Smash cake
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celtic-chick
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Is this syn free.Does it taste nice?
Barbette
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It tastes nice, quite a dense texture similar to a baked cheese cake. It's half a syn for the whole cake. Have you tried the half syn cake?
ScarlettStar86
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Its not half a syn as this isn't how smash should be used. As with a mash pizza and scones they need to be synned at their highest value eg. How you would syn potato on a red day
Barbette
Gold Member
I was told as long as you don't eat loads of it all the time you could count it as such, if you were to eat a full cake every day syn it as such but if you're having one slice once in a blue moon I don't see the harm. I beg to differ about how potatoes should be used, there are very traditional recipes, 100's of years old using mashed potato eg cakes and pastry and since smash is a dried version of this how is this using it wrong? Surely that is a modern view brought about by the lack of home cooking using traditional recipes. And yes I'm passionate about cooking trying traditional lost recipes and experimenting with new ones.
ScarlettStar86
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I'm just saying what the official sw line on it is, obviously its up to the individual to decide if they choose to follow the advice or not.
celtic-chick
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Barbette
Gold Member
0.5 SYN FOR THE WHOLE CAKE. 1 TUB QUARK, 4 EGGS, 1 TSP BAKING POWDER, 4 TBSP SWEETNER,VANILLA ESSENCE (OR ANY), FRESH FRUIT. SEPERATE THE EGGS. ADD THE YOLK, HALF THE QUARK, BAKING POWDER, SWEETNER AND ESSENCE INTO A BOWL, WHISK TOGETHER AND SET ASIDE. WHISK EGG WHITE TILL STIFF. WHISK HALF INTO THE MIXTURE THEN FOLD IN OTHER HALF. USING A SWISS ROLL TIN SPRAY WITH FRY LIGHT ( I PUT GREASPROOF PAPER IN FIRST THE SPRAY SO DOESNT STICK) POUR THE MIXTURE IN AND BAKE AT 180 FOR 15 - 20 MINUTES. LEAVE TO COOL IN A DISH ADD REMAINING QUARK ,SWEETNER, AND ESSENCE AND MIX TOGETHER. REMOVE THE CAKE FROM TIN WHEN COOL SPREAD THE QUARK EVENLY, ADD FINELY CHOPPED FRUIT (STRAWBERRY AND BANANA MY FAVE). ROLL THE CAKE FROM ONE END. SLICE TO SERVE. THE WHOLE CAKE IS ONLY HALF A SYN AND THATS THE BAKING POWDER. CAN ALSO ADD CHOC OPTIONS SACHET FOR FLAVOURING. WHEN THE CAKE COMES OUT OF THE OVEN IT WILL HAVE RISEN LOADS BUT WILL GO VERY FLAT WHEN COOL LOL I THOUGHT IT HAD GONE WRONG FIRST TIME I MADE IT BUT WAS LOVELY.
I did this with options choc/orange and I put one in the cake and one with the quark for the filling, made it 4.5 syns but was worth it
I did this with options choc/orange and I put one in the cake and one with the quark for the filling, made it 4.5 syns but was worth it
celtic-chick
Silver Member
0.5 SYN FOR THE WHOLE CAKE. 1 TUB QUARK, 4 EGGS, 1 TSP BAKING POWDER, 4 TBSP SWEETNER,VANILLA ESSENCE (OR ANY), FRESH FRUIT. SEPERATE THE EGGS. ADD THE YOLK, HALF THE QUARK, BAKING POWDER, SWEETNER AND ESSENCE INTO A BOWL, WHISK TOGETHER AND SET ASIDE. WHISK EGG WHITE TILL STIFF. WHISK HALF INTO THE MIXTURE THEN FOLD IN OTHER HALF. USING A SWISS ROLL TIN SPRAY WITH FRY LIGHT ( I PUT GREASPROOF PAPER IN FIRST THE SPRAY SO DOESNT STICK) POUR THE MIXTURE IN AND BAKE AT 180 FOR 15 - 20 MINUTES. LEAVE TO COOL IN A DISH ADD REMAINING QUARK ,SWEETNER, AND ESSENCE AND MIX TOGETHER. REMOVE THE CAKE FROM TIN WHEN COOL SPREAD THE QUARK EVENLY, ADD FINELY CHOPPED FRUIT (STRAWBERRY AND BANANA MY FAVE). ROLL THE CAKE FROM ONE END. SLICE TO SERVE. THE WHOLE CAKE IS ONLY HALF A SYN AND THATS THE BAKING POWDER. CAN ALSO ADD CHOC OPTIONS SACHET FOR FLAVOURING. WHEN THE CAKE COMES OUT OF THE OVEN IT WILL HAVE RISEN LOADS BUT WILL GO VERY FLAT WHEN COOL LOL I THOUGHT IT HAD GONE WRONG FIRST TIME I MADE IT BUT WAS LOVELY.
I did this with options choc/orange and I put one in the cake and one with the quark for the filling, made it 4.5 syns but was worth it
Thanks.Sounds delish.I might give it a go this weekend
Barbette
Gold Member
It is, even my kids eat it and that's saying something lolThanks.Sounds delish.I might give it a go this weekend
celtic-chick
Silver Member
0.5 SYN FOR THE WHOLE CAKE. 1 TUB QUARK, 4 EGGS, 1 TSP BAKING POWDER, 4 TBSP SWEETNER,VANILLA ESSENCE (OR ANY), FRESH FRUIT. SEPERATE THE EGGS. ADD THE YOLK, HALF THE QUARK, BAKING POWDER, SWEETNER AND ESSENCE INTO A BOWL, WHISK TOGETHER AND SET ASIDE. WHISK EGG WHITE TILL STIFF. WHISK HALF INTO THE MIXTURE THEN FOLD IN OTHER HALF. USING A SWISS ROLL TIN SPRAY WITH FRY LIGHT ( I PUT GREASPROOF PAPER IN FIRST THE SPRAY SO DOESNT STICK) POUR THE MIXTURE IN AND BAKE AT 180 FOR 15 - 20 MINUTES. LEAVE TO COOL IN A DISH ADD REMAINING QUARK ,SWEETNER, AND ESSENCE AND MIX TOGETHER. REMOVE THE CAKE FROM TIN WHEN COOL SPREAD THE QUARK EVENLY, ADD FINELY CHOPPED FRUIT (STRAWBERRY AND BANANA MY FAVE). ROLL THE CAKE FROM ONE END. SLICE TO SERVE. THE WHOLE CAKE IS ONLY HALF A SYN AND THATS THE BAKING POWDER. CAN ALSO ADD CHOC OPTIONS SACHET FOR FLAVOURING. WHEN THE CAKE COMES OUT OF THE OVEN IT WILL HAVE RISEN LOADS BUT WILL GO VERY FLAT WHEN COOL LOL I THOUGHT IT HAD GONE WRONG FIRST TIME I MADE IT BUT WAS LOVELY.
I did this with options choc/orange and I put one in the cake and one with the quark for the filling, made it 4.5 syns but was worth it
I tried this yesterday.OMG.It was delish.Even my hubby loved it.Needless to say there's non left for today.Thank you so much for the reciepe.It's going to be a regular in my house from now on
Barbette
Gold Member
yes, it deflates when it comes out of the oven. I do mine in 2 round cake tins and put filling in the middle like a sponge cake. This is my choc/orange one.
and this is my smash cake
Barbette
Gold Member
The smash cake was nice but quite heavy, but it would have to be the 1/2 syn cake more like a sponge
Barbette
Gold Member
The one in the picture was 4.5 syns as this one had choc/orange options in both the cake & the quark filling, was well worth the extra syns
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