Baking cakes in a breadmaker

Have you checked the manufacturer's website? Assuming, of course, the manufacturer has bothered to put its name on the machine -- some of them are irritating that way. :)

Good luck!

-j

Cake mixes are the most forgiving way to bake a cake and can be had for under a dollar. While I'm not a fan of cake mixes, I would suggest that you get one and dump all the ingredients into the bread maker and run the cake cycle. That will give you an idea of how the machine will perform with the least research and the least investment. If it is a flop, you are out a cake mix and a couple of eggs.

You can find recipes by doing a Google search on various combinations of: bread maker (or) Bread Machine (and) Cake recipe (or) Jam recipe

I would also suggest that you browse a large bookstore. There is often a section in the cookbook department called "appliance cooking." You may find something useful there. And, as has been suggested, you can search the manufacturer's website. Also, as I recall, Alt.Bread.Recipes was dominated by people posting recipes for and discussing automatic bread machines. Someone there might be of help and/or you can do an advanced Google Groups search of that newsgroup.

You can use a cake mix...

Personally I think its easier and faster to use your oven, but I can understand the curiosity factor of trying the cake cycle on your bread machine especially if you have kids... they love that sort of thing and a bread machine is probably safer for them to use ( under Mom's watchful eye)

Here's a tip that I saved from snipped-for-privacy@yahoogroups.com .

Hope it helps.

Rina

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Cake Mixes & Bread Machines

Recipe By :Robert Barnett Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Tips

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Don't bother with from scratch cake recipes in your machine. They over mix the batter and will never make a good cake. Use store-bought mixes which can be mixed until a Twinkie mildews and still come out great. There are lots of way to improve a store-bought cake mix. Some ideas include:

1. Add 1 tsp. baking powder for extra boost.
2. Add 1 tsp. vanilla extra.
3. Add 1 tsp. Almond Extra (great with chocolate or white cakes)
4. Add 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder to chocolate cakes for a deep dark chocolate flavor.
5. Add flavored chips like the ones King Arthur sells to your mixes. I like the mint with chocolate and the lemon with lemon cake mix. You can also add the cinnamon chips to a spice or carrot cake for extra flavor.

Source: "Posted to Bread Machine Club Sun May 9, 2004 12:59 pm" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

What a great line, "until a Twinkie mildews" !!!

TammyM

Not my line, It tickled my funny bone too... that's why I saved it as a Quote.

FWIW: I baked a chocolate pound cake in my bread machine... only once. (curiosity got to me) It smelled wonderful while baking,but it came out dry and crumbly and was tough to get out of the pan. It could have been the recipe or my inexperience with baking cakes in a bread machine... who knows. but it certainly would have been easier in my oven.

Rina