Let Them Eat Cake

[LDog]

Read about baking n the back country in a pot over a stove, and had to Google that. I found several videos, including an excellent one produced by Mike Clelland for NOLS on "steam baking." I had to give it a try, and I wrote it up on my blog at www.laughingdog.com

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[bgood360]

Very cool.

[get wayaway]

I did a little different version of this many years ago on a river canoe trip. I had one of those cook kits with multiple pots and pans. Put about 1 inch of water in the large cook pot. Put the smaller pot lid upside down in the large pot. Put biscuit dough on top of the pot lid and put the large pot lid on top. About 15 minutes later over a hot fire, and we had great biscuits.

[mattack]

I do this all the time on the trail, but found a great item that eliminates the need for the stones. It's kind of difficult to clean out on the trail since the cake/muffin sticks in the groves of the silicone, but it gives me something to do at night I mostly use the Betty Crocker mini-delights, but I've made biscuits in them as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Silly-S.../dp/B000NBQFKU

[kayak karl]

“let them eat cake” which was supposedly uttered by Marie Antoinette was talking about the crumbs on the ground. when bread was made the edges that went over the pan were trimmed off (called cake) and thrown in yard for animals.

i never found a way to do this with an alcohol stove setup (used too much fuel), but i've seen scouts do it over a fire.

[CrumbSnatcher]

thanks for sharing, i use a bakepacker with my whisper-lite
usually on section hikes, blue berry muffins,cake,pancakes and pizza is all i have made to date. i use onion, greenpepper,real cheese and real dough(just add water) the pizza is really good, but what isn't after walking a few miles :-)

[LDog]

I do this all the time on the trail, but found a great item that eliminates the need for the stones. ...
http://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Silly-S.../dp/B000NBQFKU

ROTFL - I saw these in a Freezer Bag Cooking video on youtube:
http://blog.trailcooking.com/2009/03...es-with-video/

The feet don't melt to the pan?

[LDog]

“let them eat cake” which was supposedly uttered by Marie Antoinette was talking about the crumbs on the ground. when bread was made the edges that went over the pan were trimmed off (called cake) and thrown in yard for animals.

Thanks for the history lesson!

i never found a way to do this with an alcohol stove setup (used too much fuel), but i've seen scouts do it over a fire.

Tinny did a video in which he didn't use water, and baked over an alcohol stove.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS3A8...ature=youtu.be

[sarbar]

The water in the pot insulates the silicone in the feet

[LDog]

I'm really not interested in packing a silicone bundt pan or muffin cup that I'll use infrequently. If I could find something that could be used as a bowl to eat from, to mix stuff in, and to steam bake in, I might consider it. Certainly not UL, but arguably multi-use. Still looking ...

[Big Dawg]

I mostly use the Betty Crocker mini-delights,

Thank you thank you thank you. I was trying to think of these yesterday. I figured it'd be an easy alternative. I was also thinking you could use the little plastic bowl that comes with it. It seems like they'd cook pretty quick b/c they're not that big. I'm going to test it later today. I'll report back.

[Bronk]

You can fry cake or muffin mix too. Just put about 1/2 inch of oil in the bottom of your pot and get it really hot before pouring batter in there. Fried cornbread is an awesome treat on the trail. You can also use cake or muffin mix...just omit the oil from the instructions on the package because it will soak up the oil as it cooks. I've done this using an alcohol stove by burning 1 ounce of fuel to heat up the oil and then relighting the stove to cook it. You'll want to turn it once while it cooks to avoid burning it but make sure that it is cooked enough to be solid before you try and flip it...also, you don't want to make a cake that is more than about an inch thick otherwise it won't cook all the way through.

[LDog]

Thank you thank you thank you. I was trying to think of these yesterday. I figured it'd be an easy alternative. I was also thinking you could use the little plastic bowl that comes with it. It seems like they'd cook pretty quick b/c they're not that big. I'm going to test it later today. I'll report back.

Cool. I'd like to know what the diameter of the bowl is, and what happens to that bowl in boiling water/steam.

[sarbar]

I'm really not interested in packing a silicone bundt pan or muffin cup that I'll use infrequently. If I could find something that could be used as a bowl to eat from, to mix stuff in, and to steam bake in, I might consider it. Certainly not UL, but arguably multi-use. Still looking ...

You can do it with bags.

http://www.trailcooking.com/thefauxbaker

[LDog]

You can do it with bags.

Cool! Just follow the links from the first page to see all kinds of concepts and ideas. Love the chocolate cake in a baggie! Thanks Sarah.

[LDog]

You can fry cake or muffin mix too. Just put about 1/2 inch of oil in the bottom of your pot and get it really hot before pouring batter in there. Fried cornbread is an awesome treat on the trail.

Fried corn bread does sound good. This is a Trailcooking.com recipe for pan biscuits using something like Bisquick: http://www.trailcooking.com/recipes/...y-pan-biscuits

[sarbar]

Anything - from brownies to cookie dough to biscuits tastes awesome when fried in oil Hehheh!!

[farmer.ron.99]

I have a .75 L pasta pot and a 400 mL Ti mug I use to bake in over an alcohol stove. I have made a little stand out of hardware that fits in the pot and raises the mug off the bottom about a half an inch and weighs almost nothing. I then use parchment paper inside the mug to prevent sticking.

[dzierzak]

Thank you thank you thank you. I was trying to think of these yesterday. I figured it'd be an easy alternative. I was also thinking you could use the little plastic bowl that comes with it. It seems like they'd cook pretty quick b/c they're not that big. I'm going to test it later today. I'll report back.

I've used the Betty Crocker mini-delights bowls and just floated them on the boiling water. These were the small "mini" bowls. I've trimmed the larger bowls to fit my pot and they worked ok too.

[LDog]

I've used the Betty Crocker mini-delights bowls and just floated them on the boiling water. These were the small "mini" bowls. I've trimmed the larger bowls to fit my pot and they worked ok too.

I tried one of these yesterday. The mini verison's bowl fit in my MSR Titan Tea Kettle perfectly. The heat of the steam and water did not melt or distort the plastic bowl at all. The bowl did shift a bit, and where the edge touched the pan, it melted a little ... But these are certainly an easy and tasty treat.