Cake Help Please

[Hazel at the Hill]

You could always do a wedding-cake-made-of-cupcakes, if you know what I mean, then everyone has a little cake, rather than a slice. Individual cup cakes have got to be a million times easier to decorate than a traditional one. like this

[wellie]

PM replied to Kb before I read it here, so I do know when the wedding is now Ta!, and as I said, if I've not told you've I've posted it by end of Tuesday, you're welcome to give me a slap girlie.... X

[Hilary B]

My nephew's wedding cake was made of assorted chocolatey things stuck together with MORE chocolate into a great cone shape. Cup-cakes, choux-pastry buns, and choccie biscuits (plus other stuff that I don't know exactly what it was). For those who don't 'do' chocolate there was a sponge cake, with a proper wedding 'ornament' on it.

[SarzWix]

Madeira Cake

Square tin --
Round tin 15cm/6"

Plain Flour - 175g/6oz
Baking Powder - 4ml/¾ tsp
Caster Sugar - 100g/4oz
Margarine - 100g/4oz
Eggs - 2
Milk - 15ml/1 tbsp

Baking time 1 - 1¼ hours

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Square tin 15cm/6"
Round tin 18cm/7"

Plain Flour - 225g/8oz
Baking Powder - 5ml/1tsp
Caster Sugar - 175g/6oz
Margarine - 175g/6oz
Eggs - 3
Milk - 30ml/2 tbsp

Baking time 1¼ - 1½ hours

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Square tin 18cm/7"
Round tin 20cm/8"

Plain Flour - 350g/12oz
Baking Powder - 7.5ml/1½tsp
Caster Sugar - 275g/10oz
Margarine - 275g/10oz
Eggs - 5
Milk - 45ml/3 tbsp

Baking time 1½ - 1¾ hours

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Square tin 20cm/8"
Round tin 23cm/9"

Plain Flour - 450g/1 lb
Baking Powder - 10ml/2tsp
Caster Sugar - 400g/14oz
Margarine - 400g/14oz
Eggs - 7
Milk - 52ml/3½ tbsp

Baking time 1¾ - 2 hours

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Square tin 25cm/10"
Round tin --
Plain Flour - 600g/1 lb 5oz
Baking Powder - 15ml/3tsp
Caster Sugar - 500g/1lb 2oz
Margarine - 500g/1lb 2oz
Eggs - 9
Milk - 75ml/5 tbsp

Baking time 1¾ - 2 hours

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Method

1) Pre-heat the oven to 160c/325F/Gas 3. Grease and line your cake tin.

2) Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add all the other ingredients and mix together, then beat with an electric mixer at a fairly high speed until the mixture is smooth.

3) Pour the mixture carefully into the prepared tin, and smooth the top with a spatula.

4) Place into the centre of the oven, and bake for the specified time according to the size of the tin. Test to see that the cake is baked by lightly pressing the centre - if it springs back and is a gloden brown colour then it should be cooked. Wait for 5 mins before turning the cake out.

Tips: The shorter cooking time is likely to apply for fan ovens.
If keeping the cake before decorating, leaving the greaseproof paper attached will help to keep the moisture in.

[kirsty b]

Yay!!! Had a go at the madeira today, did the 20cm tin recipe and it came out lovely.
A nice close textured sponge that wasn't too heavy and has gone down nicely with the family.
Will have one more practice run and then I should be okay for the real one. And I'll get the icing to practice with too for that one.
Thanks for the recipe Sarah!

[SarzWix]

Excellent Really glad it came out ok!

Fingers crossed that the icing practice goes well too.