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Ditto, me too!as i've gotten older, i prefer less frosting on my cake.
My favorite cake is a chocolate tuxedo mousse cake - so yummy!
Ditto, me too!as i've gotten older, i prefer less frosting on my cake.
Thanks for the explaination. I never knew that but it makes sense. We don't say the apple turnovers or honey dipped donuts ( glazed said in some places ) have frosting.I'm not a cake person. Desserts really are not my thing but if I were to have dessert, it would be a chocolate mousse made with high quality imported dark chocolate. DD and I were talking about cake the other day and we agreed that we'd rather skip the cake altogether and just eat a bowl of cream cheese frosting with a spoon. I love cream cheese frosting.
Icing and frosting are not the same thing.
Frosting is usually used to coat the outside of cake. It has a buttercream-like texture and a more buttery taste. Icing is generally used to glaze pastries or cakes, and tastes more sugary than frosting. The Williams-Sonoma cookbook Cake states that “icing is generally thinner and glossier,” while its counterpart frosting is “a thick, fluffy mixture, used to coat the outside of a cake.”
your favorite is a two-layer white coconut cake with a seven-minute frosting and extra coconut in the filling between the layers!!! definitely a most delicious cake!!By now, you all know that my favorite cake is a two-layer white coconut cake with a seven-minute frosting and extra coconut in the filling between the layers. Yum! It's my Christmas dessert and (sometimes) at Easter, too.
The best homemade coconut cake, IMO, is from a recipe from Cook's Country. The cake is made with cream of coconut as is the frosting. When I make it, sometimes I toast some of the coconut, so there's a good mixture of toasted and white all over the cake. Other times, I won't toast it, so the cake is a white snowball of coconut. Either way, it's just delicious (if you like coconut, that is). This recipe also makes wonderful cupcakes.
The best bakery coconut cake is from a local restaurant. You can order the cake with a raspberry filling or a lemon curd filling if you don't want the frosting between the layers. We've done both of them and they're both really good, although the lemon is better. I always request extra coconut either way.
Rick's favorite cake is probably the Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate cake with whipped peanut butter frosting. I think he could overdose on that cake.
I've made snickerdoodle cakes and they're excellent. I could probably go with half the frosting, too, but Rick's sweet tooth would not allow it.
Chocolate Tuxedo Mousse cake!!! looking that up online -- that looks like a truly decadent cake!!and a very pretty cake too! very nice!!Ditto, me too!
My favorite cake is a chocolate tuxedo mousse cake - so yummy!
ahhh, a white cake with light and airy white icing!!! most excellent!!White cake with a light,airy white icing.
your favorite is Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cake!!! awesome!!Chocolate chip oatmeal cake. My mom used to make this cake when I was growing up and it has always been my favorite. I always think of her when I make it.
mmmm......Crumb Cake!!! that's a great favorite cake!!Crumb Cake. I love those little crumbles on top. I also like vanilla wedding cake with the frosting roses.
I've never heard of an orange cherry thunder cake. Do tell me more, please!I think the universe is telling me I need to bake a cake. This morning a friend tortured me by emailing me a photo of an orange cherry thunder cake that he made. ( Half eaten in the picture) and now this is the question of the day. LOL
Chocolate cherry cake has always been one of my favorites. A slice of cake cut in half with a layer of vanilla ice cream in between...maybe topped with a bit of extra cherry pie filling....yummy!