Changing the shape of things!
Asked on 24 Oct 2020 by Simon01
Christmas traybake. Lindsey I want to cook any of Delia's Christmas cake recipes but as a "slab cake" and un-iced. Any suggestions for which recipe (if any) would suit. It's the shape I;m after as it's much easier to portion for afternoon tea style presentation.
Thank you.
Eileen
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Hello Eileen,
It’s not really something we do.
Classic Christmas cake needs the long slow cooking to slowly caramelise the sugar and develop the flavour. Traybakes cook much quicker and the tins are awkward to protect with layers of brown paper and cover without touching the surface of the cake.
However – If I was looking for the same end result that you want, I would do an 8 inch classic cake mixture in a 10 inch square cake tin. Protect it really well and I’d have a peek at 2 hours and hope that it will take about 3 hours to cook!
Kind regards
Lindsey