How to make a cake with just TWO ingredients: Savvy home baker makes tasty mini desserts using supermarket mix and lemonade
- A clever home cook has shared her recipe for cakes using just two ingredients
- She says she whipped up the mixture in no time and baked in a Kmart pie maker
- The end result were zesty orange cakes her whole family said they loved
Talented home cooks everywhere have revealed how it’s possible to whip up all manner of delicious sweet treats using the $29 Kmart pie maker.
And now one Australian woman has taken to Facebook to share how she created zesty orange cakes in the handy gadget using just two ingredients.
‘Soda cakes are a HUGE hit in our house!’ The delighted woman wrote alongside photos showing the delectable morsels.
‘No eggs, no milk just soda. In this case, I used Greens Zesty Orange Cake (470g) and 355mL Coles Lemonade!’
This batch of zesty orange cakes (pictured) were made using just two ingredients and cooked in the Kmart pie maker
The clever home cook revealed how she created soda cakes using lemonade (pictured left) and a packet of Green’s Zesty Orange Cake (pictured right)
To start, the mixture was made by combining the dry ingredients with the lemonade and was mixed by hand while the pie maker was heating to the correct temperature.
‘First lot I didn’t add enough mixture but they still turned out okay. Didn’t even get time to ice them and they were all gone.’the woman said.
‘After their success and how easy they were, I will be trying a few other soda cakes for sure!’
Many who’d seen the woman’s post online tagged in streams of others they thought would be excited by how easy it was to make these tasty treats.
These delicious jelly cakes (pictured) were created with just two ingredients and using Kmart’s $29 pie maker
Another clever cook has also recently shared how she’d used the Kmart pie maker to whip up a batch of delicious jelly cakes – also created using just two ingredients.
The $29 pie maker from Kmart (pictured) is an incredibly versatile gadget
She explained the cakes were made using a packet of vanilla cake mix; the mixture was formulated per the instructions then the cakes were ‘baked’ in the pie maker.
To create the jelly, she used a packet mixture and added 250mL of boiling water. The mixture was stirred until dissolved then she added 150mL of iced water.
Once cakes were cooked and had cooled, they were dunked into the jelly and then rolled in coconut.
‘Cut in half and add whipped cream if you desire,’ the woman said.
The easy-to-make jelly cakes won a slew of fans online with many saying they were keen to try the recipe themselves.
‘There goes the diet… Who I am kidding I hadn’t started coz (sic) you guys keep posting yummy stuff,’ said one.
These vanilla slice pies (pictured), also cooked in the inexpensive kitchen appliance, were made using a custard mixture and puff pastry
A third also revealed how she’d used the budget-friendly device to make vanilla slice pies – a treat she said couldn’t be simpler.
To create, start by mixing a packet of Cottee’s Instant Vanilla Pudding with contents with cream and milk.
Next, make a number of pastry cases using puff pastry, then blind bake.
Blind baking blind is the process of baking a pie crust or other pastry without the filling) for two minutes with the lid closed then for another minute with the lid open.
After cooking the cases, spoon the custard mixture into the centre and seal the tops with a pastry lid.
Lastly, ‘bake’ the pies in the pie maker until golden brown. Once cooled dust lightly with icing sugar.