most of the crafts are the same in the next chapters, so you just get used to them. its hard to remember them in the first run of the first chapter. the Ch1 quick guide.pdf that is available for download with the chapter contains a table with the crafting recipes.
i am not sure about the cake- i checked and there is no part of the code where it is removed in this chapter other than for this mission. usually its the beer that players notice which is used for both tyr's missions and erland's mission. in later chapters the missions dont show partial completion for having consumable items in your bag.