CatieB Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 My son turned 9 on Sunday and decided he would like a lemon cake. I cannot bake. I saw on here a recipe for a delish lemon loaf so I thought I can do that. I did and it looked amazing until I tried to take it out of the tin (well in fact a silicone mould I had lined with baking paper - is that what you call it???) Anyway the end fell off the cake when i tried to detach it from the paper and I then dropped the "H" of the happy birthday candles and broke it I had by this time put the lemon drizzle on as it said to do it on a hot cake I think this moisture proved fatal for me. luckily DS saw the funny side and laughed. So please tell me where did I go wrong? When do you take the cake out of the tin? Immediately or when cooled? When do you detach the paper. I need this advice as an emergency LOL DS has asked me to make another. Thanks for the recipe, looked a disaster tasted delish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Most cakes you can take out of the tin to cool, but with the lemon drizzle once you have poured all the syrup onto it you need to leave it to cool in its wrapper. Otherwise what happened to you is what happens It's just too soft to do anything with when warm......well, apart from eating it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Thank you Attempt number two in the oven now....will leave to cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Yep, I agree - normally I would take a cake straight out of the tin as soon as it comes out of the oven, but in the case of a lemon drizzle, you need to leave the cake in the tin (after drizzling) until it's cool otherwise it will disintegrate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 It needs to left to cool in the tin, this is a level of discipline I have yet to master and always end up taking it out too soon, leaving chunks behind. However it tastes great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Cake number two looks fab. Was fully cool before I removed it and came out a treat. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 well done!!! any pics? If you're using silcone, they have to be stone cold before you take them out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 well done!!! any pics? If you're using silcone, they have to be stone cold before you take them out! Are you joking? Eaten far too quickly. Thanks for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
