M&S ready to bake cakes

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Whilst in M&S food hall, I found their new range of ready to bake cakes and (feel lazy) decided to buy the chocolate cakes and chocolate buttercream - and they are blooming lovely - taste homemade!

Now I know you can make them cheaper at home (I am normally good and make my own) - but they were on offer and had lots to choose from (Chocolate brownies, marble cake, banana loaf & several types of cookie dough).

So I just thought I share in case anyone else was feeling lazy!

why not just buy a cake?

Don't you need to add butter and milk ? - you are halfway to making one from scratch anyway!

I am just smug because I made jam donut muffins today. yum yum yum

No - you don't need to add anything - they come ready to cook in the oven (they a basically cake batters). They taste like homemade rather than something you buy in the shop.

How bizarre.

sound nice. I'm not only lazy, but absolutely hopeless when it comes to baking, and ready made batter appeals to me!

Belgo - very easy - just stick them in the oven for 18 mins.

I couldn't resist and have eaten two already

do they have bizarre ingredients to preserve teh batter in its pre-baking state?

probably Goat. No worse then ready made meals and frozen pizzas imo.

belgo - get yourself a copy of the domestic goddess and get baking!

Baking is very theraputic! I have made anzak biscuits this morning and blackberry oat bars.

the cup cakes are small (more for kids) which is why I could eat 2 without the guilt. But they cooked nicely and looked lovely once iced and decorated in sprinkles

I know it's not for everyone - but great if you don't like/rubbish at baking - they have a short shelf life and no preservatives (unlike the boxed cakes which last for weeks)

Goat even if I had a recipe in front of me and all the ingredients , I assure you, I will still manage to stuff it up somehow.

it is probably a good thing belgo. i make great cakes and have a fat arse to prove it.

6oz soft butter, 6oz self raising flour, 6oz caster sugar, 4 eggs.

Put in bowl, beat with electric whisk, put in tins, bake.

No additives, fool proof, and quicker than going to Marks and Spencer.

and cheaper seeker..

cheaper, and less packaging, I know, but I will still mess it up somehow.

No you won't. Honestly. If you can bake the M and S one you can make a real one. Go on, give it a try!

Georgie please share recipe for jam donut miffins this instand!

you know you want to belgo..

Miffins?

I know how to make jam doughnut muffins too - what's it worth?

Not sure about miffins, though!