Results tagged “cake” from It Ought to be Enjoyed

My goal has been trying to bake at least one item a week.  Definitely haven't been posting that frequently but have been trying to at least catalog so when I do get to play catch-up, it will all be ready to go.

A couple of weeks ago I made a Whipped Cream Cake from Rose's Heavenly Cakes.  I have to say that I think it was one of my favorite cakes I've made recently.  Not exactly an angel food cake, but enough similarities that hit all the right spots.  The part of the recipe that caught my eye was that it didn't use any butter or oil in the cake batter.  The whip cream itself was sufficient.

As an aside, if I'm never heard from again it means the 110+ degree weather in the Central Valley did me in.  The thought that one's last moments were spent in sweltering heat on their high school campus is a sad and sobering thought.

I thought of calling this post American Blackout as a tip of the hat to the snazziest documentary filmmaker that I know.  But for some reason that seemed as if it would come across as too flippant.

So, this is a recreation the old Brooklyn Blackout cake and was made from a recipe from Cook's Country.  It was tasty, although I think the coffee flavor in the cake was a bit strong.  One vote was for a raspberry filling in addition to the pudding filling that was used by the recipe.  I was thinking a butterscotch pudding filling and a burnt butter/brown sugar cake.

Elephant Heart Plum to be precise.  And Dimply Plum Cake.

Which sadly my review has to be... 'eh.'

I did like the mildness of the brown sugar coffee cake, but just didn't like how the whole thing came together.  It didn't seem to be the most user-friendly of baked goods.  Perhaps this is because everytime I tried to move it around to wrap it in plastic the plums wanted to break apart and take the cake down with it.