - I followed the instructions and gave it 20 mins at 180 but perhaps wasn't enough? Do you have any good recipes? I thought brownies were easy and feel like a complete fucking idiot at the moment.

I don't think I've ever made brownies that cooked in the time given in the recipe - they always seem to take longer.

I'd just keep them in the oven and stick a skewer or knife in the middle every so often. You don't want them completely done though as they'll carry on cooking when you take them out; gooey but not liquid or like raw batter is good. It might take a few goes to get right.

E2a this is the recipe I usually use (second recipe down) -

I use a River Cottage recipe if I want something richer than a normal chocolate sponge -

250g dark chocolate (around 70% cocoa solids), broken into chunks
250g unsalted butter, cut into cubes
4 medium eggs, separated
200g caster sugar (or 100g caster mixed with 100g soft light brown sugar)
50g plain flour
50g ground almonds

Grease a 23cm springform tin & line the base.
Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bowl over a simmering pot of water. Remove from heat and leave to cool once melted.
Separate the eggs, and whisk the egg yolks and sugar together in a large bowl.
Stir the melted chocolate into the egg & sugar mixture, then combine the flour and almonds and stir those in too.
Whisk the egg whites until they form stuff peaks. Stir one spoonful in to the chocolate mixture first, then gently fold the rest of the egg white in.
Pour into the tin and bake at 170°C for around 30 minutes, until only just set.
Serve on it's own, with cream / crème fraiche / greek yoghurt, or top with sweetened icing sugar and fruit, or with whisky stirred in.


This is a the best brownie recipe I've ever tried -

110g unsalted butter
120g dark chocolate
200g light muscovado sugar
100g caster sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp salt
100g plain flour
25g cocoa powder
100g chopped pecan nuts

Line a roughly 23cm² tin with baking parchment or greaseproof paper.
Melt the butter and chocolate in pieces in a bain-marie. Take off the heat, stir in the sugar and leave to cool.
Add the salt and vanilla. Beat the eggs in one at a time, until the mixture is smooth and glossy.
Sift and fold in the flour and cocoa powder, then the nuts. Pour into the lined tin and bake for 20-25 minutes at 200°C.
A knife test should come out with a little goo on the tip when they're done, not clean like with a cake. Remove from the tin after 5-10 minutes and allow to cool completely before cutting them up (they will continue to set too).

 

[Rebelda]

Finally an apple cake that I like.



I knew I'd find one eventually also accepted the fact that neither me nor my girl are that fussed about icing. We like cake

 

[polly]

That looks soooo lush, Rebelda share the recipe please??

 

[Rebelda]

That looks soooo lush, Rebelda share the recipe please??

Let me know if this isn't clear enough and I'll type it out. On my phone so I can't tell



It's a Mary Berry fwiw I used a bit more apple than she specifies and they were past their best eating apples rather than cooking. Still good. Tonight we're going to have it with custard

 

[polly]

Thanks lovely x

 

[polly]

Made plum and almond cake to take camping tomorrow, but we seem to be eating it. It isn't pretty but it tastes good, like a plum bakewell cake.

 

[purenarcotic]

It looks really tasty polly

 

[Addy]

My first lemon drizzle cake

 

[polly]

My god, Addy, that looks lush. Has it got polenta in?

 

[Addy]

My god, Addy, that looks lush. Has it got polenta in?

Nope, it was 100g of flour and 75g of ground almonds.

 

[polly]

Nope, it was 100g of flour and 75g of ground almonds.

Ah ok - must be the almonds that make the texture look a bit different. Looks delicious

 

[Biddlybee]

Let me know if this isn't clear enough and I'll type it out. On my phone so I can't tell

View attachment 115221

It's a Mary Berry fwiw I used a bit more apple than she specifies and they were past their best eating apples rather than cooking. Still good. Tonight we're going to have it with custard

Looks quite similar to this one, which is my go to apple cake

 

[clicker]

Chocolate sponge with chocolate filling

 

[5t3IIa]

I am in training for the Kit's birthday in November.

Experiments with fondant and royal icing:



I'm going to do him a pokeball patterned cake

 

[5t3IIa]

But wait! What's this?!

 

[5t3IIa]

I think I might stop doing fancy nonsense after the birthday. They just don't taste good It might look fun but tasting too sweet and gloopy and blah rather defeats the object