craftyhunnypie Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Yes Mrs - you better had eat your heart out... Hubby has just ordered us a new oven It's a Cannon 60ETC in cream. It might sound daft, but I get excited about having anything new - anything at all. But a new oven. (swoon). Just imagine all the nice hotpots, pies, puddings & cakes that will be coming out of it. Hubby has already put in an order for one of my speciality coffee cakes a week on Wednesday. I think some nice shiny new unusual shaped baking tins might be called for too. I really need a Gugelhupf tin! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 When is it coming Emma? Will you get it before Christmas? You sound exactly like me - I would be excited about a new cooker too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I really need a Gugelhupf tin! erm... a what?? oh, the oven sounds lovely Cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 It's coming on the 16th December - so I will be able to try out a batch of mince pies in it. A Gugelhupf baking tin is a sort of tin for producing a dome / pudding basin shaped cake with a hole in the middle. A bit like that cake that Nigella made last year in her Xmas program - looked like a ring of trees. I had a cheap one - but it's worn out now. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Oh one of those knoe exactly what you're on about now (not) Enjoy your new cooker - I too get excited by cookers - got excited with the bread maker - like a silly big kid really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Yes - I think when you haven't got children, the children live within yourself! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I would be exactly the same! We have a range and I just love it! Do loads of baking.I think you can get those tins from Jane Ashers website. I have been seriously tempted to buy one, but they are quite expensive. I am however making Nigellas Chocolate fruit christmas cake this week. I have made it twice before and it is absolutely gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Ooo that chocolate fruit cake sounds wonderful! I've requested a few of her books from Santa, plus the River Cottge Everyday one. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 That sounds fantastic. We had to have a new cooker (which arrived yesterday) as the oven thermostat no longer worked and everything was singed to a crisp. It is so exciting planning what you are going to bake, particularly since I haven't been able to bake anything other than pizza for more than a year! Just make sure you tell us what you have been baking so we can share in the excitement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Well our grill stopped working, so we've been barbequeing & using the caravan grill for months. It will be nice to do eggy bread & chhesy toast again in the house. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Nigellas Christmas book is fantastic! I swear by her.I love her recipes,and I love the fact that she isn't obsessed by calories. She does an amazing chocolate cake as well -soooo fattening!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Coooo when are you doing Gugelhupf...I'll put it in the diary & pop up for a slice:lol: ....I fell hook, link & sinker for this lovely cake in Switzerland, haven't managed to find a recipe just like it since though Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickpea Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 oooh am so tempted to try that Nigella recipe now sounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 I have an Austrian & German cookbook that was bought me by Austrian family when I lived there. I also love the Sacher torte from that book. Hubby's been planning a right good list of delicacies for the new oven. I keep telling him it will just cook - it won't do magic or beam him up & things like that! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I have been very naughty and ordered the mould for the pine tree cake. I can't wait for it to arrive - I have promised to bake the cake for my sisters office party. I also made some of Nigellas mince pies last week with the cranberry's. Totally yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I have been very naughty and ordered the mould for the pine tree cake. Where did you order it from ...I have been frantically searching for one, so that the non xmas cake eating members of the family can still have some pretty xmassy type cake :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Hi, I got it from the Jane Asher website - it was about £25 plus about 8.95 postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Hi, I got it from the Jane Asher website - it was about £25 plus about 8.95 postage. Thanks :D...I'm off to have a little look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 check this for the tree cake tin http://www.nordicware.com I think Jane Ashers have sold out. Mine arrived today! Yahoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
