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Friday Fun: Cupcakes for all!

Liam Green

Disclaimer - I am not offering cupcakes for all!

Good morning Community! Welcome to Friday!

I've been involved in Friday Fun for a while now - trying to comment regularly and it's great learning all of these strange and unusual facts about fellow Community members.

When I was asked to do my own post, I thought about what I wanted to know about everyone...and I immediately thought of cake!!

I love cake! Almost any kind...apart from coconut. I'd love to be skilled enough to bake, but I'll settle for just eating instead.

My all time favourite cake though is coffee and walnut cake.

It has everything I'm looking for - it's sweet, but not too sweet, it has a delicious crunch, it has coffee, and it has a soft frosting. Runner up cakes include carrot, black forest gateau and the humble Victoria sponge.

So my question to you all is: what's your favourite cake, and why? Bonus points for pictures, especially if they're homemade

Comments

Dirk Ronsmans

Caaaake!

This pretty much sums up on how I feel about cake..

I don't think I really have a favorite cake, as long as it's not too dry I'm happy with it.

Not a big coconut fan either.. oh and those sugar pastes that they use to decorate cakes should just be banned.

I do like to bake/cook so here are few of my latest creations.

A lovely applie pie and a cheesecake "flan".

Altho I like cake, my physique thanks me when I don't over-induldge in it so i've been exploring other ways of making cakes. Besides using artificial sweetener I discovered a neat little trick of use white beans, yes .. beans.. to create a nice dough.

You might not think it works but it actually tastes great and it avoids all the sugar and butter The apple pie -one actually is made with beans!

If I really need to choose a favorite.. I'd say simple but moist apple pie/cake would take the lead.

Veronique DUFOUR

My favorite is Beet and Carrot cake because it isn't too sweet, it is spongy, it doesn't taste carrot and there is a little something from the beet. You can add nuts if you like and also the same frosting that is used for carrot cake. Miam!!

Liam Green

This sounds amazing!

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

But the cake is a lie! Right?

(You know someone was going to say it, might as well be me)

Liam Green

I'd forgotten about apple cake! I love a good apple cake!

Your bakes look very impressive too...all we're missing is some whipped cream!

Liam Green

I wish it wasn't a lie!

Dave LIAO

Get Half-Life: Alyx? It's tempting to funnel the money I'm saving by not going on trips into a home VR setup. 😉

Dave LIAO

I'm savory over sweet, so my favorite cakes are probably meat loaf cupcakes topped with mashed potato "icing" 😜

But if I had to go for an actual cake, it's a tie between carrot cake or ice cream cake! Hmm, is ice cream cake cake?

Liam Green

A meatloaf cupcake sounds amazing!

And of course ice cream cake is cake!!

Sven Cipido

I love Mojito cake

mojito cake.jpg
But also Cranachan, A Lovely Scottish Dessert

And of course Christmas pudding

Liam Green

I've never manged to get on board with Christmas pudding, or Christmas cake.

I love mojitos though, so I think cake would work.

John Funk

I am not a big cake person, though I love sweets. The cake needs to be moist or at least not dry. Cookies are my go to, and more chewy than crisp is the preference. Again with the dry thing.

I like that while in Bolivia they used two different words for dry (an no icing) and moist (with icing - and often had fruit on top). They used queque for the first and torta for the second. If you heard the word, you knew which one you were getting. Although the tortas there were usually VERY moist.

Queque

Torta

Flavien Gache

I am often making Banana breads these days. That's quite simple but i love it.

When I have a little more time, I love baking carrot cakes.

I used to bake jam rolled cake but not too much anymore.

Dirk Ronsmans

Oh I like banana bread! (but a healthy one)

2 banana's, 120g almond flour, 3 eggs, baking powder, cinnamon, pinch of salt (tablespoon of coconut fat if you want) and that's it!

You can add some chocolate and/or raisins to taste.

40min later (oven at 180 C) you have a great banana bread!

Sven Cipido

As I'm in love with the country Scotland, Christmas pudding is a tradition there :-D, but indeed you need to love it.

As for the Mojito I really enjoy it, especially in the summer :-D

Liam Green

It's quite traditional all over the UK - I'm just not a big fan of the fruit. I do like Scotland though...a little cold and wet, but Edinburgh was beautiful when I visited

Liam Green

I fully agree with both the chewy cookies, and the moist cake...torta is certainly the way to go

Liam Green

A rolled jam cake sounds delicious...and that banana bread looks yummy too.

We went to a wedding in Ireland, the hotel's speciality was banana bread - they served it at every meal!

Hana Kučerová

I love everything which contains whipped cream and unfortunately new sweet-shop was opened this year in our neighbourhoods. Last week we've enjoyed these Pavlova cakes. Yummyyy.

Kristján Geir Mathiesen

Real whipped cream, chocolate (both chopped mixed into the cream and melted over the whole cake), strawberries and meringue - this is my favorite. We call it tower cake

Liam Green

They look delicious! I'd never leave the shop if it was in my neighbourhood!

Liam Green

Just incredible! I love strawberries and chocolate too!

Dirk Ronsmans

Wow!

Others might call that a heart attack waiting to happen 😂

Monique vdB

My best friend is an amazing baker and he baked me a cake last weekend. Carrot cake, NO NUTS, with a brown butter and lemon cream cheese frosting. Absolutely divine.

I also love vanilla cake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream.

Jack Brickey

the cake is definitely a lie....

cake lie.jpg

Jack Brickey

While i do love cake i'm not a huge icing fan. My sis-n-law loves icing. So i get her cake and she gets my icing. :-) I actually would grab the pie before the cake.

Devils food, Pound cake toasted lightly w/ a dab of butter

Jimmy Seddon

Cake is awesome! I eat more of it than I probably should.

As for a favourite, I'm going to jump on the carrot cake band wagon. Now for the part where everyone hates me. I enjoy carrot cake that has both walnuts and raisins in it.

Liam Green

That looks delicious!!

Liam Green

I'm not a huge fan of the fondant icing, but I don't mind the cream cheese style you get on a carrot cake. I've never toasted cake before, but I'm not certain what pound cake is either so it might work well

Monique vdB

@Jimmy Seddon raisins.... and... walnuts?!?!

Jimmy Seddon

I also like both raisins and chocolate chips in cookies! Why choose when I can have it all!

p.s. the Birdcage is a fantastic movie!

Dirk Ronsmans

I really gotta make a carrot cake now.. so many fans it just has to be awesome. (Never had one)

Esther Strom

Yum... cupcakes.

So I'm not actually a huge cake fan. My mom was a pro-level baker and I think I got tired of cake as a kid. I do enjoy an occasional cupcake from my local bakery, which uses real Italian buttercream icing.

As to cake-cakes, my two favorites and pretty simple, and both are citrus-based.

The clementine cake from Smitten Kitchen is divine, plus gluten-free if that's your thing.

And Nigella Lawson's madeira cake is amazing. I've made the lemon-poppyseed variant, and have also made it with oranges in place of lemons.

(Also, I love coconut, but not in cakes. My absolute favorite once a year dessert is the amazing coconut cream pie at a local restaurant. It's about 6 inches tall, and has tons of actual coconut in it; it's not just a glob of pudding with coconut flavoring.)

Esther Strom

Same here - the occasional top-quality Italian or French buttercream is acceptable, but generally I prefer my cake without icing. When our family is able to be together, my uncle and I have the same ingredient-splitting arrangement you and your SIL do 😅

I've also done the toasted pound cake, although I do jelly on mine. @Liam Green pound cake is a very dense, butter-heavy cake usually made in a loaf or bundt pan. It generally doesn't have icing, per se, although some people do a light glaze, or serve with whipped cream and fruit. Apocryphal tales say it got its name because the original recipe was a pound of butter, pound of flour, pound of eggs, and pound of sugar. I haven't tried baking it myself, but from what I've seen a lot of modern recipes use sour cream or cream cheese.

Stephanie Grice

Oooh, I LOVE FLAN!!!

Esther Strom

Wow. I want to dive into that. Is there "cake" cake under there, or is the meringue the cake?

Liam Green

@Esther Strom Well pound cake sounds delicious!

There are a few American / British words that have different meanings (pants being one of them) ... but jelly has to be my favourite!

Liam Green

Yes to nearly all of this (no coconut!)

Everything Nigella does is so decadent, so I imagine it is delicious.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

I LOVE FLAN too. Not as hard to buid as most people think, and always gets a lot of love from the audience (eaters)

nina_schmidt

My name is Nina and I am a cake Addict! 🙈
I love cakes... yes, I have to admit that. ☺️
Couldn‘t decide which one is my favourite, perhaps blueberry crumble, a classic strawberry cake (without whipped cream) or anything with chocolate. ☺️

The good thing is: a small village backery that is making everything by themselves is just in the middle of my running route, so I could (and often do) have fresh bread, bread rolls and cakes. ☺️

Daniel Ebers

A cake is not complete without some kind of chocolateeeee topping, am I right? :-)

I love it when there are some strawberries or cherries in it (visible or not, ha!) ... or on top.
Well, I need to stop here and get some cake now...

Liam Green

I feel the same!! And love cherries in a cake!

nina_schmidt

Thanks for the Nigella Madeira cake link sounds and looks delicious ☺️

Sven Cipido

And strawberries

Liam Green

Welcome to Cake Addicts Anonymous @nina_schmidt - you're among friends here!

This thread has reminded me of so many cakes...I love crumble!

I don't like the idea of running, but if there is a bakery on route I could be tempted

Veronique DUFOUR

Another disclaimer should be added: Beware reading this post or your craving for food will increase !!!

Veronique DUFOUR

A good recipe for a diabetic person

nina_schmidt

Oh... I forgot Korvapuusti / Kanelbullar 🥰 Finnish / Swedish cinnamon buns

that‘s really a „drug“ 😊

Liam Green

I love and I mean LOVE cinnamon buns!!

John Funk

YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Esther Strom

It is amazingly good. And really easy to make. It's more like what we'd consider a quick bread in the U.S. (like banana bread) rather than a true "cake", so I don't feel guilty having a slice for breakfast. My favorite variation is using oranges, and throwing in some candied orange rind for a bit of texture. So good. Now I really want some; maybe I'll make one while I'm "on vacation" this week.

Fabienne Gerhard

Go for cinnamon buns 😍

Fabienne Gerhard

Again a little bit too late - but cake (next to pizza) definitely is life too 🍕🍰

My all-time favourite is 'Frankfurter Kranz' (which can only be made by my grandma) badly translated as wreath of frankfurt

It's a revelation of biscuit and buttercream with marmelade and roasted almonds on the outside ❤❤

frankfurter_kranz

And don't forget those not real super sweet cherries on top

Liam Green

That looks delicious...there are so many things only a grandma can make!

nina_schmidt

After many abstinent years I actually had a piece yesterday 😆

Fabienne Gerhard

you're kidding right?!? 😥 Haven't seen my granny since last christmas - no granny no yummy

Brant Schroeder

I agree cake is not my thing. I do like freshly baked cookies or brownies.

Dharma Ramos

My favorite cake is "bizcocho de novia" from Puerto Rico, it is a dense cake soaked with simple syrup, rum or brandy and a buttercream icing. But where I am right now, I settle for raspberry elegance, or just about any cake from Publix supermarket, anyone that lives or has lived in FL knows what I'm talking about.

Bizcocho de Novia

bizcocho de novia.jpg

Raspberry Elegance

Raspberry Elegance.jpg

Dharma Ramos

In Costa Rica they also call it queque. When we visited from PR the tour guide warned us to call it queque instead of bizcocho, which is what we call it in PR, because bizcocho is a vulgar term in Costa Rica.

Esther Strom

My parents lived in FL the last 15 years of their lives; I can confirm Publix bakery quality!

Veronique DUFOUR

Anyone has a chocolate fudge pudding recipe but instead of chocolate it is nutmeg (cake + sauce)?

John Funk

Overall, I am definitely a donut and cinnamon roll person. If those are around, I can't keep from eating them.

Kat Warner

There is a distinct lack of cupcake pictures in this cupcake thread!

Growing up, cupcakes were small cakes with simple icing usually for children.

Simple Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe - Food.com

In recent years they have become monstrosities of icing and fillings.

7 Filled Cupcake Recipes : Food Network | Easy Baking Tips and Recipes: Cookies, Breads & Pastries : Food Network | Food Network

I do love the idea of 'cupcake pull apart cakes' where you get the convenience of pre-portioned cake with the presentation of a decorate cake.

20+ Pretty Picture of Cupcake Cakes For Birthdays | Cupcake birthday cake, Flower cupcake cake, Cupcake cakes

Deepanshu Natani

These days I have tried making many types of cakes and this is the one I like the most:

Made this a couple of days back!

Liam Green

This looks deliciously chocolatey!

Kristin Lyons

My wedding cake! It was raspberry lemon, so delicious!

Veronique DUFOUR

Anyone has tried this? Layers of graham cookies and date puree. With icing for those who can't live without it!

Eat it right away if you're unable to wait otherwise let the puree smooth the cookies.

You can do 1x1 for individual portions or 4x4 for a family with any number of layers.

Esther Strom

Ooh, so pretty. And raspberry lemon cake sounds amazing.

Danny_qtq7b3

I read cupcakes for all and now I am without cupcakes in my life! Now I must go out and get a cupcake! 😋

Liam Green

That looks beautiful

Gonchik Tsymzhitov

Small alternative cupcake

Скандинавский мясной торт - YouTube

Soumyadeep Mandal - SaM

Hi @Liam Green ,

I just love fruit cake & chocolate cakes.

Passion Fruit and Chocolate Cake by theboywhobakes | Quick & Easy Recipe | The Feedfeed

Regards,

Soumyadeep

ABR

I so like the idea of a meatloaf cupcake with mashed potato frosting!

ABR

Just awesome!

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