2009-10-18 - LFGSS Cake & Bake Off

Just got an email from Steve at the C&H saying that he heard it was a roaring success, and reminding us that there's still cake in the fridge.

Some 'salt of the earth' type locals thanked us for the cupcakes that were handed round the pub as we were leaving. One of them jokily commented that we were always here on Mondays and that if you wanted a bike, come down - his mate looked at him appalled and said 'Don't shit on your own doorstep son'

Rather funny. I even managed to barter some tin foil from the chef in exchange for a piece of choc orange cake - which went down very well.

Ummmm left over cake.

Thank you to everyone who took time to bake and prepare. Sadly I didn't and felt guilty arriving with my mammoth tupperware. Truly delicious!

Like the Wayne, I had to go home and temper the sweetness with savory to calm down my bubbling brain.

Can we combine tweed with tea and cakes as suggested above? Please?!

in some form of tea party arrangement, with cucumber sandwiches to counter all the sweetness..

just realised i didn't get to try any of the chocolate orange cake, needs to be made at some point. yum.

in some form of tea party arrangement, with cucumber sandwiches to counter all the sweetness..

There's a rather nice old-fashioned church hall near where I live. What we want is a handful of aproned ladies and gentlemen to prepare a spread for us while we high-tail it around the countryside. And lots and lots of mismatched china. And strong tea with a nip of whiskey from a hip flask. And sponsorship from one of the new boutique vintage bicycle companies, of course.

I would love the guinness cake recipe if poss?
it was brilliant!

Can we have a complete 1st 2nd 3rd listing for all catagories? I missed the awards and would like to know who won what!

yep I'll be scanning the score sheet tomorrow and posting it up

Bastards I want some cake now. . .
ginger or walnut is the the question though

I'm going to be at the next one fo sho.

Was lucky enough to sample the remains last night, was very good, shame I couldn't make it on Sunday.

If you're all lucky I may make a second batch of cashew nut brittle in time for next Souths...

Guinness cake sounds like it would taste fantastic.

That wasn't any sort of hint, honest ;)

Was lucky enough to sample the remains last night, was very good, shame I couldn't make it on Sunday.

Oh, you could, you could ...

Oh, you could, you could ...

Watching noisy death traps that are melting the polar ice caps or eating cake on the wrong side of the river, no competition!

no competition!

At last you're admitting that it's all a fix.

GUINNESS CAKE

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE CAKE:
250ml Guinness
250g unsalted butter
75g cocoa
400g caster sugar
1 x 142ml pot sour cream
2 eggs
1 tablespoon real vanilla extract
275g plain flour
2 1/2teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

FOR THE TOPPING:
300g Philadelphia cream cheese
150g icing sugar
125ml double or whipping cream

METHOD

1.Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/180°C, and butter and line a 23cm springform tin.
2.Pour the Guinness into a large wide saucepan, add the butter – in spoons or slices – and heat until the butter’s melted, at which time you should whisk in the cocoa and sugar. Beat the sour cream with the eggs and vanilla and then pour into the brown, buttery, beery pan and finally whisk in the flour and bicarb.
3.Pour the cake batter into the greased and lined tin and bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Leave to cool completely in the tin on a cooling rack, as it is quite a damp cake.
4.When the cake’s cold, sit it on a flat platter or cake stand and get on with the icing. Lightly whip the cream cheese until smooth, sieve over the icing sugar and then beat them both together. Or do this in a processor, putting the unsieved icing sugar in first and blitz to remove lumps before adding the cheese.
5.Add the cream and beat again until it makes a spreadable consistency. Ice the top of the black cake so that it resembles the frothy top of the famous pint.

Cheers Nigella!

Wonder if that would work with gluten powder instead of flour.

Clefty you know I love you for desserts, that may have jinxed any desserts ever. Sorry.

I may be testing out my new idea for cashew nut brittle on Southies on Monday, inspired by Hugh..

Work have just posted a children in need bake off competition and I might enter...

Your photos have disappeared, Claire, leaving us distinctly short of cake photography.

All better now

http://www.flickr.com/photos/clefty/sets/72157622657294698/

Very good, ta.

I can still smell the buttery icing that filled the room. mmmmmmmm

MOC and I are baking some scones this weekend and having a tea party.

Is that an invitation?