Oh, wow. If you don't mind, I'd LOVE the cointreau-vanilla bean syrup recipe! I have never used a simple syrup but that flavor combo may just be a reason to try one!
cookiemookie Frequent Member
Joined: Jul 19, 2005
Posts: 262
Posted:
Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:38 pm
My best is the" Velvet Underground Cake" from Rosie's Bakery.
It consist's of her famous Chocolate Sour Cream Layer Cake
Hot fudge filling
And Mocha buttercream Icing! It's delicious.
It's from the cookbook, All-Butter.Fresh Cream-Sugar Packed Baking book by Judy Rosenberg. It's one of my favorite cookbooks.
I have been experimenting both with white/yellow (just a staple one of this) without much success. I have my personal favorite--the traditional Puerto Rican cake that is posted here but its more on the denser side, not as sweet side that people in the states are used to. It reminds me of home. For the longest time I have been trying to find THE perfect white or yellow and the perfect chocolate. Well I think that I finally found my chocolate (after trying a bunch from the Cake bible and a couple of recipes from this site that would not satisty my palate) I used Scott Wooleys tweaked recipe from egullet but tweaked it a bit more myself. People adored this cake yesterday. I got an immediate request for chocolate cake from this guy (a guy loving chocolate?! woa) so it is now my staple. I am posting it below w. my changes. Now, for the white, I used recipe and found it good in taste but doughy too doughy even for me. This is the second time Ive made it and its the same. Doughy and bland. I have tried the White Velvet from Cake Bible and rembered it being good. Have not tried it again but after last night's fiasco with Sarah's cake I am having a tasting soon at work to find my staple. This thread is awesome.
Chocolate Fudge Cake
combine, cover, and let cool to room temp:
1-1/2 cups cocoa (I used Dutched processed though recipe calls for natural. I preferr Dutch any time I can use it)
1-1/2 cups boiling coffee with a quick pinch or two (maybe 1/2 to 1 tsp of espresso instant coffe---i used turkish coffe finely ground at coffe shop)
Then add:
1 cup buttermilk
2/3 cup oil
2 tsp vanilla
Combine separately and set aside:
3 cups AP flour
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
Cream together:
3/4 cup softened butter
2 cups sugar
Add one at a time, beating well:
3 eggs
Add flour mixture altnernating with the cocoa mixture, ending with the flour. Bake at 275-300 degrees for 45-55 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in pan. Unmold and wrap in plastic and freeze immediately to shock the cake into smoothness.
peacockplace Forum SuperStar!
Joined: Oct 25, 2004
Posts: 2756
Posted:
Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:26 pm
Great thread! I've got to get the Cake Bible!
ckkerber Forum Fanatic
Joined: Apr 17, 2006
Posts: 1343
Location: st. louis, missouri
Someone on another cake site introduced me to the King Arthur's White Cake and it is by far my favorite recipe! I absolutely love it and it is my "go-to" recipe for white cakes. It also does really well with substitutions (the cake calls for a cup of milk, I've substituted a cup of brewed Vanilla Chai Tea and it makes the most delicious Chai Tea Cake. I make this with the WBH House Buttercream which calls for a cup of boiling water and I sub that out for another cup of brewed Vanilla Chai Tea and it's heavenly!!! Of course, when subbing tea into the buttercream, I can only do it for cakes where I'm coloring the icing because with the tea added to the buttercream you won't get a white icing, more of a cream one). Here's the recipe:
-- Add egg whites one at a time and beat well after
each addition.
2-3/4 cups (11 oz.) cake flour
1 cup (8 oz.) milk
-- Stir in flour and milk, alternating between the
two, starting and ending with the flour. (i.e. 1/3
flour, 1/2 milk, 1/3 flour, 1/2 milk, 1/3 flour)
-- Bake at 350. 25-35 minutes or until done.
eagerlearner Junior Member
Joined: Sep 15, 2006
Posts: 99
Location: Malaysia
Posted:
Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:56 am
Nigella Lawsons buttermilk birthday cake. Sandwiched it with choc b/c for a birthday. Turned out fantastic!! I'll type it up some time.
TheKookieWench Regular Member
Joined: Jul 22, 2006
Posts: 132
Location: Cape Girardeau, MO
Posted:
Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:25 am
Hands down my favorite yellow cake recipe is The All-American Yellow Downy Cake from "The Cake Bible". So soft and so tasty. I made them into cupcakes the other night and slathered them with the quick buttercream recipe from Williams Sonoma and they were gone the next day! I'm looking forward to trying other recipes from her book.
mysonshines Regular Member
Joined: Jul 13, 2006
Posts: 132
Location: North Carolina, US
Posted:
Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:18 pm
Great thread- thanks. Someone asked this a couple pages back (sorry, I can't remember the name, Dutcher?) Anyway, I would love to know the answer, too.
Quote:
About the white velvet cake--Can you really taste the lemon zest? Can this be omitted and still taste good? or is it really worth putting in the lemon zest?
melysa Forum SuperStar!
Joined: Sep 17, 2006
Posts: 3269
Birthday: Nov 11
Posted:
Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:30 pm
yum!!! making me HUNGRY!
ladybug03 Regular Member
Joined: Apr 23, 2006
Posts: 142
Location: Kansas City
Posted:
Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:40 pm
imartsy wrote:
Has anyone heard of "The Wedding Cake Book" by Dede Wilson? I was wondering about her recipes - her other book "Wedding cakes you can make" some people have said the recipes were dry.... what about the recipes in this other book? They sound soooo yummy!!!
I recently purchased her "Wedding Cakes You Can Make" and tried her Essential Yellow Cake (I don't usually bake from scratch so her book was perfect w/all the detailed instructions). I liked the flavor, but found it VERY dry after just 1 day. Now...she suggests using a moistening syrup because of that very reason and I didn't do it...sooooo...that probably would change my opinion...I may try again!
newlywedws Forum Addict
Joined: Aug 17, 2006
Posts: 598
Location: MacDill AFB, FL
It would have to be the red velvet cake that's been past down in my family (I posted it to the CC recipe section "Sarah's red velvet")...I've never had anything but compliments, it's just so incredibly delicious.
DH tells me that I'm the type that would challenge anyone over whose RVC is better
CakePhun Regular Member
Joined: Mar 31, 2006
Posts: 141
Posted:
Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:46 pm
I recently tried David's Yellow cake from this site. It is my yellow staple now. The flavor was amazing and with all the leftover egg whites I made Meringue cookies (that were a total hit and nothing wasted). I highly suggest this cake. Thanks!
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