Show us your buns

[V8mate]

Inspired by weLex's Cake Shop thread in the Business section, I thought I'd start a 'Show us your homemade baking' thread.

Here's the results of my Saturday bake-off.

- A plum platter cake with butter 'streusel' (crumbles)

- Plum and oat muffins (plums for both of these were home grown too - 'Marjorie Seedlings' the best plum variety for cooking)

- Sultana scones - I always use Rose Carrarini's recipe (she is the Rose of 'Rose's Bakery' in Paris)

- Rich chocolate brownie with baked cheesecake swirls

- Sicilian lemon tart

- Individual 'baum kuchen' (literally 'tree cake'; they are an almond sponge cake but made by grilling the cake in 1mm layers rather than baking the whole cake in one go. Then covered in a thin layer of dark chocolate. I usually make it in one large round cake tin, about 30 layers high, but thought I'd make some individual-sized ones yesterday. They are truly a labour of love, taking well over an hour of constant attention during the'baking' phase)







ETA - Close up of the 'Baum Kuchen'

Edited by V8mate on Sunday 26th July 14:17

[whitechief]

Looks good. You eaten 'em all yet?

[V8mate]

With a figure like mine?

[Oily Nails]

No photos but just knocked up this lot on a wet Sunday afternoon

• Whiskey/fruit cake
• Fruit Scones
• Flapjack
• Shortbread

Will now spend the next week munching through it all,

and the next month working it off again

[Mobile Chicane]

Impressive.

[grumbledoak]

Blimey! I seldom bake but I cook for us almost every day, and I feel positively inadequate looking at that lot!

Well done.

[Miss Pitstop]

V8mate said:

- Rich chocolate brownie with baked cheesecake swirls

All looks good - I don't bake very often just because you have to eat it afterwards - not good for the waistline!

Any chance of that brownie receipe though?

As an aside, has anyone else done Nigella's Chocolate Guinness Cake?

[mybrainhurts]

V8mate said:

You BASTID....


Didn't know you were a woman...

[V8mate]

Miss Pitstop said:

Any chance of that brownie receipe though?

It's a recipe I have edited to personal preference from elsewhere.
This quantity will fill a 9" square by 1.5" deep tray.

For the brownie mix:

250g unsalted butter
250g dark chocolate (cooking chocolate is too expensive; both Tesco and Sainsbury do 'cheap' dark choc for 27p a bar in the confectionary section)
6 eggs
380g caster sugar
Teaspoon vanilla extract
150g plain flour, sifted
Pinch of salt

For the cheesecake mix:

250g tub of quark (all supermarkets sell it; with the continental cheeses like ricotta, mascarpone etc)
1 small pot of sour cream
2 tablespoons of caster sugar
Splash of vanilla extract
1 egg
1 tablespoon of cornflour

Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4. (adjust for fan etc)

1. Mix all cheesecake ingredients together until smooth and no lumps.
2. Melt chocolate in a bain marie with the butter. When melted and smooth remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
3. IN another bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar. Add vanilla extract. Beat until starts to froth; stop well before it starts to move onto the white stage.
4. Pour the melted chocolate mix into eggs. Fold in the flour and salt.
5. Pour chocolate mix into baking tin (greased/lined/whatever your preference)
6. Blob th cheesecake mix into the chocolate and swirl a bit with a knife. Drag about but don't actually mix it in.

Will take somewhere between 25 and 60 minutes to bake, depending on oven and type of tray. Don't overbake; brownies should be moist in the middle and it will continue to cook somewhat after it has been removed from oven.

Allow to cool fully in the tin. Then cut into slices when cold.

Enjoy

[Mobile Chicane]

V8 Mate - is there a bit of 'German' in you somewhere?

Not that I'm offering, just curious.

[V8mate]

Mobile Chicane said:

V8 Mate - is there a bit of 'German' in you somewhere?

Not that I'm offering, just curious.

Yep - the right hand side

[Mobile Chicane]

[littlegreenfairy]

I'll post up some pics tomorrow - am baking red velvet cake tomorrow evening as a send off to the trainees at work.

Also might make some ice cream cone cupcakes.

For now I'll just finish off this lovely bottle of red...

[shirt]

VERY impressive V8M, hats off to you!

i can't bake to save my life, though i might have to try and make one of those baum cakes.

anyone else suddenly really hungry?

[I Am Milk]

Can I come to your house?

[The Moose]

Fantastic looking food there V8 - I think a PH road trip to your place looks like it would be a good plan!!

On second thoughts, you could always just post them out daily...



Cheers

The Moose

[WhoreLex]

recipes for all of them please!!!

[littlegreenfairy]

I forgot to congratulate you on that baking feast.

So how much of it is left?

[Anna_S]

I'm ever so impressed with your baking, everything looks so professional.
Sometimes it's easy to make good food that tastes nice, but to get it looking good as well is the real trick.
Hats off to you

[Miss Pitstop]

Thanks for the instructions - I'll give it a go sometime, perhaps when I get to target weight at Slimming World!!!