Favourite cake? What is yours?

My favourites are apple and cinnamon cake or red velvet cake. Today we were out for the day and found an amazing bakers shop that sold Lardy cake. It was yummy.

Well, what a lovely wide variety of cakes everyone likes. This conversation has certainly given me some brilliant idea for the rest of the year! Thank you to everyone.

I had some powdered cranberry and “invented” apricot and cranberry cake,using dried apricots. The butter icing with the powder turned a fetching luminous pink. It is delicious.
Coffee and walnut
Chocolate
Coconut…

They have GF custard tarts in Waitrose, in the freezer section, they are really good - maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that

Thank you casdon. We have 3 small Waitroses within striking distance but, sadly, their frozen offerings are very poor4. I will check but I don't hold out much hope.

This is making me homesick. Cakes are very different here in Germany. I rarely bake cakes as we don't eat them, but any of the above is fine by ma.

German cakes are the size of wagon wheels, either dry, yeast-based heavy dough, or layers of angel cake with more whipped cream than the actual sponge. Cake decorating is not a thing. Having said that, the display at a village fête or other event is really impressive and I never feel I can match up to them with any of my home bakes. If pushed, I provide a plate of shortbread fingers.

Lardy cake, we used to get a delicious one in Debenhams, Taunton in 1967.

everyday basic cakes for me are parkin and date and walnut. I always have a little taste first, then slice and freeze quickly so I am not tempted too much

Real favourites are MB lemon drizzle and a Delia black forest gateau, sigh, no more

JackyB

This is making me homesick. Cakes are very different here in Germany. I rarely bake cakes as we don't eat them, but any of the above is fine by ma.

German cakes are the size of wagon wheels, either dry, yeast-based heavy dough, or layers of angel cake with more whipped cream than the actual sponge. Cake decorating is not a thing. Having said that, the display at a village fête or other event is really impressive and I never feel I can match up to them with any of my home bakes. If pushed, I provide a plate of shortbread fingers.

Some friends I had in Germany used to love Christmas cake,Christmas pudding and mince pies and Cadbury's cream eggs which we used to send them by post. They also loved Bird's custard powder. I am going back 25 years now.

I don't like sponge cakes, the exception being battenburg cake or a good cherry cake. I prefer a tray bake.
My Granny used to make a Cumberland rum nicky cake, it was delicious and I've never managed to replicate it.

I don't eat cakes often as I am diabetic, but my absolute favourite is a carrot cake I make. It's egg and dairy free, and it is SO moist and luscious; quick and easy recipe too!

„JackyB“ I live in Germany as well ! Nothing like a good Victoria sponge recipe from the UK . Although I do love the gooseberry meringue cake here .

I love a coffee and walnut cake, it's nice and light.

Lemon Drizzle
Christmas Cake
Gingerbread Loaf
Bara Brith!

I have a recipe for a sticky ginger cake that my Mum got from a W. I. recipe book that is the one I could eat a whole cake. I went to make it once to take away camping with my daughter’s family and forgot the bicarb! I ended up with a ginger flavoured brick!

Cherry Madeira.
My much missed ex FIL was a time served head baker at a small but nationally known bakers in North Herts.
One of my family secrets is that his wife worked out the recipe for their wonderful Rock cakes, reduced it to family portions and shared it within the family.🥰. I still use it.

Flourless orange and almond cake. Easy to make and even easier to eat.

“I made a cake once” proudly announced my neighbours husband.
My neighbour explained later that her mother made cakes by putting all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and handing the bowl and a large fork into the hands of the nearest person who was sitting down. Telling them to mix everything together. Her husband was the one she’d handed the big yellow bowl to one Sunday.
So yes, he had made a cake, once.

Lots of memory inducing tales on here. My late mil swore by her bero book . Her tins were a different size so my husband converted the size. We now have the book with his childhood scribbles. His favourite was the chocolate cake and the coconut cakes . The raw mixture in the bowl was my favourite part.

Too many to mention😋

Carrot cake with creme cheese frosting.
Mmm, this is torture - haven’t had breakfast yet.

I'm a big cake fan love baking and eating them! When my family were young we had a village show each year. Twice I won best cake in show with my chocolate cake only to be beaten by my SIL grandma with her date and walnut. Since the families have later united through marriage I asked sil grandma if I could have the recipe- a family secret she said and every time we saw each other she would say I'm taking that recipe with me when I go! And she did! Sadly like alot of traditions our village show petered out.

I don't really like cake. Always find it disappointing.

Chocolate, coffee and walnut, rich fruit cake and lemon drizzzzzzle, in that order.

Victoria sponge and also love M&S lemon drizzle. I’m a useless baker which is probably just as well as I’d be forced to eat every cake I made, lol.

My favourite was seed cake that my mother used to make, it was delicious!