Hi
I bought these lovely little moulds. I want to use them to make mini Christmas cakes and sell them at our school Christmas fair. But I have questions:
- anyone have a recipe for this size Christmas cakes or do I just use a regular Christmas cake recipe and divvy it up?
- is the baking time less for smaller cakes?
- Would leaving them in these moulds once baked make them sweaty?
- What would be the best way to keep them once baked before I get to sell them - do I cover with foil or anything?
- I hate marzipan and traditional icing with a passion. Anyone got any good suggestions for how to decorate - like fruit and nuts stuck on top but how do I do that?
Sorry about all the questions but I've never made a Christmas cake before although do bake quite a lot. Possibly a bit mad trying to start with something I want to sell but there you go. Any advice gratefully received
PS - I've also see that you can bake mini Christmas cakes in baked bean tins. But what I want to know is if you do that, can you leave them in the tins to sell (I think they would look quite sweet decorated with ribbon) but not sure if they need to be taken out. Any ideas??