We call ring moulds a tube pan. A bundt pan here has shapes formed into it. A ring mold is something that you use for Jello. There is always room for Jello. Actually a ring mold would be used for fancy jello with fruit in it, and some sort of whipped topping or frothy parfait would get spooned in the middle. Parfait is extra-fancy frothy Jello, usually with some regular Jello pieces in it of the same or complimentary flavor.

OK that's pretty much exactly how I make coffee cake/any sponge, except I weigh the eggs then use the same weight of the other ingredients. And I don't bother with baking powder/whatever, i just use self-rising/raising flour. And I beat in the eggs then fold in the flour.

You know how I make my cakes? I go to Kroger and buy them.
very sluttish of me, I know. All you Martha's put me to shame.
Now Bruce will never love me!

He will if you show him your norks.

:) hope!

For him? Or for you?

For me!

:lol: You ladies cheer me up. I got 4 hours sleep tops and have to drive to Ohio today. And I haven't even started packing. I'm grumpy. I needed that smirk/almost giggle. Norks.

There's no shame in buying cakes. :) Or having them brought home from the bakery for free by your son who happens to be on a close shift on a saturday.

Usually it means there'll also be pies and sausage rolls for the freezer. Vanilla slices (my personal fav), hedgehog slices, cherry ripe slices, apple charlottes, caramel slices. Pretty much anything they sell in a bakery, you will find on my kitchen bench by about 4.30pm this arvy, and the only effort it will have taken me is to go pick the big brat up from work. :)

Thanks, Sundae!

I agree with you, Ali. There is no shame in buying baked goods. I buy them all the time. Just that sometimes what you make at home (if you have the time) tastes better and cheaper too.

Hi there, BigV!!! :D How are you doing?

I have no snobbery about bought cakes I promise.
But it's great to enjoy making them, and have them appreciated in the staffroom.

If I bought them a cake every Monday, I would be seen as a toadying creep.
Making them however is acceptable :)

Talking about buying things being cheaper.

I have been thinking about going into the cookie making business, but when I sat down and actually worked out how much each cookie costs me to make, I started to realise that it would actually be cheaper to just buy cookies instead of making them.

The choc chip ones I make are pretty special and they have lots of choc chips and nuts etc, but still, at over $1/pc, that's going to make it hard to get buyers if I want to add a profit margin in there somewhere.

I'm still thinking on it. Sourcing bulk ingredients to cut costs etc, but the idea has hit a stumble right from the start.

People have suggested I sell my cakes. But exactly as you say, Ali, I would have to price myself out of the market in order to make a profit.

In large cities there are gorgeous little chi-chi shops selling extravagent cupcakes, but they have committed on a large scale. I don't have the nerve or the drive, and Aylesbury is more of a Greggs Bakery location.

Mmmm Greggs.


Greggs bakery do the nicest Manchester tart...