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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Cakes => Topic started by: bron on October 15, 2009, 04:44:09 pm
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Very easy and light sponge cake. I always make it a round ring type tin (so it doesnt sink in the middle and it cooks to perfection) Never had a flop yet, and I make this weekly as my kids and friends love this one ;D ;D
Ingredients
3 eggs
200g sugar
100g soft or melted butter
1 yoghurt - 125g (lemon, strawberries or plain yoghurt work best)
170g plain flour
pinch salt
1 sachet baking powder - 2.5 tsps
1 lemon
To make:
Preheat oven 170º.
Firstly peel rind of lemon, no pith, and place the lemon rind in bowl with sugar. Blitz speed 5-10 about 20 seconds. Add eggs and program 2 mins 37º speed 3. Then add butter and yoghurt, mix 15 seconds speed 3. Add flour, pinch salt and baking powder and mix 12 seconds speed 2 and 1/2.
Pour into greased and floured ring type cake tin. I sometimes use a silicone one, which is ever so easy to turn out on the plate, however the colour isnt as nice as when baked in tin one.
Bake 30 mins on 170º
Then when turned out on plate, squeeze lemon juice into a dish, and add 50-100g of sugar. And baste over cake. This is the bit the kids love best as the sugar is crunchy and yummy.
members' comments
CP - this cake is just the antz pantz, ohh so delicious -- think I'll skip lunch and have another slice of this instead. I had half a lemon sitting on the bench, so added the zest of that as well at the beginning. This will definitely become a regular. The consensus on the flavour was like having "a crepe sprinkled with lemon and sugar". We all loved it, and it was very moist too.
Caroline J - I didn't have a ring tin (and am impatient) so I have a cupcake version of these in the oven now. Oh wow, divine!! I used a lemon meringue diet yoghurt, and they are delicious as cupcakes.
maddy - Oh Bron, we really loved this! I think the lemon/sugar syrup really elevates this cake. I did use 100g sugar for the lemon syrup as the lemon I had was exceptionally tart! I used greek yoghurt and baked for 35 mins in my oven. Will definitely make again, thanks.
Berry - It is just fantastic. I've just made it for the second time .... first time was yesterday ..... should I admit there's only 2 of us? Probably not!
CC - This is a great recipe. I've passed it into friends who don't own TM's because they were impressed by tasting my cake.
Judydg - Just enjoying a slice of this with a cup of tea - divine!
KerrynN - I've used sour cream and a little milk (about 30g). It's in the oven now. Yummy! Very moist, with a lovely subtle flavour. I hope the kids don't like it.
johnro - this was delicious - as mentioned so easy and suitable to devour warm or cold. As the pic testifies, the only yoghurt in the house so picked 2 passionfruit and stirred through yoghurt before adding to mixture in thermie. So moorish, thanks Bron for the recipe and all those who brought this thread to my attention! Also made a batch of cupcakes using this recipe.
JD - Agree with everyone, it's a winner.
salval - DELICIOUS!!!!! Thanks for this easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy cake recipe.
Chelsea - I've made this twice now. The first time I used melted butter and it was lovely but a little heavy. Yesterday I used soft butter (left at room temperature for an hour) and it was very light and fluffy. Very yummy!
ES - I made this with gluten free flour and an extra teaspoon of baking powder, and it worked beautifully.
Hally - Thanks to thermie, I have this cake in the oven, ready in 20 mins, so all done and cooling before school. Also it uses yoghurt. Yay
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Thanks Amanda - I'll give this one a go. As I recall, a sachet is 2.5 tsp , same as a sachet of yeast - is that right?
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how much is one yohurt bron?
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Yes, sachet is about 2 and half teaspoons, guess you could use self raising flour, but I cant buy that here easily!
Yoghurt is an individual one, I think they are 125g aprox.
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thanks!
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Plain yoghurt I presume or could you use vanilla yoghurt.
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To be honest, the best yoghurt to use is either lemon flavour or maybe strawberry or plain, something that goes with lemon. Vanilla doesnt, I have tried that before and it somehow just didnt go together, mind you the kids still gobbled the lot but I would stick to plain or lemon, but as I have mentioned before.....
don't NOT MAKE A RECIPE because you don't have the exact ingredients, IMPROVISE ;D ;D ;D ;D :-* :-* :-*
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LOL
i have a tub of plain yoghurt i need to use up (a large one like 500g). i think i brought it home from the coast meaning to give it to one of the others and forgot. no one here will eat it so i will have to cook with it instead ;)
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this cake is just the antz pantz ;D ohh so delicious -- i think i will skip lunch and have another slice of this instead. i had half a lemon sitting on the bench, so i added the zest of that as well at the beginning. this will definitely become a regular.
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You have been busy CP63.
Your sponge looks lovely, fantastic texture from the photo. Well done.
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Looks lovely and moist CP. ;D
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Do you think it's critical to use a ring type cake tin? I'd love to make this but don't have a tin of that sort and don't really want to buy one just for this.
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Do you think it's critical to use a ring type cake tin? I'd love to make this but don't have a tin of that sort and don't really want to buy one just for this.
Have a look in the charity shops Katya, it's amazing what you can pick up in there. ;) A pity we don't live closer you could have borrowed my Bundt tin.
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Thanks CC - It's just that I'm going through a massive de-cluttering phase and so don't really want to bring anything into the house that I may only use a few times.
I guess I could always find one in a charity shop and then re-donate it ;) ;)
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Katya, wondering if you could put a couple of ramekins inside each other (or something similar), place them in the centre of your cake tin and pour the mixture around it to get the hole in the middle. Just a thought :P :P You may need someone to hold it still whilst you pour.
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I just used an ordinary ring tin. With the hole in the middle of the tin, the centre of the cake cooks evenly and the cake is also abit higher. I use mine regularly for quick family cakes that I know will not last long eg. choc cake etc.
The cake has long been demolished, and the consensus on the flavour was like having "a crepe sprinkled with lemon and sugar". We all loved it, and it was very moist too.
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I didn't have a ring tin (and am impatient) so I have a cupcake version of these in the oven now...report later :D
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Oh wow, divine!! I used a lemon meringue diet yoghurt, and they are delicious as cupcakes :)
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Oh Bron, we really loved this!
I think the lemon/sugar syrup really elevates this cake.
I did use 100g sugar for the lemon syrup, as the lemon I had was exceptionally tart!
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I used greek yoghurt, and baked for 35 mins. in my oven.
Will definitely make again, thanks :-*
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Good work maddy - I love the look of that. I love those cakes with citrus syrups drizzled on them. YUM YUM
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Me too Thermomixer. Looks lovely Maddy, definitely added to my list of must do's. ;D
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Lovely looking cake Maddy.
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It sure does look good Maddy but I am not going to buy a bundt tin I keep telling myself - my plain old ring tin will have to do as I have no more room in my cupboards.
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I am not going to buy a bundt tin I keep telling myself - my plain old ring tin will have to do as I have no more room in my cupboards.
;D I remember saying the same thing Judy! ;)
I will say that Harris Scalf do have some ripper sales on cake tins though ;)
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I will not be tempted and I'll pretend I didn't even read that Maddy :P :P
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I will not be tempted and I'll pretend I didn't even read that Maddy :P :P
8) :-*
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I thought I should bump this recipe for anyone who hasn't tried it, because everybody should! It is just fantastic.
I've just made it for the second time .... first time was yesterday ..... should I admit there's only 2 of us? Probably not!
Does anybody have a bigfatbelly smiley?
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You always have the best emoticons Maddy. Where do you get them from?
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http://www.freesmileys.org/
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Thanks for bumping this one Berry, I missed this. Sounds and looks delicious.
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That about sums it up - thanks Maddy! :D
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This is a great recipe.I have passed it into friends who don't own TM's because they were impressed by tasting my cake. :)
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Could you replace the yogurt in this recipe with sour cream? I have a heap of it here that won't get used and I could really go for a lemon cake...
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i imagine so kerryn but i would perhaps add a little milk as sour cream is quite thick and yoghurt not so much...just a little though
im sure others will have advice too :)
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Just enjoying a slice of this with a cup of tea - divine!
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here something about yoghurt/sour cream substitution (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070928025537AAh3xJ5)
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I used a pot-set Greek-style yoghurt in mine, the texture was pretty similar to sour cream.
I'd go for it! ;D
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I have used sourcream and a little milk (about 30g). It's in the oven now... Will report back.
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Yummy! Very moist, with a lovely subtle flavour. I hope the kids don't like it...
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This was delicious - as mentioned so easy and suitable to devour warm or cold. As the pic testifies, the only yoghurt in the house so picked (loads on our vine at present) 2 passionfruit and stirred through yoghurt before adding to mixture in thermie. So moorish, thanks Bron for the recipe and all those who brought this thread to my attention!!!! :) :)
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Also made a batch of cupcakes using this recipe - thanks again, Bron (http://www.smiley-faces.org/smiley-faces/smiley-face-thumb.gif) (http://www.smiley-faces.org)
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Yum, so nice. The texture and the lovely syrup over the top.
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With such good reviews lately, had to make this one for myself. Agree with everyone, it is a winner. Seeing as my freezer is full of cakes etc, have packed up pieces for Mum and my hairdresser this afternoon. Thanks Bron.
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Made this today to take to a friend who's just had a baby.. But she cancelled... shame....
Can't let it go to waste, so cut a piece to have with my cuppa' tonight ;D
DELICIOUS!!!!! Thanks for this easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy cake recipe :-*
Karen
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I've made this twice now. The first time I used melted butter and it was lovely but a little heavy. Yesterday I used soft butter (left at room temperature for an hour) and it was very light and fluffy. Very yummy! :)
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So lovely to see that you have all had successes!! Amaaaaaaazing photos! ;D ;D ;D
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Thsnks to thermie, i hsve this cake in the oven, ready in 20 mins, so all done and cooling before school.
Also it uses yoghurt. Yay
Hally :)
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I made this with gluten free flour and an extra teaspoon of baking powder, and it worked beautifully. Wish I'd taken a photo :(
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So do I ES, interested in how high it was.
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Judy, I made it again with gluten free flour and remembered to take a photo this time
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Good height Sue, it looks lovely.
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Lovely ES, I love that about ring tins, they are great for everyday eating cakes?
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Yes, and this is such a lovely, easy cake.
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This looks lovely! Putting this at the top of my to-bake list.
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I made this as cupcakes (and some mini-cupcakes ) with large juicy limes and got a lot of compliments at work today. Quick to make, light but moist because of the syrup. I put in plain yogurt and some canned passionfruit as it needed using up. Will do again as very quick and tasty.