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By CakeBake 17 Oct 2012 13:29	weeping christmas cake Last year a lot of the butter in my christmas cake leaked out while in the oven. As I am soon to make this year's can anyone tell me how to avoid that again? Reply Quote
By Noreen, Board Moderator 17 Oct 2012 15:16	Weeping Christmas cake Which recipe did you follow? Reply Quote
By Expat Badger 17 Oct 2012 17:28	weeping christmas cake WARNING! mine did this and i didn't notice - turned oven on the next day and put in two frozen part baked rolls when the ice hit the hot fat it caught fire!!!! Reply Quote
By Liverpool Lou 17 Oct 2012 18:47	Liverpool Lou I would love to know why this happens too. I have had this a couple of times and wondered if my oven was too cool. It definitely isn't anything to do with the weighing and it has happened when I have used good quality butter or margarine (when making Christmas cakes with the kids in school) Reply Quote
By Gravy Queen 17 Oct 2012 18:53	Weeping Christmas cake As Nor has asked , which recipe have you used ? Reply Quote
By Liverpool Lou 17 Oct 2012 21:08	Liverpool Lou Last year I used Delia's classic Christmas cake recipe but it has happened with other recipes I use. I used to be a Food Tech teacher so will have used a variety of recipes but all of them tend to have equal quantities of butter, brown sugar and flour - its just the other ingredients that vary. Reply Quote
By Lizzie Lancashire 17 Oct 2012 21:09	I've had this problem... ....when using the same recipe I've always used, I switched from a solid tin to a loose bottomed tin. I find some tin foil wrapped tightly round the outside of the base of the tin solves the problem. Lizzie x Reply Quote
By Liverpool Lou 17 Oct 2012 21:11	Liverpool Lou I meant to say that the butter doesn't actually leak out of my cakes but seems to come to the surface and collects around the edges IYSWIM Reply Quote
By Gerry 18 Oct 2012 07:29	weeping cake "As Nor has asked , which recipe have you used ? " Gravy, the original poster, Cakebake, hasn't come back. Irritating; I too wanted the answer. Reply Quote
By CakeBake 19 Oct 2012 14:42	CakeBake back too busy at work to check your replies! I used Delia's recipe, have done for last few years. It's leaked butter several times, last year a lot. Reply Quote
By Gerry 19 Oct 2012 15:22	CakeBake's cake Others know more about cakes than I do. You had preheated the oven, presumably? Reply Quote