Sunday the 10th March was Mother's Day here in GB. I decided I needed cake to celebrate, but didn't want to spend ages in the kitchen. When I saw a recipe on TV recently by James Martin, I knew I had to give it a try.
I have a love/hate thing with no bake cakes. The idea fascinates me, and it seems the perfect solution to having cake in summer without having to faff around in a hot kitchen to get one. But most recipes seem heavy with either cream cheese or are just dressed up piles of ice cream and named 'cake' - not really interested.
This one seemed more my kind of thing. No having to make any kind of sponge cake just buy a ready made flan base from a shop! And adding whipped cream, raspberries, and strawbs. Simple!
Didn't want to make a huge cake, a teeny one would be fine for us.
Enter my fabulous teeny tiny cake springform cake tin ...
Anyway. I made the cake. The outside of the cake tin is used as the mould. It's so easy to do, and is made in moments.
(I did try making spun sugar to decorate but not only did it fail, but I burnt my finger to. It's a stupid idea and I shall never attempt it again!)
The best and most surprising result is that The Girl told me she'd like this to be her birthday cake! Can't even start to say how happy I am about that. A no bake birthday cake in (what should be) summer! She's asked that I fancy it up a bit more, so I will make it again at some point and try out her idea, but she seems very taken on having this for her birthday.
It needs to be put together last minute, but you can do bits of it in advance and then bung it altogether when needed. For something so ridiculously easy, it looks like it's taken ages to make!
Another bonus to the small cake tins is if you have children, and they insist on throwing parties for their toys.
Seems quite strange to be talking about summer and cakes for it, when we are hidden under a layer of snow again. This morning we walked to school in what can only be described as blizzard conditions.
View of the front garden from the living room.
[quick strawberry gateau recipe]
tiny cake tin from [The Range]
8 comments:
Ooh I love this cake ... A lady I used to work with showed me how to make this many years ago, and it is always recreated on special occasions ... I even made 3 different sizes for a friend's wedding cake ... Very versatile. Yours look very lovely!
Love Claire xxx
It looks amazing and as you say what's not to like with those ingredients? I've never liked the look of that spun sugar stuff - JM used to do it all the time on Ready Steady Cook and it used to annoy me something rotten :) Sorry you burnt your fingers though - hope you are recovered. I'm at home with a stinking cold today so haven't had to venture out into the snow, D went to Sainsbury's and said it was horribly cold so I'm glad to be indoors. I like the child's cake tin - still got a little flan tin and little heart shaped cake tin in the cupboard from when H. was tiny :) they do come in handy don't they?It will make an excellent birthday cake :)
OH, this looks wonderful! It'll be light and lovely for a summer BD as well. Steve, Crispin and Fiona all like ice cream cake so that's what I make for them but this would be perfect for me :) G is having a cream cheese/whipping cream/chocolate "cake" which I know he'll love.
I have never tried spun sugar cause I just know I'd burn myself!! Hope your fingers are OK....no fun! You could melt choccy though and pipe some out onto parchment or wax paper and make chocolate hearts or stars or something fun instead of using the spun sugar thing on top. It'd go well w/ the strawbs.
I love the idea of tiny cake tins. I use the mini muffin tins all the time for cupcakes as they make just enough for a 4 year old or a 7yo to eat as a school treat.
Yum! I need to go upstairs and get dressed so I can go shopping and buy stuff to make cakes now :)
I like the sound of this one ... I'm always ready to try something that's quick and easy, especially if it looks as good as this! M x
That cake looks scrummy! I have to bake a cake tomorrow for my mom's birthday. She wants vanilla with lemon icing. I hate baking. :( I *want* to love it but I just don't. All that measuring. And flour getting on the floor (biggest pet peeve- flour on the floor!) This cake looks perfect- I'll have to look at how it's made. xx
The cake looks yummy! What a nice
Summer cake and BD cake as well. I need to check out the recipe.
Happy Monday/Tuesday!
xx
so pretty nice blog . i like it
Parfum pas cher.
My mouth is watering yummmmm xxx
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