What a gorgeous cake tin and the recipe is very intriguing - less sugar than many Bundt tin recipes I’ve seen, and the flavours sound delicious. I have a Bundt tin that I don’t use often enough so I might give this a go. Full disclosure on cake tins, I have about as many as you, though baking has never intersected with my professional life, and I bake much less frequently these days. My excuse for owning so many is that quite a few are my mum’s, which I can’t bear to part with (including a fish-shaped tin for salmon mouse, that I made a couple of times in the 80s 😂. Hopefully my daughter will want some of her grandmother’s tins, and some of mine one day 🌸
I hope so! A little less sugar because I've added honey as well, mainly because I liked the sound of 'honey, ginger and lemon' together, it sounds very soothing. How lovely that you have your mother's cake tins; what a memory-legacy to have in the kitchen cupboard.
My mother often made nut loaf, but she used a soup tin with both ends removed. And among my cake tins is a Soldier's Cake Tin made by Willow during WWII. It had a tight-fitting lid so the cake it contained could be mailed to a soldier serving overseas. The one I tracked down still had sticky tape marks suggesting it had made at least one long journey.
When I was about 8, I "borrowed" the bundt tin to make a mud cake. Quite literally: made the mud in the back yard, packed the tin full and stuck it in the oven. The cake was not a success partly because it just shrivelled up and cracked and partly because my mother was extremely displeased. I spent the rest of the day in my room.
Bundt Tins are so impressive and your cake recipe sounds and looks delicious. The combination of flavours speak to me. :) I'm so happy to have found you here. I've loved cooking your recipes over the years.
Dear wonderful Jill (and Terry), I’ve been making your date and nut loaves (from Old Food) in old-fashioned tube tins for many years. They are easily made vegan-friendly (not that I am, but I have many vegan friends) by substituting Nuttelex for butter - it doesn’t impact the flavour negatively as there is only a tablespoon. I have far too many cake tins (dating from my now-adult kids’ memorable birthday parties) but am thrilled to work for a library service that now lends them to our patrons! I might request we purchase some beautiful Bundt tins too… https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/HOME?HOMEPRMS=UD_LIBRARY_OF_THINGS
I admit to owning far too many cake tins considering we rarely eat cake but I like to be prepared ! I do have a date nut cylindrical tin as well a a few gem irons all from op shops !
Up until last Christmas I had 1 large round, 4 sponge, 2 mini rounds, 4 mini muffin, a dolly vardin, I did have a heart shaped one given away previously. The aforementioned went to my niece. I still have 2 spring form, a medium round, a medium square, large muffin plus two loaf tins, and these days I rarely bake, but these tins are kept “just in case”. The one thing I do make from time to time due to it being so easy, is a date and walnut loaf, but you have to be able to see the dates, not chopped finely. What a beautiful Bundt tine, I don’t think I have seen one like that before, but then I haven’t been looking lol…
What a gorgeous cake tin and the recipe is very intriguing - less sugar than many Bundt tin recipes I’ve seen, and the flavours sound delicious. I have a Bundt tin that I don’t use often enough so I might give this a go. Full disclosure on cake tins, I have about as many as you, though baking has never intersected with my professional life, and I bake much less frequently these days. My excuse for owning so many is that quite a few are my mum’s, which I can’t bear to part with (including a fish-shaped tin for salmon mouse, that I made a couple of times in the 80s 😂. Hopefully my daughter will want some of her grandmother’s tins, and some of mine one day 🌸
I hope so! A little less sugar because I've added honey as well, mainly because I liked the sound of 'honey, ginger and lemon' together, it sounds very soothing. How lovely that you have your mother's cake tins; what a memory-legacy to have in the kitchen cupboard.
My mother often made nut loaf, but she used a soup tin with both ends removed. And among my cake tins is a Soldier's Cake Tin made by Willow during WWII. It had a tight-fitting lid so the cake it contained could be mailed to a soldier serving overseas. The one I tracked down still had sticky tape marks suggesting it had made at least one long journey.
Such evocative images. The soup tin! Thanks, Jan.
When I was about 8, I "borrowed" the bundt tin to make a mud cake. Quite literally: made the mud in the back yard, packed the tin full and stuck it in the oven. The cake was not a success partly because it just shrivelled up and cracked and partly because my mother was extremely displeased. I spent the rest of the day in my room.
Bundt Tins are so impressive and your cake recipe sounds and looks delicious. The combination of flavours speak to me. :) I'm so happy to have found you here. I've loved cooking your recipes over the years.
Dear wonderful Jill (and Terry), I’ve been making your date and nut loaves (from Old Food) in old-fashioned tube tins for many years. They are easily made vegan-friendly (not that I am, but I have many vegan friends) by substituting Nuttelex for butter - it doesn’t impact the flavour negatively as there is only a tablespoon. I have far too many cake tins (dating from my now-adult kids’ memorable birthday parties) but am thrilled to work for a library service that now lends them to our patrons! I might request we purchase some beautiful Bundt tins too… https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/HOME?HOMEPRMS=UD_LIBRARY_OF_THINGS
I love this idea so much. The Library of Things. Thank you for introducing me to it, I shall spread the word.
I admit to owning far too many cake tins considering we rarely eat cake but I like to be prepared ! I do have a date nut cylindrical tin as well a a few gem irons all from op shops !
How beautiful!
Up until last Christmas I had 1 large round, 4 sponge, 2 mini rounds, 4 mini muffin, a dolly vardin, I did have a heart shaped one given away previously. The aforementioned went to my niece. I still have 2 spring form, a medium round, a medium square, large muffin plus two loaf tins, and these days I rarely bake, but these tins are kept “just in case”. The one thing I do make from time to time due to it being so easy, is a date and walnut loaf, but you have to be able to see the dates, not chopped finely. What a beautiful Bundt tine, I don’t think I have seen one like that before, but then I haven’t been looking lol…
A quick survey of the cupboard tells me that we have 7 tins but we are criminally short on profane tea towels