Cheap Easy Profitable Cake Recipes For Fundraisers

[Orang Utan]

this cake's a piece of piss but imo gains from being rested a couple of days before being eaten

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/spiced_orange_cake_with_47262

Very convenient

 

[Orang Utan]

I've done this lots at school and it's fairy/cupcakes every time tbh...

It needs to be something I can scoop into a bucket. As a cook, I am well rustick.

 

[Orang Utan]

So far I'm thinking:
Bog standard choc cake and icing
Lemon and honey shizzle cake
Something green (I dunno why but I want a green cake) - maybe just a victoria with food colouring?,
Banana-ey cake

 

[cesare]

Carrot cake's very cheap to make if you get a fuckload of carrots off Lewisham market

 

[weepiper]

They have bake sales at my kids' (primary) school a lot and far and away the fastest things to sell out are always the marshmallow petit fours. Melted chocolate, pour it in a petit four case, stick a big marshmallow in, leave it somewhere cool to set. If you're feeling arty stick a smartie on top of each marshmallow with a bit more melted chocolate. 20p each. Make lots more than you think you could possibly need. I know this isn't what you want to hear, but tough.

 

[mr steev]

£80 though. Fuck. I can't do cupcakes though. Too much like arts and craft for me rather than cooking. My cooking is rustic rather than fancy.

They didn't even make the cakes, but bought them ready made. They made the icing themselves and they did look pretty fancy when they were finished.

 

[Greebo]

dp

 

[Fez909]

Something green (I dunno why but I want a green cake) - maybe just a victoria with food colouring?,

Spinach cake

 

[Orang Utan]

Carrot cake's very cheap to make if you get a fuckload of carrots off Lewisham market

Carrot cake is not kid cake is it? I don't think I ever ate one til I was 30 plus

 

[mr steev]

Carrot cake is not kid cake is it? I don't think I ever ate one til I was 30 plus

Cake is cake to most kids tbh.

 

[Orang Utan]

dp

I saw that, but it doesn't show up. It was ace! Moar please!,

 

[Orang Utan]

Cake is cake to most kids tbh.

NIME

 

[purenarcotic]

I loved carrot cake as a child tbh.

Can you use nuts? You could do a 'peanut butter cups' style cake, chocolate chip cake with peanut butter icing or something.

 

[mr steev]

NIME

Seriously?
I've never known any of the kids I know turn down cake regardless of what sort it was. It was my daughters birthday the other week and I did a bit of a birthday tea for her and some of her friends. I didn't have time to bake a cake and all the shop bought ones were ridiculously expensive for what they were and I was in a rush so I spent the money on a big dark chocolate gateaux... the kids said it was the best birthday cake they'd ever had

 

[Greebo]

Carrot cake is not kid cake is it? I don't think I ever ate one til I was 30 plus

Grate the carrots finely and use lots of mixed spice - if you want to make it extra child friendly, add buttercream icing.

Apple cake (keep the eating apple in largish chunks (thumbjoint size), dropped into the cake mix at the last minute) is another one which might go down well. Colour to taste.

If you can spare some green seedless grapes, wash them, snip them in half, add to the top of the unbaked cake mix and (if you must) tell the children they're lizard/dinosaur eggs. Colouring optional.

 

[Orang Utan]

These are for high/secondary schoolkids BTW

 

[Cribynkle]

Any old crap, just spread a rumour you sprinkled an eighth of skunk in to the mix.

http://www.thestonerscookbook.com/recipe/space-cake

 

[boohoo]

I have found that fridge cake and rocky roads are always very popular - I know it doesn't involve baking but it sure does taste nice and is easy to make.

 

[Looby]

Why has it got to go in a bucket? Do you mean for mixing or for serving?

If you're not going to do cupcakes (and I think you should) then tray bakes are your best bet as they're much easier to cut and serve.

 

[gaijingirl]

It needs to be something I can scoop into a bucket. As a cook, I am well rustick.

They do not need to be in the least bit fancy - I don't mean the sort of thing that has buttercream icing and swirly shit - I'm talking your bog standard fairy cake. possibly your school is a bit more refined than mine but cake sales turn into a huge rugby scrum - everything sells out in minutes..

 

[trashpony]

Either do fairy/cupcakes or do those marshmallow things that weepiper suggested. You're trying to make the most money, right? So a massive cake cut into chunks isn't going to do that

 

[gaijingirl]

yes.. that's the other thing.. you will make the most money off fairy/cupcakes.. cheapest and most basic ingredients.

 

[Orang Utan]

Either do fairy/cupcakes or do those marshmallow things that weepiper suggested. You're trying to make the most money, right? So a massive cake cut into chunks isn't going to do that

I haven't got all day though. I don't do fiddly

 

[gaijingirl]

I haven't got all day though. I don't do fiddly

All the ingredients in a food processor at once (the lazy way) - whizz up. Tablespoon full in each paper case. Done.

I suppose you could make pound cake - basically the same ingredients in a loaf tin and slice it up if the spooning into paper cases is putting you off?

 

[trashpony]

I haven't got all day though. I don't do fiddly

Buy them from tesco like mr steev suggested then. If your main goal is making money then people buy more stuff if it's individual rather than cut into bits. I don't know why but they do.

 

[purenarcotic]

There is nothing at all fiddly about fairy cakes, 3 year olds can make pretty decent ones ffs.

 

[weepiper]

Buy them from tesco like mr steev suggested then. If your main goal is making money then people buy more stuff if it's individual rather than cut into bits. I don't know why but they do.

It's the mini-ness. Kids are suckers for mini things.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm just lazy - fairy cakes take a lot of carefulness which i don't have. I want things I can stick in a tin and pour summat over. Then cut up into chunks.

 

[quimcunx]

What you should have done was charmed an urbanite cake maker to make you some.


Too late now. You've alienated them all.

 

[Saffy]

Rocky road tray bake.

No baking, just melt butter, chocolate and golden syrup and then add broken biscuits, cherries and mini marshmallows. Anything you have really.

Pop in the fridge to harden and then chop up into squares. Kids love them! Grown ups too.