UK MNer? Want to try out Tefal’s new Cake Factory Easy Cake Maker? Sign up here!

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Tefal would love 25 Mumsnet users to test out their new Cake Factory Easy Cake Maker (RRP £169.99). The product comes with:

• 1 Proflex silicone mould for 6 muffins
• 1 Proflex silicone mould for 6 mini cakes
• 1 non-stick baking tray
• Cooling rack
• Recipe booklet which includes 22 easy recipes, including vegan & gluten free options

Here’s what Tefal have to say about the product: “Fed up of sunken sponges and soggy bottoms? Or your temperamental oven burning bakes? Then you’ll love Tefal’s Cake Factory. With this precision cakemaker, you can enjoy consistent, mouth-watering results without the stress. From crispy meringues to hot sticky toffee pudding and perfectly oozing chocolate lava cakes, no bake is too tricky. Five automatic programmes intelligently set the correct temperature and time for a range of sweet delights, completely taking the guesswork out of baking. For when you become confident in your baking, there’s a manual mode that lets you take full control and create your own signature bakes. Download the free app for inspiration, featuring over 200 easy recipes – including vegan, gluten-free and low-sugar options. Little helpers can even get involved thanks to its simple controls and cool touch handles, whilst its compact size makes it convenient to use and easy to store.”

To find out more information on this product, please watch this video:

Selected testers will receive one Tefal Cake Factory to use as part of their normal cooking routine for two weeks and use some of the recipes included in the booklet or on the Tefal app. They will then be required to leave their feedback on a thread on Mumsnet and on the Tefal website. All testers who leave the required feedback will be entered into a prize draw where 3 MNers will win a £100 voucher (each) of their choice (from a list).

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No, mine was fine. Check the cable?

I think we may have mini quiche for tea tonight.

Ooh, what about Yorkshires! Mmm.

Cable seems fine...

Maybe it’s just because it’s new, I will observe it over other bakes too I think.

On a side note, excited about quiche! Are the recipes on the app?

They are done, they look fab! Burning smell still there from the machine, but we will see how they taste, we are having them as an after dinner treat, so, will update you all then!

Nice rise!

No quiche recipes on the app, I sort of made it up but it was roughly 200ml cream, 100ml milk, 5 eggs, bacon lardons and enough grated cheese to scatter generously over the bottom.
Make a shortcrust pastry (or buy it) and blind bake it with baking beans on manual 200 for 20 mins. Then scatter the bacon and cheese over base, pour in the egg milk and cream mixture (season it first) and cook. I put it on manual 200 for 40 mins and checked it, still not quite done so another 10 mins on manual 200.

I made the plain sponge which was fine because we had it with custard, but would have been dry as the gobi desert without it.

Carrot cake muffins turned out OK, but defo need frosting.

I'm making something chocolatey tonight, at the request of DH work colleagues!

Also, mine smelled a bit burning plastic-ish on first use too. Went away after about 10 mins.

I'm using mine to crisp up some jacket potatoes tonight!

Raspberry cake bars were ok, nothing special, a little dense, not much flavour really (apart from that of the raspberries).

Fingers crossed for the next recipe.

Just put some chocolate lava cakes in to bake, will report back!

Hmmm followed the instructions to the letter, but they're not actually molten. Soft, but not molten. They taste fairly nice, but not amazing. Took them out of the machine and mould really quickly so they won't have carried on cooking.

The machine itself is great, I do love it but I'm not massively impressed with any of the recipes I've tried so far. The quiche I made is by far my fave thing that's come out of it!

Make little chocolate loads tonight and they came out amazing. Will be sure to get pictures tomorrow and reviews from work.

Chocolate chip muffins. Success!

Their recipe book isn't the best really, is it? I'm going to try using some of my tried and tested old favourite recipes in there instead.

I must admit there seems to be a touch of the sledgehammer/nut going on. Recipes I've looked at so far seem to be far more complicated than equivalent oven ones I would use. Also, I have to admit that the novelty of setting it up three times to make a decent sized batch of cakes is wearing off...

Chocolate bars were a bit dense and wet. DH didn't like them. Lemon drizzles were sensational.

I'm planning on making a 4x batch, and alternating muffin tin and cake bar tin. That should be pretty speedy .

Chocolate brownies in! Wish me luck

We changed out the walnuts in the recipe (from the app) for pecans as we are not walnut fans, but ither than that, recipe followed to the letter.

Made the chocoholic cup cakes with my husband and son. They were great. I am loving the reliability of the bake compared to my oven which was so unpredictable that I basically had a 50% hit rate. I think next week I am going to attempt something from my hummingbird bakery book.

They smell incredible! Here’s hoping!

moo they look gorgeous!!!

I am interested in how other bakes fare in the machine, I am attempting several recipes from tefal to get the measure of the machine first, but am quite excited to branch out.

To the pp who commented about batch sizes, I agree, it is a pain, however there is one saving grace for me...

My diet!!!

Ok, so, the brownies TASTE amazing, however, the texture is crumbly and grainy and has more resemblance to a loose cookie/biscuit mixture than a brownie imho. It’s hard to judge here whether this is down to the recipe or the cake factory, however my suspicion is the recipe, so I am going to look at other brownie recipes to see if I can get some inspiration on improving the texture.

Good to know cushion!

I find the app a bit irritating. The whole 'what's in your fridge' thing- ingredients are a bit random.

And is it me or are the ingredients in the wrong order? I seem to find myself scanning for information a lot.

The choc chip muffins were lovely, really nice so would absolutely make them again. I'm going to test it later with bog standard fairy cakes and see if the result differs from an oven. It's hard to tell when you use their recipes.

The lemon drizzle was a bog standard Victoria sponge recipe, but all ingredients in together. No creaming butter and sugar first. That was impressive.

Had great feedback on the mini banana bread. I don't like that sort of thing but the six went in a heartbeat.

Everyone has asked me to make more chocolate loaf cakes so another batch will be make today.