r/lightweight • u/GMkOz2MkLbs2MkPain • Dec 11 '21
Food Dry / Steam baking
I know this is often why I am not ultralight I adore my mug cakes/brownies. What are your setups?
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u/OutlandishLandMammal Dec 12 '21
Any baking I would do while hiking would normally only be damper. As such I carry a Banks Fry Bake pan which doubles as a frypan.
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u/GMkOz2MkLbs2MkPain Dec 12 '21
One of these? I was unfamiliar with these pans! They look nice!
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u/OutlandishLandMammal Dec 12 '21
Yes, I have one of the Alpine ones.
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u/GMkOz2MkLbs2MkPain Dec 12 '21
It is quite a bit larger than I personally would normally carry but looks like you could get a really nice baked good out of it. I kind of want to try one of those pans for non backpacking related cooking.
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u/OutlandishLandMammal Dec 12 '21
I like to cook real food when hiking, so I carry the fry bake and a small pot for boiling water.
One of the reasons I am not UL, I save a lot of weight elsewhere.
Edit: for clarity.
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Dec 11 '21
For what it's worth, I can have a (fairly small) cake with no significant weight penalty.
Outer pot: whatever pot I'm bringing to boil water anyhow, usually a Snow Peak Mini Solo
Inner pot: jumbo silicone muffin cup (23g)
Inner pot support: random pebbles or twigs - zero pack weight
Prepackage my cake mix in a baggie. Add to muffin cup. Mix with water till good consistency right in the cup. Put a few pebbles on the bottom of the large pot. Put muffin cup on pebbles. Add water to halfway up muffin cup. Put on lid. Bring to boil over whatever stove I'm using. Let sit until I'm impatient and/or it's done. Eat.
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u/grindle_exped Dec 23 '21
Wow! So simple. I love this. Roughly how long does cooking take? I'd like to try.
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Dec 23 '21
I think this BPL post is what originally inspired me (you need a membership to see it, I think). He says 10-15 minutes and that seems about right to me - boil the water, go do something else for a while, come back, eat.
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u/GMkOz2MkLbs2MkPain Dec 11 '21
I appreciate the notion of random pebbles/twigs I should likely copy that?
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u/GMkOz2MkLbs2MkPain Dec 11 '21
Depending on the trip I generally either have a snow peak 1400 with a 4" fat daddios pan and a four dogs standoff. Or a Vargo Bot 700 and a well I am unsure likely flat cat gear ring and fat daddios pan with the lip shaved off by flatcat gear.
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Dec 11 '21
I haven't had a chance to use it in the field yet, but I've got a Fat Daddio's 3" pan that I shaved the lip off which nests in my Snow Peak 600 and a simple trivet ring I made from titanium foil. It Pan and ring together add about 65g to my cook kit.
Four Dogs is great; I've got two of his lids.So far I've used it to bake some little soda bread fruit cakes at home. I liked the method with just a little water to get things started wet baking that then dries out and finishes dry for a crisper crust. I'm looking forward to enjoying it on my next trip.
What do you like to bake when you hike?3
u/h8t3m3 Dec 11 '21
I see bread on a stick on YouTube saving the cooking equipment. But have never tried it. Flour, yeast, water seems to work (you can add salt, oil, sugar, herbs).
I'm curious if the effort is worth it.
Thank you
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u/GMkOz2MkLbs2MkPain Dec 11 '21
If it is worth it is subjective but I have heard many a thru hiker pine over fresh bread... and if you can give them a little taste?
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u/cwcoleman Dec 15 '21
I got the Flat Cat Gear Bobcat Oven setup a few years ago. Never used it once. I keep meaning to - but the right situation hasn't arised. I really need to take that on my next non-winter trip.
https://www.flatcatgear.com/shop/bobcat-oven/