By black jacket

Re: doubling recipes?
19 Aug 2008 03:34

I need to make multiple Xmas cakes this year and would like to know if there is a problem with doubling, tripling, quadrupling etc the recipe for Xmas cakes, some cakes don't like to be fiddled with, is this the case for Xmas cake too?

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By Biggles

Re: doubling recipes?
19 Aug 2008 06:19

Hi, my Christmas cake recipe is for a 9 inch round and I halve the quantities if I want a 6 inch round; that is what my recipe says. I make both sizes. The cooking time always seems to be quite variable though. One year I made several cakes and thought it was best to make and cook one cake at a time, which is what I did, as I only have a domestic oven.
If you are thinking about making smaller, mini, cakes there have been some posts on that subject recently.