Recaculating

[ethandron]

If you don't have the right size cake tin, how do you recalculate the time and temperature to bake the cake? Is there a formula?
For instance, if the tin you have is slightly wider than the recipe calls for, the cake mix ends up more shallow. Does this mean a lower temp/shorter time?

[jourdain2]

I'd use the same temp, but shorter time.

[ethandron]

That's what himself thought when he baked a carrot cake yesterday. However, the middle ended up slightly undercooked and the outside of the cake ever so slightly overlooked..still edible, not burnt but wouldn't win Mary's approval!

[EcclesCake]

Sort your spell checker out!!!!

Delia's website has advice on cake size and cooking times. A noodle on Google should reveal all.

[ethandron]

It's my fingers and brain need sorting out Eccles :/
He says he did that but all dear old Delia came up with was adjusting quantities rather than adjusting temp or time. Mind you, it'll be like 'can't find my socks' and then when I look in the same drawer I find them.
Think I'll leave him to it, his cake, his problem.

[EcclesCake]

Men and their 'looking' is apparently explained that as the hunters they have narrow field of vision. Whereas women have a wider field of vision to take account of errant children.

I often have to apologise to Mr Cake for switching off the gleaming neon arrow when he is looking for something.

I'm guessing the neon arrow was switched off when Ron went looking on Delias site.

[ladyalex]

That is trult enlightening, ecclescake...the inability of lordalex and the son and heir to find stuff which when I look for it is often in plain sight has puzzled me for decades now.

I had considered a training scheme whereby I sent them into a room that was totally empty except for a tin of beans then ask them to find the beans. Then I would put a shelf up, put the beans on the shelf and repeat the request, then gradually fill the room with more objects and containers.....for some reason, they refused point blank to agree to do this.

So I am pleased to know that the poor souls cannot help it....it's their brains.

[ethandron]

While we're on the subject of cakes, has anyone made a chocolate and beetroot cake? Or a courgette and anything cake? Were they nice? Did the veg add to the niceness of the cake do you think?

[ethandron]

I think it's more to do with them being deliberately feeble so they won't get asked to do whatever again, quicker and easier to do it ourselves innit?

[EcclesCake]

Veg adds moistness.

I've made chocolate cakes with both courgette and beetroot.

As an aside I've made ice cream with beetroot, pea and celeriac. Individually of course a combination would be bonkers ;-)

[ladyalex]

You may have the answer there, ethandron.

Haven't done the courgette or beetroot cakes, but have eaten plenty of carrot cake over the years.

[ethandron]

A bit like tutti frutti then Eccles, but tutti veggi instead.
I'm not sure I'd consider ice cream made with all three veg any less or more bonkers than making it with just one of them...what was it like?

[EcclesCake]

Absolutely delicious! Quite a compliment from me given I loathe pulses.

The celeriac was probably the best, beetroot and chocolate quite tasty, pea and mint.....green.