katwhenAug 19, 2023
1) Adventures in baking: Decided a couple of weekends ago to take the plunge and try baking in the new oven. So I picked a new recipe to try in the new oven, with a friend coming over to eat the results. No pressure, then.
First, pick an oven setting: Conventional, fan, steambake, top and bottom heat, bottom heat? Opted for fan, because 🤷.
Second, discovered none of my baking tins are the right size. Opted for too big over too small, because 🤷.
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2) Adventures in baking
Third, discovered the unsalted butter was off. Way off. Underneath where it wasn't obvious. Oops. Couldn't substitute salted butter and omit salt as had already added salt and sifted it with the flour.

Fortunately, partner was at the supermarket and able to obtain more unsalted but this delayed cake progress so it wasn't ready when friend arrived.

Fourth, the recipe said to bake for 50-65 mins. Aaagh. Turned the temp down at 50 mins, and cooked it for another 15 mins.

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3) Adventures in baking

The cake was still feeling too sticky, as were the crumbs on the skewer, at 50 mins so I was checking it every 5 mins for the next quarter of an hour.

Despite all that, the raspberry and ricotta cake was voted a success, and friend not only ate it but took some away with her. It also freezes/defrosts well.

This weekend I'm planning to try another new recipe: dairy-free (but not vegan) chocolate cake. At least the unsalted butter is still ok. I hope. /fin

Aug 19, 2023 at 2:22pmWeb
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@katwhen pics?