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09-28-2016 08:45 PM - edited 09-28-2016 08:46 PM
@house_catOh THANK GOD! My grandmother has been making a 21 or more layer chocolate cake for eons! I started making it but she always uses the old fashioned 10x sugar, cocoa powder and butter for icing, like the old fashioned, easy fudge, but I HATE it. It is grainy and too sweet and too horrid. I have always used a ganache, but changing old ways is hard for her generation. This may be one book I buy! Thanks for sharing it!
09-28-2016 08:48 PM
Let me be clear, though... I would never have heard of this book or author if @traveler hadn't started the thread.
Thank you, Traveler!
09-29-2016 07:38 AM
@house_cat wrote:I haven't had a chance to really investigate - arrived home and found it in my mailbox 10 minutes ago.
I don't see any cakes made with mix - it's a history of cakes, with wonderful recipes and glorious photos!
I can't wait to have time to really get into it!
Thank you for the information, house_cat. I ordered it from the big A. And thank you for starting this thread, TRAVELER. My waist line and hips do not thank you, but my taste buds sure do! *smile*
09-29-2016 09:59 AM
I enjoy reading cookbooks. Anne has her own website with a cake of the month. She sells her own cake mixes but I've never used them.
09-29-2016 10:21 PM
Thanks, @traveler - I'm going to look for her website.
I made my first cake from the book tonight.
It's a Virginia Poundcake, the recipe is from 1824.
I wish you could smell it!
09-30-2016 05:56 AM - edited 09-30-2016 05:57 AM
@house_cat wrote:Thanks, @traveler - I'm going to look for her website.
I made my first cake from the book tonight.
It's a Virginia Poundcake, the recipe is from 1824.
I wish you could smell it!
Does it taste as wonderful as it looks? It looks beautiful! A slice would be great with a nice cup of hot tea. Thanks for your picture! Good job, house_cat! I'm anxiously awaiting my copy.
@traveler, I love to sit down with a cookbook and read it from cover to cover, like people read novels. They're so interesting and the pictures can be quite beautiful. I love to learn about cooking and baking; there's always something out there that I didn't know. Cookbooks are just wonderful.
09-30-2016 10:06 AM
I can't eat it, so I made my husband give me an honest critique - he said it was a little drier than the ones I normally make. He ate a hefty hunk of it anyway, but I don't think it will be my go-to pound cake recipe. Still, the book is wonderful and there are so many other cakes to try!
09-30-2016 07:24 PM
My dad gave me a little paper cake recipe book that is very old. I never made anything from it but this thread has got me thinking about getting it out and baking something. Enjoy your baking.
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