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I like cake!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭sdp


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    lemon meringue pie, first time making italian meringue, and using blow torch,
    got a bit carried away with it :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 25 samdavis


    First attempt at making booties, can't wait to try them in hot pink!


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    Rhubarb and orange cake. It's not pretty but the flavour makes up for it.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 25 samdavis


    Hmmmm, rhubarb! This brings back memories, haven't eaten it in years!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Rustic apple and mix fruit flan, a couple of large red apples (dunno variety) with boiled dried apricots and prunes at the base. The crust is bog standard frozen pastry which lacks the moisture really needed for this sort of thing, might try and make my own next time, also first go at this and it tastes perfectly okay.


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    Must buy some ice cream now! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭RosyLily


    Most delicious thread on boards!

    First attempt at cheesecake today- baked raspberry cheesecake with raspberry coulis. Needed more berries in it but still good!:)
    From the BBC Good Food website. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3842/


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    I made this yesterday - should have taken the photo after I'd put it on a plate, of course... It's raspberry drizzle cake with lime icing.

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Lovely! How do you drizzle raspberry into the cake mix?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    Faith wrote: »
    Lovely! How do you drizzle raspberry into the cake mix?

    You simmer the raspberries and reduce the syrup, stir the raspberries into the mix and drizzle the syrup into the cake when it's baked. You can serve it just like that and sprinkled with sugar, but the lime icing goes really well with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭kerash


    Two I made recently! Need to do a course or something, it's very frustrating when you don't have the skills to perfect an idea :P


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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    Forgot to put these up the other day, my first time working with sugarpaste...very happy with the outcome. :) Could have done with shaping the buttercream a bit better before covering but not bad for a first attempt :cool:

    Need to learn how to paint though...

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭genuine leather


    kerash wrote: »
    Two I made recently! Need to do a course or something, it's very frustrating when you don't have the skills to perfect an idea :P

    That is some talent you have as it is, well done.
    Really smooth lines


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    Wanted to do Elmo, Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird for ages. Last night when I was preparing beaks and eyes for Big Bird I realised all three may have been a bit much to take on at once!!

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    Went for authenicity so tried to get Oscars fur all messy with some long hairs some short hairs...I had to watch some youtube vids( had loads of fun :D ) and his tongue seems to be always showing but it makes him look too happy

    Big birds beaks ended up a mess and I tried different ways to do his eyes, cos I wanted to do his eyelids. First I tried colouring white chocolate and drawing it on to white buttons but couldn't get the right shade of blue then I tried to dye sugar paste and do sugarpaste eyes. Feathers on this are way better cos the buttercream started to get too melty by the time I did the third one in the other photo.

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    Will do Big Bird again and concentrate on him. Fun fun. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,901 ✭✭✭Mince Pie


    Some cake what I made a while back but kept forgetting to post.
    I like to call is Raspberries make me happy! Not fancy like I normally make but this was a total self indulgance with two different types of ganache.

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    Normally I'm more of a cupcake constructor.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,901 ✭✭✭Mince Pie


    So have to share this, it is the most awesomest ginger cake ever! I am not allowed to make one, whenever I make it I make four. Its a faff with lots of washing up and grating but soo worth it.

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    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1462/sticky-stem-ginger-cake-with-lemon-icing


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    I got too impatient waiting for ganache buttercream to be ready so it was too soft when I went to ice. Making this all day so just got bored and wanted it finished.

    First attempt at a giant cupcake...had hoped the icing would work out better so the M&M's don't look as good on it as they did in my head. :D

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,273 ✭✭✭✭TommieBoy


    ^ looks fantastic RacoonQueen! :)

    I :D LOVE :D CAKE

    my old roomy was an ;) old pastry chef - he made the dreamiest flourless choco cake, it was to die for! yum-smiley.gif pure fudgie goodness...
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    'n I have no idea what this is, but I want to make it :) ...and ...eat ...it ...all! :o
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,901 ✭✭✭Mince Pie


    First Bundt cake, decided to take advantage of autumn apples.

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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    Dorset apple traybake. I've made it twice this week because it's so nice :)

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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 28 Madiller29


    love it


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Do you have a recipe DB? That looks lovely.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 28 Madiller29


    love it


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    I used this recipe Faith: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2044/dorset-apple-traybake

    I think you're supposed to leave slices of apple visible on the top but I kept a little bit of the mix back in order to cover them up because I find they can be tough if you leave them exposed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,798 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Link sent to Mrs Billy in case she is feeling up to baking next weekend. We have tons of apples from the garden that need using. Thanks DB!


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    It's not as professional looking as some of the cakes in this thread and I totally lifted the idea from the internet, but I'm quite proud of this cake I made tonight for my daughter's birthday.

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    I also made some tricolour orange and vanilla cupcakes for her class (we live in the Netherlands), this is one pre-cicing.

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    With the leftover cupcake mix and ganache I made muffins.
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    'scuse the mess!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Lingua Franca that cake looks amazing!! I've seen that one on Facebook!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Same! It was really quite easy, the ganache held the kitkats on nicely (that's not leakage at the bottom, that was ganache cement) and the piggies were fairly simple. The tails were the only fiddly part.

    If anyone else is having a go: I used my 11 inch cake tin and used 13 4 finger Kitkats. I didn't know how many I'd need so I bought 20.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    I used this recipe Faith: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2044/dorset-apple-traybake

    I think you're supposed to leave slices of apple visible on the top but I kept a little bit of the mix back in order to cover them up because I find they can be tough if you leave them exposed.

    Many thanks for that DB... I made it at the weekend with some unexpected apples from the neighbours. It was gobbled up at a furious rate by my visitors with cups of tea.

    Good tip on covering the apples at the top too. Moist, not too sweet, yummy with tea.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭tfak85


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    Baked these Franzbrotchen this evening. Absolutely delicious! Fair amount of work involved but totally worth it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    I made the most amazing fudgy chocolate brownies last night - it's the best recipe I've ever used - it's from the primrose bakery book. Will be making them again :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭RuckingSwimmer


    I made the dorset apple tray bake last on Friday for a family party - was gobbled up before I had a chance to take a picture! I will definitely be making it again! Thanks for posting the link to the recipe!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭Digs


    Made a few of my mums favourites for her birthday. Coffee and walnut cake, almond slice and carrot cake cupcakes. Nom.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭Sigma Force


    My first attempt at covering a cake with fondant, not perfect. Not sure I have the patience to practice more but here it is. Lego brick cake. I didn't have a stencil to try and get the words Lego onto the circles.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    SANTA!

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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    This one remains unfinished from last night, just didn't have the heart to go back to it last night and no time really today...hoping to add santa and a tree before xmas day...and maybe some wording but my letter cutters are huge and I'm brutal at writing :/

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭Tazzer


    first christening cake. first post in Cakes & Bakes hopefully many more!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭Andromeda_111


    Very cute!


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    Tazzer wrote: »
    first christening cake. first post in Cakes & Bakes hopefully many more!

    It's gorgeous!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭Pang


    Made Banoffee Blondies today from Rachel Allen's Cake recipe book. Forgot to take a picture and I am embarrassed to admit it but we ate all of them! :D

    I didn't use all of the toffee almonds as I let the toffee go a slight bit over and it was just a shade darker than it should have been.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭Pang


    Just made the Boston Cream Cake from the book 'Like Mam Used to Bake'. The cakes are delicious. Very light and fluffy. The filling I am a little disappointed with. I think I added too much custard powder. My tablespoons were a little generous. It tastes great initially but leaves a slight chalky residue.

    I will definitely undermeasure the powder next time as opposed to overmeasuring it.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭tatumkelly


    Refined sugar & gluten free homemade Tea Cakes! NYOM!!!!


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    tatumkelly wrote: »
    Refined sugar & gluten free homemade Tea Cakes! NYOM!!!!

    Any chance I could get the recipe for those please?


  • Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭tatumkelly


    Zaph wrote: »
    Any chance I could get the recipe for those please?

    I'm probably not allowed post link to my blog here, so I'll PM you a link :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭Sigma Force


    Those teacakes look gorgeous!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭sdp


    could get the recipe for those as well please? :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭sdp


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    fresh cream and jam sponge cake with chocolate ganache for outline of horses head, first time cutting out a shape in sponge :)


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    tatumkelly wrote: »
    I'm probably not allowed post link to my blog here, so I'll PM you a link :)

    linky too please...I LOVE teacakes but gluten DOES NOT love me. :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭miss no stars


    I made this today. Took an age but well worth it :)

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    Served with vanilla ice-cream and raspberries.

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    It's quite sweet so the icecream cuts it nicely.

    Followed Mary Berry recipe:
    http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/mary-berry/french-apple-tart-recipe


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    That looks amazing miss no stars!! So professional! I really want to make that now!!

    What size flan tin did you use can i ask; it doesn't say it in the recipe.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭miss no stars


    Thanks :)

    I took the recipe from the book, which says a 28cm tin should be used... I didn't have one though so used a 24cm tin, which gives about 8 portions.


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