MamaG?????? are you there? I have a yorkshire pudding question.................

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Relax, cos if it all goes wrong you can blame it all on us!
Just as long as there are no lumps in your mix and the oil is smoking it'll be great. Oh, and don't keep checking them.
Enjoy.

OK

The mixture is in the bowl. It is the consistency of single cream and has 4 medium eggs in it. I used the handblender so there are no lumps,

The meat has been seasoned and seared in the pan (as instructed by DH)

The potatoes are parboiling.

Carrots, broccoli and green beans are all prepared.

Oven is on.

Time for a coffee and Mumsnet and then a shower.

Thanks all.

Yay, it's good this domesticity lark isn't it?

Not really - LOL!!

And not even a special occasion - just Sunday lunch!

Just to throw a spanner in the works

I use

1 egg (largish)
1/2 pt milk
4oz plain flour

Mix at least an hour before cooking & leave to stand in the kitchen(can be up to 6 hrs before in the fridge)

Oil in each muffin tin depression & in the oven on it's hottest for about 5 mins

The remix the batter & pour into the smoking oil - split the mixture between 12 tine (each one is about 2 inches across

Back into hottest oven for 20-25 minutes (don't pen the door)

I get 12 YP each about 3 inches high

Enjoy

OK....last time I make YPs!!

How much mixture should there be with 4 eggs? in millilitres I mean or fluid ounces?

Am not sure there is enough to fill 12 muffin tins!

Katy....where were you when I needed measurements?

My yorkshires are always at least 6 inches, and I use 3-4 large eggs. They are lovely like that.

I'm guessing about 1 and a quarter litres, I can tell how much mixture I need from the bowl.

I guess its all over now. Hope all was well.
I'm just going to brag about the coconut sponge I just made and we devoured 1/2 at lunch with a fishfinger sandwich.
This cake though: HUGE, golden, moist and very, very lush.

WOW!!!! They were mega and the boys and DH clapped!!

They rose really high and were crispy but soft and delicious!

And the beef wasnt overcooked and the veg was lovely.

and then we had Haagen Daaz ice cream.

will definitely make them again.

thanks so much for your help.

DH just asked where I was going and I told him I had to thank Mumsnet for the yorkshire puddings and he said, 'oh ' He just doesnt get it!

goober - cake sounds yum. Recipe please.

Easy peasy:
Weigh your eggs. 4 weigh roughly 8 oz, so 8 oz of everything else. (If only using 2 eggs weigh accordingly.)
8 oz Flour,
8 oz marg/butter,
8 oz Caster sugar,
Then 2 oz coconut, some milk and
teaspoon baking powder.
Don't bother with sifting flour or adding 1 thing at a time. Put it all in a big bowl (no particular order) and attack it with electric food mixer for ages, or until smooth and then pour into pre-greased sandwich tins or divide into bun cases. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170c. Until firm and golden. Usually ready when you can smell it in the air. When cool sandwich together with butter cream and the same on the top, sprinkle with more coconut, top with a cherry.
This is the same recipe I use with all my sponges and fairy cakes. I like the no-fuss "throw it all in at once method". And you remember the recipe without having to get a book out each time. Its so easy to make large or small quantities and you can substitute the coconut with anything. Cocoa, fruit, choc chips.