Comments on: project wedding cake: the cake is baked http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:18:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rebecca http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-353702 Rebecca Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:35:48 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-353702 Hi again,I have another question that some how slipped my mind.I am planning on making the vanilla buttermilk cake for a LARGE birthday party this weekend,I was wondering how I could make this recipe work for a 3 layered 12 inch round cake. Hi again,I have another question that some how slipped my mind.I am planning on making the vanilla buttermilk cake for a LARGE birthday party this weekend,I was wondering how I could make this recipe work for a 3 layered 12 inch round cake.

]]> By: Rebecca http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-352516 Rebecca Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:50:29 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-352516 I just love your website!I am making a wedding cake in a couple weeks and was wondering if you have a go to butter cream recipe?Thank you so much(-: I just love your website!I am making a wedding cake in a couple weeks and was wondering if you have a go to butter cream recipe?Thank you so much(-:

]]> By: Christina http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-351397 Christina Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:38:49 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-351397 Hi Deb, I've accidently found out about your website and it's wonderful! I love how you have step-by-step pictures so I'd know how it should look like. I need to make a tier cake for cake decorating class this weekend and I'd like to know if the two cake recipes here are dense enough to be covered with buttercream and fondant? Or should I use Best Yellow Layer Cake recipe instead of the Vanilla Buttermilk Cake in this page? I'm thinking to use this recipe amount and bake 2 thicker layers instead of 3 like yours. Thanks a lot! ps. Your son is adorable! Hi Deb, I’ve accidently found out about your website and it’s wonderful! I love how you have step-by-step pictures so I’d know how it should look like. I need to make a tier cake for cake decorating class this weekend and I’d like to know if the two cake recipes here are dense enough to be covered with buttercream and fondant? Or should I use Best Yellow Layer Cake recipe instead of the Vanilla Buttermilk Cake in this page? I’m thinking to use this recipe amount and bake 2 thicker layers instead of 3 like yours. Thanks a lot!
ps. Your son is adorable!

]]> By: deb http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-351396 deb Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:35:31 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-351396 JENI -- I've never read that and didn't adjust mine. JENI — I’ve never read that and didn’t adjust mine.

]]> By: JENI http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-351386 JENI Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:01:34 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-351386 Hi Deb, i'm going to try this cake as well. based on what i've read, i have to adjust the baking powder when increasing the pan size and batch. did you do this for your cake or did you just put the appropriate amount of batter in the pans? Hi Deb, i’m going to try this cake as well. based on what i’ve read, i have to adjust the baking powder when increasing the pan size and batch. did you do this for your cake or did you just put the appropriate amount of batter in the pans?

]]> By: Vanessa http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-350929 Vanessa Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:38:47 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-350929 I made the Chocolate butter cake for my friend and her hubby to be's birthday partay. It was a hit! This recipe is awesome, so chocolatey but not too sweet. It's just the right balance, enough to get you hooked. I melted down some mayan hot chocolate (similar but sooo much better than Abuelita brand Mexican hot chocolate bars) and mixed that with the whipping cream for the filling. She called me today (day after the big birthday bash) to say her and the hubby to be were fighting over the last piece of leftover cake....and that now I'm screwed 'cause she will be wanting me to make her wedding cake. I can only hope she's joking, this was my first "from scratch" layer cake. Eh, bricklayer, baker what's the diff....bricks and mortar, cake and filling. Really bout the same thing. Thanks so much for the awesome recipe and great tips! I made the Chocolate butter cake for my friend and her hubby to be’s birthday partay. It was a hit! This recipe is awesome, so chocolatey but not too sweet. It’s just the right balance, enough to get you hooked. I melted down some mayan hot chocolate (similar but sooo much better than Abuelita brand Mexican hot chocolate bars) and mixed that with the whipping cream for the filling. She called me today (day after the big birthday bash) to say her and the hubby to be were fighting over the last piece of leftover cake….and that now I’m screwed ’cause she will be wanting me to make her wedding cake. I can only hope she’s joking, this was my first “from scratch” layer cake. Eh, bricklayer, baker what’s the diff….bricks and mortar, cake and filling. Really bout the same thing. Thanks so much for the awesome recipe and great tips!

]]> By: Beau Rabbit http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-346965 Beau Rabbit Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:11:24 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-346965 You are awesome! I finally got around to making the vanilla buttermilk cake from sky high but realized I only had 9" cake pans, not the 8" called for in the recipe. This is for a birthday and I didn't have time to get more pans. I googled sky high cakes to see if anyone else had the same problem and I found you and you wrote out the conversion! Yeah! Thank you so much for showing us how you made this recipe in 9" pans! You saved the day and 3 cheers for you! You are awesome! I finally got around to making the vanilla buttermilk cake from sky high but realized I only had 9″ cake pans, not the 8″ called for in the recipe. This is for a birthday and I didn’t have time to get more pans. I googled sky high cakes to see if anyone else had the same problem and I found you and you wrote out the conversion! Yeah! Thank you so much for showing us how you made this recipe in 9″ pans! You saved the day and 3 cheers for you!

]]> By: Ilana http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-342313 Ilana Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:48:30 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-342313 Boy, I am drowning in cupcakes! 36 standard sized cupcakes plus another 18 differently shaped smaller cupcakes! Remember: next time -- scale! The upside of the story is that they are going to disappear in a blink, actually they are already 2 cupcakes short (I had to try it, right?). They are good, very good. In the process of dividing the batter into the forms, I remembered why I don't do cupcakes. I just can't pour it without drips and trails of the batter all over the place. It seemed like a good idea at the time, to make B-day cupcakes for 30 kids, and it will be again at the serving time and cleaning after the party, but boy! the baking process is messy! Do you (or someone else) have tips on pouring the batter into cupcakes? Please, please shear!!! Boy, I am drowning in cupcakes! 36 standard sized cupcakes plus another 18 differently shaped smaller cupcakes! Remember: next time — scale!
The upside of the story is that they are going to disappear in a blink, actually they are already 2 cupcakes short (I had to try it, right?). They are good, very good.

In the process of dividing the batter into the forms, I remembered why I don’t do cupcakes. I just can’t pour it without drips and trails of the batter all over the place. It seemed like a good idea at the time, to make B-day cupcakes for 30 kids, and it will be again at the serving time and cleaning after the party, but boy! the baking process is messy!

Do you (or someone else) have tips on pouring the batter into cupcakes? Please, please shear!!!

]]> By: Ilana http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-342181 Ilana Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:08:17 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-342181 Thanks K, perfect timing, I am about to beat butter and whip eggs. I will use decaf coffee. Thanks K, perfect timing, I am about to beat butter and whip eggs. I will use decaf coffee.

]]> By: K http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-342137 K Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:28:56 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-the-cake-is-baked/#comment-342137 If you're concerned about the caffeine content since you'll be giving the cake to children, maybe try decaf coffee. The coffee doesn't so much have its own flavor in the cake as enhance the flavor of the chocolate. Right, Deb? (sorry to usurp the question) If you’re concerned about the caffeine content since you’ll be giving the cake to children, maybe try decaf coffee. The coffee doesn’t so much have its own flavor in the cake as enhance the flavor of the chocolate. Right, Deb? (sorry to usurp the question)

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