Small-batch baking: pies, cakes, cookies, bread and bread rolls, etc.

[ElsieD]

14 hours ago, FauxPas said:

 

Happy Birthday to John! Did he enjoy the cake? How many layers? 

 

He did like the cake.  It was baked in one of those round 3" high pans which I cut in half to make 2 layers.

[blue_dolphin]

56 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

 

He did like the cake.  It was baked in one of those round 3" high pans which I cut in half to make 2 layers.

 

Good idea!  I bought some 4-inch springform pans and I bet I could try that with them, too!

[ElsieD]

20 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

 

Good idea!  I bought some 4-inch springform pans and I bet I could try that with them, too!

 

Indeed you can.  My pan was 4" across.

[ElsieD]

I made a half recipe of the Jam Swirled cake today and divided the batter iamong 3 mini loaf pans.  I cut one in half, added strawberries and some whipped cream and called it dessert.  

 

Edited June 5, 2023 by ElsieD (log)

[Tropicalsenior]

@ElsieD your cakes always look so down home delicious. I haven't tried this one but you have turned me on to some really good recipes. Thank you.

I have three little bananas that I didn't want to throw out. They look terrible but these little bananas that they called dados are best when they are almost black. They are still firm and as sweet as honey.

I made 12 Mini muffins. I love these silicone molds. They are just the right size for a couple bites.

[mmlstarr]

Does anyone have a favorite, true 8x4" (4 cup) loaf pan?

 

Thanks!

[kayb]

1 hour ago, mmlstarr said:

Does anyone have a favorite, true 8x4" (4 cup) loaf pan?

 

Thanks!

I have Circulon. They’ve been great for 10 years, still going strong.

[mmlstarr]

@kayb Geez, I can only find 9x5 circulon pans online! 

 

[kayb]

Huh. Maybe they’ve discontinued the 8 x 4. I think I bought mine at TJ Max, so they may have been close outs.

[weinoo]

On 6/24/2023 at 5:04 PM, mmlstarr said:

Does anyone have a favorite, true 8x4" (4 cup) loaf pan?

 

Thanks!

 

Wasn't this asked in another thread?

[mmlstarr]

@weinoo

 

yes, my apologies. 

[weinoo]

2 hours ago, mmlstarr said:

@weinoo

 

yes, my apologies. 

 

No need to apologize; I thought I had recommended a product, but then couldn't find my post here!

[heidih]

35 minutes ago, weinoo said:

 

No need to apologize; I thought I had recommended a product, but then couldn't find my post here!

 

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/164060-pots-and-pots-and-pans/?do=findComment&comment=2391879

 

[blue_dolphin]

I made a half batch, 6" square pan version of the Mexican Chocolate Brownies Stuffed with Dulce de Leche from The Global Pantry Cookbook.  They are very rich and gooey but the flavors are great. Two nice things about the recipe are that the batter gets mixed up in the same pan you use to melt the butter and Mexican chocolate and you line the baking pan with foil so there's no sticky pan to scrub. 

I might try a longer bake time in the next round, you can see how gooey they are. 

The recipe has you put half the batter in the pan, then drizzle on warmed dulce de leche, then dollop on the remaining batter and gently spread it to cover the dulce de leche. I could work on doing a better job with the spreading as you can see I got some dulce de leche bubbling up around the edges and looking like some sort of fungus:

The photo in the book actually has the same thing going on but since I used Cacao Berry's Extra Brute cocoa powder, my brownies are darker so the dulce de leche stands out more. I need to stash these in the freezer to save myself from them 🙃

 

 

Edited June 30 by blue_dolphin
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