[celjaci]

I make quite a lot of jam with fruit from the allotment and donations of surplus. More jam than we can eat in fact.
So I have started to experiment with putting jam in as an ingredient when making a cake.
Needs a bit of adjustment, reduce the sugar and liquid usually. Most have worked quite well and the fruit can add a lot of flavour - just made a ginger cake with the addition of a jar of marmalade - wonderful!!

I wondered if anyone else had made similar experiments??

[Poolfield2]

No but that sounds interesting, I do quite a lot of wheatfree cooking and it needs extra liquid so this may be really useful. I'll let you know if I dare to have a go. Thanks for your idea.

[andreadon]

marmalade cake is a traditional scottish cake (doesn't use a heck of a lot though): i tried it when i messed up my batch of marmalade and it was yummy!
 

[GrannieAnnie]

I used to make marmalade cake when my girls were young.  And I regularly put Jam in my Victoria sandwich cakes!!!!!   

Never thought of putting it into the mixture though.

[celjaci]

rhubarb and orange jam is superb in muffins, again reudce the sugar and liquid

I'm also on a campaign to avoid the use of margarine in baking, sometimes I use butter for the taste but  trying to find or adapt recipes to use oil. It's so much easier to use and plain and simple plus no trans fatty acids!

[chrissie B]

i put a dollop on hubby's porridge for a change .
Chrissie b

[sunshineband]

Great in rice pudding too

[Stripey_cat]

Jam and marmalade upside-down cakes (spread a fairly thin layer on the bottom of the tin, then dollop in your standard sponge - cook in a pyrex dish rather than metal or the jam burns) is very tasty, and works well with batches that haven't set properly.

[Poolfield2]

Jam and marmalade upside-down cakes (spread a fairly thin layer on the bottom of the tin, then dollop in your standard sponge - cook in a pyrex dish rather than metal or the jam burns) is very tasty, and works well with batches that haven't set properly.

I'll have custard with mine please!

[Patricia]

I add a tablespoon or two of Marmalade to my teabread recipe. Would be lovely also in a banana bread recipe and think I would use maybe less banana for the recipe.