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A Tasty Idea -

terrier3 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:34:45 GMT

I bought an apple cinnamon loaf cake at Wegmans....it was very tasty - very apple flavored.

The next time I was there I asked a baker about it. He said they use apple cider in place of the water they usually use in their loaf cakes.

I went home & experimented. I reduced the sugar in half in a simple coffee cake recipe and used apple cider in place of water....and diced and grated apples (a combination) in the cake.

It turned out fantastic and was a simple substitution.

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chickenbutt — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:37:23 GMT

Wow, great idea and so simple. Thanks, Terrier! That concept, of replacing the water with something flavorful and appropriate to the recipe, is useful for many things savory or sweet.

I do find that most recipes with sugar in them have at least 25-30% too much sugar and I always cut back.

I also find that recipes with cinnamon in them usually don't have enough so I bump that up.

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terrier3 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:38:33 GMT

On 9/14/2014 chickenbutt said:
Wow, great idea and so simple. Thanks, Terrier! That concept, of replacing the water with something flavorful and appropriate to the recipe, is useful for many things savory or sweet.

I do find that most recipes with sugar in them have at least 25-30% too much sugar and I always cut back.

I also find that recipes with cinnamon in them usually don't have enough so I bump that up.

I always cut down on the sugar and bump up the spices...I used Penzey's Apple Pie Spice in this cake!

I forgot to mention - the baker said they also used peach nectar in the peach loaf!

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luvdoodles — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:12:48 GMT

What a great idea. I will definitely do this the next time. I can already taste it. I love simple tips like this. Thanks!

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HonnyBrown — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:32:53 GMT

terrier, that's an excellent idea! Thanks for sharing it!

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Poodlepet2 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:40:16 GMT

King Arthur has been selling boiled cider for years...It can be used in all kinds of things, but I love to put it in mashed sweet potatoes or butternut squash. Poodlepet

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terrier3 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:49:02 GMT

On 9/14/2014 Poodlepet said: King Arthur has been selling boiled cider for years...It can be used in all kinds of things, but I love to put it in mashed sweet potatoes or butternut squash. Poodlepet

I have that too...I put it in apple pies to add some concentrated apple flavor.

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Clover29 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:00:23 GMT

I once substituted grapefruit juice for OJ in a recipe, and it came out terrible. I just wanted to warn anyone else before they do the same thing as me

I should have known that there was no such thing as a "grapefruit cake", duh.

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Lynneuk — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 23:44:38 GMT

Great tip Terrier, thanks!

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gkelly — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:22:54 GMT

On 9/14/2014 Clover29 said:
I once substituted grapefruit juice for OJ in a recipe, and it came out terrible. I just wanted to warn anyone else before they do the same thing as me

I should have known that there was no such thing as a "grapefruit cake", duh.

maybe you would like to try one of these out?

http://www.theleangreenbean.com/grapefruit-yogurt-cake/

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/fresh-grapefruit-cake/

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/grapefruit-pound-cake-50400000118562/

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/grapefruit-cake-with-grapefruit-cream-cheese-frosting-recipe.html

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Kachina624 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 19:44:46 GMT

Thanks for the great idea, Terrier. I love Apple/cinnamon flavored anything. This would make a great cake with streusel topping.

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glmama — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:02:35 GMT

This is a great little tip--thank you! I have a huge bag of apples, so maybe I'll make some apple bread or cake this weekend. Thanks!

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SeasonedCitizen — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:15:28 GMT

PoodlePet--I have a bottle of the boiled cider from King Arthur's and used just a little of it.That has been about a year ago. Do you think it is still good--I've kept it in the frig.

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colliemom4 — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:27:29 GMT

Great tip. I had a neighbor that would use Sprite in cakes instead of water. She raved about it though I never tried it.