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[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

I got some mini bundt pans and want to make lemon cake with a raspberry filling (I seem to recall filled bundt cakes). I found a recipe for "Lemon Loaf Cake" in Baking With Julia and I have a fair amount of just fruit seedless raspberry jam. I am unsure how to get the raspberry inside the cake and what, if anything, needs to be done to it.

HELP!! It's for next weekend so no huge time press.

I may be in the OK in the next couple of weeks-could you save me a piece?

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

I got some mini bundt pans and want to make lemon cake with a raspberry filling (I seem to recall filled bundt cakes). I found a recipe for "Lemon Loaf Cake" in Baking With Julia and I have a fair amount of just fruit seedless raspberry jam. I am unsure how to get the raspberry inside the cake and what, if anything, needs to be done to it.

HELP!! It's for next weekend so no huge time press.

Do you want the jam baked into the little bundt cakes or could it be added after baking.

If it doesn't have to be baked into the mini bundt cakes, you could make the bundt cakes and then after they have cooled, slice them in half cross-wise then spread some jam on the bottom layer and then top the jam with something creamy yummy -- whipped cream, mascarpone, etc. -- and put the top on. Or you could mix the raspberry with the creamy yummy stuff for filling.

If you want the jam mixed into the cakes then put half the batter into the mini bundt pans, then put a couple teaspoons or so of jam on top of the batter and spread it out. then put the rest of the batter on top and swirl it around a little with a knife.

[ltl/fb]

Originally Posted by Penske 2.0

I may be in the OK in the next couple of weeks-could you save me a piece?

No. It's for my mother's birthday.

[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

No. It's for my mother's birthday.

First Adder snubs for a date with his mom, now this....

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Fugee

Do you want the jam baked into the little bundt cakes or could it be added after baking.

If it doesn't have to be baked into the mini bundt cakes, you could make the bundt cakes and then after they have cooled, slice them in half cross-wise then spread some jam on the bottom layer and then top the jam with something creamy yummy -- whipped cream, mascarpone, etc. -- and put the top on. Or you could mix the raspberry with the creamy yummy stuff for filling.

If you want the jam mixed into the cakes then put half the batter into the mini bundt pans, then put a couple teaspoons or so of jam on top of the batter and spread it out. then put the rest of the batter on top and swirl it around a little with a knife.

This recipe has a picture of what I described for baking the jam into the cake. http://www.bakespace.com/recipes/det...dt-Cake-/6418/

[ltl/fb]

Originally Posted by Fugee

This recipe has a picture of what I described for baking the jam into the cake. http://www.bakespace.com/recipes/det...dt-Cake-/6418/

Should I maybe use an electric mixer and put some egg whites in with raspberry jam to make it lighter and less likely to sink? I think I will grease and flour nonstick pans to be on safe side and experiment later when it's not for someone else.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

Should I maybe use an electric mixer and put some egg whites in with raspberry jam to make it lighter and less likely to sink? I think I will grease and flour nonstick pans to be on safe side and experiment later when it's not for someone else.

I wouldn't add egg whites. Because the pans are smaller you could put the jam on top rather than at half full so there is more room to sink. You could also heat up the jam a little so it would be more liquid and spread nicer and not just sit in spoonfuls.

I always grease and flour bundt pans even when they are nonstick. The ridges make them more difficult to get the cakes out of if I don't.

[ltl/fb]

Originally Posted by Fugee

I wouldn't add egg whites. Because the pans are smaller you could put the jam on top rather than at half full so there is more room to sink. You could also heat up the jam a little so it would be more liquid and spread nicer and not just sit in spoonfuls.

I always grease and flour bundt pans even when they are nonstick. The ridges make them more difficult to get the cakes out of if I don't.

I experimented with a brownie mix and raspberry jam last night and there will be greasing and flouring for sure. Or sugaring.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

I experimented with a brownie mix and raspberry jam last night and there will be greasing and flouring for sure. Or sugaring.

Don't you miss the good old days when that was sex talk?

[ltl/fb]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

I experimented with a brownie mix and raspberry jam last night and there will be greasing and flouring for sure. Or sugaring.

Has anyone ever buttered and sugared a pan instead of buttering and flouring?

[Adder]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

Has anyone ever buttered and sugared a pan instead of buttering and flouring?

No, but I would worry about caramelization, which would seem counter productive.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

Has anyone ever buttered and sugared a pan instead of buttering and flouring?

I've never tried it for anything but caramel rolls (and that is a LOT of butter and sugar) and don't think I'd want to experiment with it with cakes.

[ltl/fb]

Originally Posted by Fugee

I've never tried it for anything but caramel rolls (and that is a LOT of butter and sugar) and don't think I'd want to experiment with it with cakes.

For caramel rolls one wants . . . Caramel.

[ltl/fb]

What kind of nuts go best with raspberries?

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

What kind of nuts go best with raspberries?

Almonds.