i like cake.
in fact I like it a lot.
I like all sorts of cakes: coffee and walnut, chocolate, caramel, jam sponges, fairy cakes, muffins, carrot cake, lemon cake...... All of them except fruit cake and even then I like some fruit cakes....
But I can't make them. I have tried many times in the past to make cakes. They generally seem to come out of the oven with the thickness and consistency of a biscuit. F's mother is a prize winning baker and I am more than a little jealous of this skill.
I am not sure if it is the cake I love the best or the icing. I love all things sweet and sugary.
I added my desire to make a passable cake to my 101 things list. Specifically i would like to make F a birthday cake. Not just any birthday cake but a decent birthday cake with the consistency of a cake and not of a biscuit.
I have two weeks...
This time round anyway....
Wish me luck...
Working hard on the cottage
10 months ago
I'm not much good at cakes either...I always blame it on my oven...:)
ReplyDeleteI am sooo glad I am not alone! *laugh*
ReplyDeletelol... i dont like fruit cake either & couldnt bake cakes either til recently! Found an easy way... just use your fingers to rub in self raising flour, baking powder, sugar, & marg like a crumble mix (whatever quantities recipie says). Beat up egg with a bit of milk.. Then stir in... into tin/cases & cook! Its never failed unless i forget the time!- see if it works for you
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzi! I will try that!
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