Something for the bakers...

[Jen]

www.food.com/recipe/apple-torte-easy-only-3-apples-140088

Doesn't look like much, tastes divine. I just made one this afternoon, it's crispy on the outside and gooey in the middle with chewy baked apple pieces. Dessert heaven!
Now to make the juice to match...

[Deleted]

Thanks Jen, I'll give that a try Sunday. Dave

[Jen]

Goes really well with vanilla (ice cream, whipped cream), could also see a touch of caramel working too. You won't regret it

Edit: make sure you get the right measurements with silly US cups and that, the metric button on that site will lead you up the garden path!

[pixiguru]

I've been roped in to baking cakes for a colleague. She loves my cupcakes and wants a traditional cake for her mum. So next week am doing a chocolate sponge with buttercream icing. Yummy!

[Mary]

Gonna have to give that one a go Jen, thank you sounds lovely. I made a strange cake the other day with only two main ingredients, ice cream and flour, sounds really weird I know but it works, I also added cherries sultanas coconut and chocolate chips.

[pixiguru]

Ooooo Mary is that a recipe your willing to share?

[Deleted]

May 13, 2013 22:17:53 GMT Jen said:

Goes really well with vanilla (ice cream, whipped cream), could also see a touch of caramel working too. You won't regret it

Edit: make sure you get the right measurements with silly US cups and that, the metric button on that site will lead you up the garden path!

I like the sound of this recipe.

How do mls of flour and sugar work? I can do pounds, ounces, kilos and grams but I've never come across mls for dry ingredients.

[Jen]

May 14, 2013 1:45:57 GMT @simate said:

May 13, 2013 22:17:53 GMT Jen said:

Goes really well with vanilla (ice cream, whipped cream), could also see a touch of caramel working too. You won't regret it

Edit: make sure you get the right measurements with silly US cups and that, the metric button on that site will lead you up the garden path!

I like the sound of this recipe.

How do mls of flour and sugar work? I can do pounds, ounces, kilos and grams but I've never come across mls for dry ingredients.

I actually tried that first and switched my digital scales to ml...turns out it's just lazy programming and not some kind of genius move!

This helps: allrecipes.com/howto/cup-to-gram-conversions/

I reckon this would be nice with some sultanas in it too, maybe some dried apricots - any fruit really. It turned out like an almost brownie-type cake texture, so whatever you use with brownies would work well.

Ice cream cake sounds interesting Mary!

[Blownupdolly]

All these recipes sound lovely. I get depressed though as I am diabetic. I dare not make cakes at home as I have no self control and would end up so unwell I'd have to go to bed! LOL

[Jen]

Aw no Dolly! Can you use Splenda? If you read through the reviews on the recipe, there are plenty of people who cut the sugar or used substitutes

[pixiguru]

May 14, 2013 1:45:57 GMT @simate said:

May 13, 2013 22:17:53 GMT Jen said:

Goes really well with vanilla (ice cream, whipped cream), could also see a touch of caramel working too. You won't regret it

Edit: make sure you get the right measurements with silly US cups and that, the metric button on that site will lead you up the garden path!

I like the sound of this recipe.

How do mls of flour and sugar work? I can do pounds, ounces, kilos and grams but I've never come across mls for dry ingredients.

I have a set of American cups that I got off eBay for a couple of quid. I do quite a few American recipes so got them for ease.

[Jen]

May 14, 2013 10:41:49 GMT pixiguru said:

May 14, 2013 1:45:57 GMT @simate said:

I like the sound of this recipe.

How do mls of flour and sugar work? I can do pounds, ounces, kilos and grams but I've never come across mls for dry ingredients.

I have a set of American cups that I got off eBay for a couple of quid. I do quite a few American recipes so got them for ease.

I do too - can't remember where I got them from, probably Lakeland or somewhere. Handy for internet recipes, especially as volume does not equal weight. They're surprisingly accurate too, I checked

Americans can bake, but they can't cook - so many savoury US recipes use a can of condensed soup or some kind - that's not cooking!

[pixiguru]

I did find a website that told you how much stuff in mls weighed. Will try find the link

[pixiguru]

www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/531168/cups-to-grams-converter

This should help @simate

[Mary]

Two cups of ice cream (any flavour you like) and one and a half cups of s.r. flour, mix it together and just throw owt else in that you fancy haha, I made it in a lined loaf tin. This is not really a cake or loaf consistency more of a sort of scone consistency but very morish I found and so so easy.

350 or number 4

30 - 40 mins