Making an adjustment to Dundee Cake
Asked on 23 Nov 2019 by Carol
Hi - I always make Delia’s Scottish Whisky Dundee Cake with my niece. For Christmas. We’ve always used a 30cm round cake tin and it has always been a success. This year we’d like to divide the cake into 2 after baking so I’m wondering if I switch to my oblong loaf tin which is 20x10cm, will I need to adjust the cooking time / temperature at all? The loaf tin holds the same amount of water (2 litres) as my round cake tin. Your advice is appreciated. Kind regards. Carol
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Hello Carol,
Did you mean to say 30cm (12inch)?
If so have you been making 3 time the recipe and then planning on 1 ½ times the recipe in a 2L loaf tin twice?
Thanks
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey - I did indeed mean to say 20cm!
How much mixture do you use in the 30cm round tin that you use and how long have you baked that for?
Sorry I have not been clear! My reference to 30cm is wrong. What I meant to say is that I used a 20cm tin (per the instructions). I have always followed the recipe precisely (as it is in the book). What I hope to do this time is use the same recipe but used a different shaped tin (one that has the same volume / capacity as my 20cm round tin). Sorry for the confusion.
Hello Carol,
I’m assuming that you use the original cakes book which is a 3 egg mixture in a 7 or 8 inch tin and baked for 2 – 2 ½ hours?
In the most recent version, we use the 3 egg mixture in the 18cm round tin and bake for 1 ¾ hours so based on that I would check your 10 by 20cm cake at 1 ¼ hours. I think it would probably need 1 ½ hours in all.
Best wishes
Lindsey
I’ve created confusion! I meant to say that I have always used a 20cm round tin and followed the recipe exactly. This time, I’d like to use my loaf tin (same capacity as my round tin). Hope I have cleared this up. Kind regards. Carol
Dear Carol,
Yes, I understand that but there are a few published recipes and the cooking times differ.
I would bake the 3 egg mixture in your 10 by 20cm loaf tin and check it at 1 ¼ hours but think it will probably need 1 ½ hours.
Kind regards
Lindsey
Your advice was bang on Lindsey: it need 1 hour and a half. Thank you so much.