Tomarrow is my birthday, and our oven is too small to bake the cake.... PLEASE HELP!!! ps: we have a cake MIX!

Question

Tommorrow is my birthday, and we got a cake mix. My mom was tired of paying such a high gas bill, so she got rid of our oven (which was about to blow up anyhow) and got a regular toaster oven (the kind that you plug in) and we had had it for several years, but it got used so much, and it got worn out and caught on fire, so my mom threw it out. Well, several months ago, our friend gave us a spare toaster oven, but the only problem is, it is REALLY SMALL! And the pan that came with it is about 1/4 inch deep; if that! And our other pans are too big to go all the way inside of the little-bitty oven! And the only other cooking things we have is a microwave, and one of those things you plug in, and can fry hamburgers and stuff on, but not a BBQ grill. And my birthday is tommorrow, and I have guests coming, so I sort of need help. Oh, befre I forget, please don't tell us to go buy a cake, or buy an oven or anything, the bills kind of sucked up our money this month; so we CANT buy!

Ummmm... I can't exzactly ask my neihbors, because, one of them moved to a new town (the house is empty) and where I live, most everybody I live by, well, my mom calls them the hillbilly's from he// because the guy invited himself over, and began talking about how he and his family are im-breed, and it was really nasty, my mom made him leave, and his kids/kid's friends keep breaking into our garage, and pulling things out of our yard and stuff. The other neihbors are bums, a few egged our house once in the middle of the night, the next neihbor kills cats (we have ALOT of cats) she is always drunk, claims this field across the street is hers (its not) and my friend and i were walking through the field, the lady soon began cussing us out, she poisened one of our cats! Put it this way, OUR NEIHBORS SUCK!!!!!!! (well, 95% of them)

Answer 1

Ta da! You can make a microwave cake, providing you have the ingredients on here..... you can thank me by sending me a piece!! Just click on the link below for the answer to your prayers:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Microwave-Cake/Detail.aspx

If you search on the web for "microwave cakes" you'll find loads of recipies. Alternatively, ask one of your guests to bring a cake - I recommend asking your Mom (it is your birthday!). Or, don't have a cake and have cookies and ice cream, which is delicious!

Answer 2

Sure you can. Give it a go. I baked a small layer cake using two aluminum ice cube trays once. It worked out fine. Don't forget though, if you use wax paper, remove the paper. I forgot and sure got some funny looks as the party girl cut the cake! Use any recipe you like. Adjust the cooking times to suit the size of the pan. I would try a small mix and some easy icing if the first one is just an experiment. If the first one is the real deal, use your favorite recipe and either plan to make more than one (smaller) cake or adjust the recipe. Let your imagination run wild. Just remember that the cake will be smaller and take less time to cook.

Answer 3

I'm going to assume you don't have a microwave safe cake pan, considering your financial dilemma. So I go with the other person who said to make many small layers in the little pan. We lived 18 months in a 5th-wheel trailer with our toaster oven so I know what you are talking about - and ours was a little one too. Do you have a little muffin pan for that oven? If so, put your cake mix in that. If you don't have that then let me ask you this. Do you have a small package of Cook & Serve Pudding? And milk to go into it? If you have that, then cook up the pudding and when it's done according to the box directions, pour the hot pudding directly into the dry cake mix, stir it (it will start to swell), and place spoonfuls on that little tray that came with the toaster oven. They will look kind of like cookies. Sprinkle with some mini chocolate chips if you have it or break regular chocolate chips into pieces so they melt better. Sprinkle the chocolate chips with some chopped nuts if you have them. The chocolate makes it's own frosting over the cake.

If you don't have pudding or nuts or chocolate, then just cut back on the liquid called for in the recipe so it's thicker and try to make it into cookie shapes. When baked, you can stick two together with ice cream between the two cookies - like a sandwich cookie. That's if you have ice cream. If you don't have ice cream but you have some kind of frosting, put that between the two cookies.

Remember, it's the spirit of the occasion that is important - not what is served.

When my grandmother was a young girl, her parents didn't have any money at all at Christmas so no gifts in the normal sense. What her parents told the 7 children was that one child was the gift to the other and for that day, that child did and played with that child for the whole day. She remembered that day well into her 90s. And her first Christmas when she was married, her husband was laid off the day before Christmas and the owner had to close the business. He said to carry out whatever he could hold and that would be his pay. He carried out oysters - lots of oysters. My grandmother fixed oysters every which way for Christmas. And every year thereafter, for Christmas she always made oysters wrapped in bacon and broiled as part of her Christmas Morning Buffet - in memory of her first Christmas. Her husband passed away from the War (WW 1) when she was in her 30s. She never remarried and lived to 101 yrs old.

Answer 4

Use the pan you have to bake one small layer at a time (remember to shorten the cooking time!).

This way you will have a cake with lots of thin layers instead of two big layers. You can put different kinds of frosting, jam, or other fillings between each layer, and that way your cake will be fancier!

Sometimes you can find small, cheap, disposable foil pans at the grocery store, too. They might let you get thicker layers, but still fit in your toaster oven.

Answer 5

Mix up your cake mix, put it in the pans, go next door and ask your neighbour if she would mind throwing them in the oven for you.. Hey it's your birthday, it's the least she can do.

Answer 6

Skillet cakes:
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/school/cstech/cakedeco/skilletcake.html
http://www.fineliving.com/fine/perfect_party/article/0,1663,FINE_17017_2770079,00.html

Dutch oven cakes:
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/campD/dutch-oven-cake.html


Camping cakes/other recipes:
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/campD/fruit-cake-cobbler.html
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/campD/girl-scout-dump-cake.html
http://www.scoutorama.com/recipe/rec_display.cfm?rec_id=125
http://www.scoutorama.com/recipe/rec_display.cfm?rec_id=135

Microwave cakes:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,microwave_cakes,FF.html

http://baking.about.com/od/microwavedess...
(hints)
http://www.vrg.org/press/veganmicro.htm
(more hints)
http://baking.about.com/od/microwavedess...

If you feel real adventurous you might try www.solarcooking.org :-) [Just want you to look on the bright side of things...]


PPS A dutch oven is not exactly the same thing as a camp oven and is usually used on a burner.

Or buy a cake at store. Y