Did you move with your cooker or inherit one that was there?  I used to be able to cook one of my fruit cake recipes perfectly but as that cooker wouldn't fit in the new kitchen I had to sell it and now I find that all the fruit sinks to the bottom, no matter what I do, leaving plain cake on the top and fruit cake on the bottom   Here are some ideas the experts suggest for cakes sinking in the middle

Why do my cakes sink in the middle?

Squiggle, try coating the fruit with a bit of flour before adding to the cake mixture. If it's glace cherries, cut them a bit smaller before coating with flour. That's what a Google search comes up with for stopping them sinking.

I tried that with my fruit EL, didn't make a difference.  In my case it was definitely the oven.

I could hear some music coming from outside so I had a look at my local news site to discover who's performing at Kingsholm.

Moonie, I love the swan and cygnet video.

Squiggle, your recipe for the spiced apple cake is the best I've ever tried. It's very popular in the Yogi household.

Summer, don't worry about it - so long as it tasted good.

El, I love Lionel - even my sons and DiLs like Lionel.

Quite right Yogi, nothing matters but what it tastes like 

squiggle posted:

Quite right Yogi, nothing matters but what it tastes like 

Thank you for the tips, it is a new oven to me so I'm still getting used to it. I did open the door to take a peak, and the outside was definitely cooked more than the middle. I also had to work hard to cream the butter & sugar because it had been in the fridge... So I did plenty wrong, but I'm determined to try again. 

Squiggle & yogi, how small do you slice the apple..? I think I may have cut the chicks too big. 

El, I will definitely try the fruit in flour trick on my next attempt. 

I'm too embarrassed to show you the picture but I may show you it after I've also baked a successful one  

~Sweet Summer~ posted:

Thank you for the tips, it is a new oven to me so I'm still getting used to it. I did open the door to take a peak, and the outside was definitely cooked more than the middle. I also had to work hard to cream the butter & sugar because it had been in the fridge... So I did plenty wrong, but I'm determined to try again. 

Squiggle & yogi, how small do you slice the apple..? I think I may have cut the chicks too big. 

El, I will definitely try the fruit in flour trick on my next attempt. 

 

I'm too embarrassed to show you the picture but I may show you it after I've also baked a successful one  

I've made it with the apples in slices and also tried it with small cubes and both worked fine.

lol Your cake couldn't be any worse than the scones I make - they always end up so flat, I can't cut them in half, I need to put one on top of the other.

Yogi19 posted:

~Sweet Summer~ posted:

Thank you for the tips, it is a new oven to me so I'm still getting used to it. I did open the door to take a peak, and the outside was definitely cooked more than the middle. I also had to work hard to cream the butter & sugar because it had been in the fridge... So I did plenty wrong, but I'm determined to try again. 

Squiggle & yogi, how small do you slice the apple..? I think I may have cut the chicks too big. 

El, I will definitely try the fruit in flour trick on my next attempt. 

 

I'm too embarrassed to show you the picture but I may show you it after I've also baked a successful one  

I've made it with the apples in slices and also tried it with small cubes and both worked fine.

 

lol Your cake couldn't be any worse than the scones I make - they always end up so flat, I can't cut them in half, I need to put one on top of the other.

that's brilliant, that makes me feel so much better. We must all have kitchen disasters at times  

Yogi I'm going to Churchill sweet dreams  

leaving hugs for moonie, velvet & Ros  

~Sweet Summer~ posted:

Yogi I'm going to Churchill sweet dreams  

 

leaving hugs for moonie, velvet & Ros  

I'm going too - I need a lie down after suffering BB.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer, Squiggle, Moonie, Velvet and Ros

night yogi squiggle  summer moons velvet

Good morning everyone

Fair weather here today, not so from tomorrow.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone

It was sunny when I woke but now it's raining, and the forecast is showery weather for the next 10days Keira and I will have to time our walks between the showers.

Have a good day everyone.

Yogi, you can blame the gulf stream for your poor weather. The forecaster was saying yesterday that because it's stuck below this country, the further north you are, the damper it will be. Today they were using the "aut**nal" word to describe it

Good morning everyone, that sounds pretty rotten Yogi, we only have 2 wet days forecast and then the forecast is drier.  I hope they're wrong or the Gulf Stream shifts or something.

I feel shattered this morning, a quiet day is needed I think.

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, I hope you feel less shattered as the day goes on

Good noon a busy start here but I'm glad I can now pop in to say hello  

i I hope you are alright and not feeling unwell squiggle, a restful day if you're tired sounds like a good idea have you got a good book on the go? 

~Sweet Summer~ posted:

Good noon a busy start here but I'm glad I can now pop in to say hello  

 

i I hope you are alright and not feeling unwell squiggle, a restful day if you're tired sounds like a good idea have you got a good book on the go? 

I think squiggle will still be watching The Forsyte Saga - 26 50 minutes episodes so quite long.

Thanks Summer and EL, I just need a quiet day.  It's so nice and quiet and peaceful here I will soon be firing on all cylinders.  I don't think I'm going down with something but thank you both for your concern.

That's good to know, Squiggle

Sean Conway from Cheltenham has completed his 4,000-mile ultra-triathlon around the coastline of Britain. It took 85 days to cycle, run and swim in stages around the coast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36638891
(the reason for his beard is to stop jellyfish stinging his face rather than being a Viking).
A documentary will be shown on the Discovery channel in due course.

velvet donkey posted:

Afternoon troops    

 

Hope we're all fine and dandy      

 

News on all day here. It's like a spaghetti western  

Afternoon Velvet I'm OK and I hope you are too

Crikey el, what a chap! I should imagine that documentary will be good 

hi velvet, all dandy & fine here thank you. Hope yours is too  

Summer, I won't get to see that documentary as the Discovery channel isn't on Freeview.

Yogi19 posted:

Moonie, I love the swan and cygnet video.

Squiggle, your recipe for the spiced apple cake is the best I've ever tried. It's very popular in the Yogi household.

Summer, don't worry about it - so long as it tasted good.

El, I love Lionel - even my sons and DiLs like Lionel.

Glad you like the video Yogi 

They are whoppers now, aren't they? 

Good afternoon everyone  

Cool and breezy here but at least occasionally sunny hence washing line two out and drying after just fetching line one in 

Have a super day everyone 

El Loro posted:

Sean Conway from Cheltenham has completed his 4,000-mile ultra-triathlon around the coastline of Britain. It took 85 days to cycle, run and swim in stages around the coast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36638891
(the reason for his beard is to stop jellyfish stinging his face rather than being a Viking).
A documentary will be shown on the Discovery channel in due course.

 I've never heard of a beard being used as a jellyfish deterent.

squiggle posted:

Good morning everyone, that sounds pretty rotten Yogi, we only have 2 wet days forecast and then the forecast is drier.  I hope they're wrong or the Gulf Stream shifts or something.

 

I feel shattered this morning, a quiet day is needed I think.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

 I hope you are feeling less tired now.

velvet donkey posted:

Afternoon troops    

 

Hope we're all fine and dandy      

 

News on all day here. It's like a spaghetti western  

Afternoon Velvet.

I've been avoiding the news today, in case Sturgeon makes an appearance.

Moonie, the cygnets are coming on a treat. They are indeed whoppers.

velvet donkey posted:

Yogi19 posted:

velvet donkey posted:

Afternoon troops    

 

Hope we're all fine and dandy      

 

News on all day here. It's like a spaghetti western  

Afternoon Velvet.

I've been avoiding the news today, in case Sturgeon makes an appearance.

 

Moonie, the cygnets are coming on a treat. They are indeed whoppers.

I switch when Stugeron appears. She makes me feel queasy     I can't see it - you need to operate on your own currency at a deficit of 3% or less for EU admission and we're currently at 10% with the British pound.

She makes me want to throw something at my tv.

velvet donkey posted:

So the EU for wee Noddy is a long way off.

That's a relief!

Hi just signed in to say i am leaving the forum for good. Sad to see Yogi and Velvet still calling The First Minister of Scotland bad names, and one wonders why some people can be angry . No need in my opinion to be so rude and obnoxious. One may disagree with Nicola Sturgeons policies, but to call her names is rude and nasty. But the old story, dont agree, call bad names 
Dont see them moaning about the best healthcare they get....... or benefits they get....
Anyway , Bye all take care. Its been a blast, some of the time..  xx

Skylark

Skylark posted:

Hi just signed in to say i am leaving the forum for good. Sad to see Yogi and Velvet still calling The First Minister of Scotland bad names, and one wonders why some people can be angry . No need in my opinion to be so rude and obnoxious. One may disagree with Nicola Sturgeons policies, but to call her names is rude and nasty. But the old story, dont agree, call bad names 
Dont see them moaning about the best healthcare they get....... or benefits they get....
Anyway , Bye all take care. Its been a blast, some of the time..  xx

This has to be a wind up right? 

Doesn't it?

Surely 

Tell me it is...

Perleeeze tell me it is...

Popping in to say goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie, Velvet, Ros and Summer.

Sweet dreams yogi I hope you've had a lovely day 

Evening velvet, I hope you've had a good day I chose game of thrones over football  

What was the score? 

I hope Dr G is as nice as Doctor Quinn  

Yogi19 posted:

Popping in to say goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie, Velvet, Ros and Summer.

Nite nite Yogi, sleep well. Sweet dreams