want to make individual 4 inch Christmas cakes but only have one tin - possible?

[sphil]

I have had the brilliant idea of making these for teachers at school. I have one 4 inch cake tin... Would it be possible to make the mix and cook them one after the other all on the same day? Would the cake mix be OK hanging around for this time? I've searched the net and recipes quote between 1 and 2 hours to cook between 5 and 10 cakes all at once, so should be possible if I spend one whole day doing the cooking. ( I need 7)

Money tight atm (DH made redundant) which is why I don't want to fork out for more tins!

Oh, and to complicate matters further I have an Aga...
TIA

My local cake decorating shop hires out different sized bakng tins. I don't know how much it costs or if this is common practice-just an idea.

My mum used to make them in washed out baked bean tins, and given that other people can remember the same, it must work! Don't think my mum would be able to recall cooking times & temperatures, would be good if someone did know because that's a lovely sized cake to make for presents.

Have found the perfect tins - Sainsburys basics sponge puddings - 54p each!

Now I just need a recipe - can anyone help?

Peachy - sorry - I missed your sympathetic post. Thanks so much for asking about DH - we had a scary few weeks (no money forthcoming after Xmas) - but he's now got a slightly better settlement and some work next term, so we are breathing a bit more easily.