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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby scullion » Fri Apr 15, 2022 6:38 pm

OneMoreCheekyOne wrote::lol: I am wondering what would happen to a cake microwaved for half an hour :D

it fills the house with smoke, produces a disc of carbon which carries on smoking for hours in the garden and survives being rained on etc for at least three weeks before it's redeployed as a discus!

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Rainbow » Sat Apr 16, 2022 12:43 am

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Suffs » Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:53 am

That reminds me of the ex refusing to believe that a microwave would cook sausages in 3mins 30 secs so programmed them for 33 minutes ...
they could be used to sink a battleship ... :shock:

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby KeenCook2 » Sat Apr 16, 2022 12:19 pm

Ha, actually, the thought of sausages cooked in the microwave is pretty horrid, even given the correct length of time :lol: :lol: I can't imagine what you wanted them for, Suffs :lol: :lol:

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby OneMoreCheekyOne » Sat Apr 16, 2022 11:58 pm

Ha! Horrendous images in my head of these microwave fails :lol:

Has anyone made a decent microwave cake in a mug? We’ve done a few but they’ve not been great.

KC they’re 7 and 3…I obviously did all the oven related bits!

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Suffs » Sun Apr 17, 2022 4:56 pm

KeenCook2 wrote:Ha, actually, the thought of sausages cooked in the microwave is pretty horrid, even given the correct length of time :lol: :lol: I can't imagine what you wanted them for, Suffs :lol: :lol:

To be fair it was one of the first multi-function microwaves so it had a browning function :lol:

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby KeenCook2 » Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:09 pm

phew, glad to hear it ... :lol:

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Earthmaiden » Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:26 pm

Chocolate cake is best for microwave mugs. It doesn't look so insipid and chocolate usually tastes quite nice!

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby scullion » Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:47 pm

i've only ever made one microwave, chocolate, mug cake. it was ok but for a little extra time a full sized one is better.
when i was working at the farm the manager came in, during afternoon break, saying he was in real need of cake - so i made one (chocolate) - ingredients to stomach in 25 minutes including cooling and and chocolate buttercream filling.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Earthmaiden » Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:37 pm

I thought that the magic of instant cake in a cup in the microwave was something which amused youngish children? I wouldn't do it for any other reason (except maybe an instant pudding just for me very, very ocassionally).

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby scullion » Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:54 pm

yeah, mine was for a quick need for cake (and curiosity).

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Amyw » Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:30 pm

Made hot cross buns at the weekend . Pretty pleased though my crosses weren’t very cross like .

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby aero280 » Fri May 06, 2022 2:13 pm

Engage brain!! :oops: Making bread rolls.

Forgot to allow for the kitchen being a lot warmer than it has been. Went off and did something else. Dough massively over-proved... :oops: :oops: :oops:

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby slimpersoninside » Sat May 07, 2022 2:12 pm

Little bit of baking this morning

A batch of cheese scones, some will be lunch

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And blueberry muffins, just because they're nice! :lol:

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby aero280 » Sat May 07, 2022 3:33 pm

They look nice. :)

I ought to make some cheese scones again. I haven't done any for ages.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby KeenCook2 » Sat May 07, 2022 6:30 pm

This has just gone into the oven (well, half quantities)

https://www.hairybikers.com/recipes/vie ... apple-cake

It's the first time I've tried this recipe, thinking of poor Dave Myers and hope he recovers well.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby aero280 » Sat May 14, 2022 3:53 pm

Bread dough rises better if you remember the yeast... :oops: :oops:

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby aero280 » Sat May 14, 2022 7:29 pm

Two dozen bread rolls baked.

Meissen cheesecake in the oven, ready for the Christian Aid lunch at church tomorrow.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Uschi » Tue May 17, 2022 7:15 pm

aero280 wrote:Meissen cheesecake in the oven, ready for the Christian Aid lunch at church tomorrow.


I hope they enjoyed it!!! :D

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby aero280 » Wed May 18, 2022 1:02 am

The cake carrier came back empty! I was supposed to go to the lunch, but I had a heavy cold. So I thought it best to stay home as most of the diners are older than me!

The lady who organises the lunch also runs the Wednesday coffee morning at the church. I sent a Meissen cake along one week and she asked me for the recipe. Apparently the coffee morning ladies have demanded that she makes one every week!! OH usually goes there, but arrives about half an hour after the start. There is never any Meissen cake left. OH has to make do with a slice of coffee and walnut cake, or carrot cake...

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