Not quite sure on where to start...

[Kristie]

Found this beautiful sounding recipe and would love to try it out. Hope I'm posting in the right place.

it's called Kath's Caramel Cake

http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Kaths-Caramel-Cake-L6843.html

and where I could probably muddle my way through converting it, would love some hints and tips from those much more experienced than me with the TMX and converting recipes.

Thanks everyone, am very new to this and just love what it can do already.

[Thermomixer]

Main thing that I would do is to start by taking say 1 tablespoon of the brown sugar and making icing sugar out of it - remove and leave asside.  Then beat the egg whites with the butterfly until stiff and the add the brown caster sugar slowly to this like making a meringue mix to help it hold air.  Leave this aside while making the rest of the cake base. 

The rest should be pretty much as written.

[cathy79]

Sounds like a really nice recipe, look forward to your final conversion and review.

Icing - I've found that most recipes that traditionally require the "add slowly" don't actually need it with TMX eg Bechamel sauce - throw everything and go.  So I'd put the butter, milk and sugar in the bowl and melt/cook until it boils.  Then once cool (probably need to take it out of the bowl to cool quicker) add the icing sugar and use the butterfly on max spd 4 until very fluffy.

Have a look at other cake recipes on the forum for timing ideas.

[bron]

Kristie, I would whip eggs and sugar first couple of mins 37º on speed 3 and 1/2 for 2 or 3 mins, then add liquids, ie melted butter, milk etc, mix on speed 3 for 15 seconds, then lastly add dry ingredients like flour on speed 2-3 for 10 seconds, and bake, this is how I make all my sponge cakes and they are lush! Let us know how it goes!

[bron]

And for the icing, I would try this..............make icing sugar first, put aside, then cook butter, sugar and milk on temp varoma 3 mins speed 4-5, and then when its cooled a bit place butterfly on add icing sugar and whisk for 5 mins speed 2-3. Good luck!

[cookie1]

Bron I don't really like most cakes in the TMX so I'll try this ,thanks.

[bron]

Oh Cookie! I make a lovely easy every day lemon sponge cake, that my kids beg me weekly to make (I normally do) and I have to admit it is lovely and light, made with a yoghurt and butter, its very good, would you like me to post it? Sometimes I make a cake(crown shaped, with hole in the middle) and sometimes I make them in individual cup cakes to take to school, its a very easy one!

[brazen20au]

i would love that one, thanks bron

[cookie1]

Thanks for the recipe Bron, will try it. Brazen has asked a couple of questions re the recipe, under the actual recipe posting. Will do the making when I know the answers. Obviously sizes etc are different here. It sounds rather tasty.