Couldn’t decide on title – a misquote ‘just say a prayer for me now, don’t leave it till the morning after’ or ‘a prayer to the kitchen god’s wife’
Anyway, having only made muffins [which aren't really cakes] and carrot cake [ditto] before, I have made my first foray into real cakes with a dundee cake – help! to make matters more scary, due to broken arm, I have done quite a few of the beating type stages in the mixer. PLEASE let it come out OK – find out in 2-2.5 hours!
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Aaagh. Chris already said I did it wrong :?( Apparently the almonds should have been arranged radially. cry cry cry. I am SO trying to get things right.
up to me I’d have had alternated glace and almonds, but Chris said no. Since I’ve done it wrong, I wish I had now.
sob sob sob sob
surely the arrangement of almonds is a fairly small thing!
I didn’t say that the Almond arrangement was wrong – what I said was that I always think of the Almonds as being radially as that is how my Nan did them, I’m not aware of a British (Scottish?) standard for Dundee Cake Almond Decoration, or the Dundee Cake Police checking up on such things. *And* I didn’t say she couldn’t put on Glace Cherries, I just said I was a bit of purist an *I* wouldn’t, but she could do whatever she wanted…..
Cake is in the oven and looking good
Helen says she is sublimating her panic by worrying about the Almonds
Having been born in Dundee, they are always made there with glace cherries and almonds. I’m with you Helen. But the whole point of Dundee Cake is it is meant to be unique to the person who makes it. Every family has their own recipe. And everyone has their own particular way of arranging the almonds. So actually, you can’t go wrong. It will be lovely
Thankyou Joyce. Next year it will be herringbone almonds with a glace cherry strip innetween for me.
Any clues why the cracks?? Should I have covered with foil or something to start with and only removed nearer the end??
I line my cake tin with grease proof paper, and have it extending a good four inchs above the top of the cake. It provides just enough protection usually. But it looks lovely, and I’m sure it will taste great.
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