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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098   Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Sponge Bob Banana wrote on another page... "My daughter and I are planning my youngest's birthday party. We always like to try something new and different, and this year we'd like to serve everyone their own personal mini birthday cake for dessert. We plan on starting the experiment this weekend, playing around with different recipes and molds. If we can get past that stage, we'll eventually have to figure out how to decorate the cakes. Any advice or suggestions? Thanks!" Cyndi responds: Lori, you must go get a copy of the Joy of Cooking, by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (2nd version for Ethan, he's the son of Marion, I think?). Every Mother should have this book. It is the basic kitchen cookbook. There are 2 versions of this book, with the first one printed in 1931. Ethan came along and revamped some of the recipes and made them more modern and took out alot of the fat and made them healthier. He also added Indian, Thai, Chinese, Greek and others to it as well. This is really a *true* basic book to have handy, it has everything and answers every question you could possibly ask. There is a recipe called the "White Cake". This is the one I recommend for Birthday and any Holiday mold cakes. Then there is the "Yellow Cake" which follows and it is also a good basic cake. If you can get a hold of the Old Version, the White cake has a version that is especially designed for molds and is enough for a 7-cup capacity mold. These recipes can be modified to use Organic foods, produce, unbleached flours and natural sugars. You have to be careful about how much you alter cakes because they can be tempermental, like sugar for instance. I use natural organic sugar, but not dark brown sugars with these kinds of cakes. You cannot reduce sugar amounts in these recipes more than 1/4 to 1/2 cup otherwise you will not get the right texture. Also, for cake baking on rainy days, it is not advisable, otherwise you will have rising problems and it will be flat. If you can't find these books or don't have time, and are interested, I will post them later, or send me an email and I'll forward them to you, let me know. As for the mini-birthday cake...Williams Sonoma has these cute little loaf pans that I use for Banana Nut Breads. These are very nice pans, you get 4 for $24, and they are made out of a nice non-stick material that will last forever. I highly recommend these for mini-cakes. Not sure about the round, cause I never explored small mini-round cake molds. Back to the Joy of Cooking...I personally use both books. The first version was given to me a long time ago and was my inspiration in learning how to cook and cook well. The information is priceless in these books and it cuts the confusion of information on the internet. I can't tell you how many times I've had a recipe on the internet that failed and when I went back to my JOC books, I discovered Why it failed and ended up with their recipes. I also subscribe to Southern Living as the recipes are also tried in their kitchens and they do a good job and have good judgement about food before placing them in their magazines. I like their annual recipe book too, which always has at least something that your're looking for. I do however modify some of their recipes that call for mixes and processed things. They're getting better about the items they use and select for their recipes. Geez, this would be a great homeschool class together. Today we made GingerBread with Black Strap Molasses. It was good and healthy. I was in Whole Foods Market yesterday and bought some of their Ginger Bread. After I ate it, it was good, but I said, I can make this...and so much better and CHEAPER!!  Edited by Cyndi 2006-02-07 1:50 PM | ||
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I consider baking a Math and Home Ec. project.  Thanks for the info. I have 2 very basic cookbooks that I love and can probably get some recipes from them. I also have some smaller molds that I think I can work with, but we'll see this weekend. The key is to get the right temp and time for the smaller cakes so they don't dry out (or burn  ). The decorating is going to be a hurdle for me. We were playing around with the idea of using fondant (never done it before) and maybe decorating with the pretty confetti and stuff they sell. | |||
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| Ha, me too! I found some info online about fondant and how to play with it. We're going to try making practice cakes this weekend. I also found a bakery online that does custom mini cakes at $25 per cake. I wonder how big their customer base is for something like that.Edited by Kabu 2006-02-08 2:51 PM | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | You know what, I forgot about Martha. Thanks Jean for reminding me of her. Yes, absolutely, Martha Stewart is one of the best chef's I know. I couldn't believe how they put her in jail and all that crap. Martha Stewart ROCKS!!!! Lori, are you interested in the baking business now too?? | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 475  Location: canada | i thought you wanted to actually bake yogis.. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | |||
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| Fechter I suppose I could have given that title a little more thought. | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Fechter, it's all a matter of perception. For instance, for a person like me who does stay in the kitchen 85% of the time, that is a normal title...I am a Baking Yogi. Now, for someone who has no idea about the kitchen. I am quite sure that may be a scary thing to look at, | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 475 Location: canada | Cyndi - 2006-02-09 9:25 AM Fechter, it's all a matter of perception. For instance, for a person like me who does stay in the kitchen 85% of the time, that is a normal title...I am a Baking Yogi. Now, for someone who has no idea about the kitchen. I am quite sure that may be a scary thing to look at, actually cyndi, i do spend a lot of time in the kitchen..just don't do that much baking, . | ||
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| Well, we did the fondant thing (ended up making mini cakes for Grandpa's b-day). The cakes were adorable, but we discovered fondant is a bit too much to eat along with the cake it covers. But it's excellent for making decorations! It's basically edible play-doh , so you can make cute cut outs, flowers and ribbons. I've heard homemade fondant is much better tasting ~ will have to give that a whirl next. So... mini cakes: *thumbs up* store bought fondant: *thumbs down* except for decorations | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | You haven't lived until you've tried the *real true* Red Velvet cake from South Georgia. There's still a couple of old ladies around that make these famous cakes, we used to order one every Thanksgiving from this one lady who made these. She really had a secret ingredient that we still can't figure out to this day!!! Although, I did manage to get the original recipe from my chef guru,  You think Auntie Em may have taken a trip to S. Ga and got the "secret" recipe??...it sounds very familiar, except we don't use Sour Creme, we use Cream Cheese Frosting on Red Velvet Cakes. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Yep, deer eat my pansies in the winter and the cats mess up my flower beds...therefore, I have only small amounts in the pots that they refuse to come onto the porch and eat, those are what left for house decorations, not for cakes,  This year I'm doing something different, I'm planting more evergreen & Pyracantha's in my annual gardens, to free up my time and because I like green and red. The pots are for pansies and annuals, sorry deers, these cats are driving me crazy using my flower garden for their litter boxes....they also think my pond fountain is their water source. You should see them, all 8 of them in line to drink water from the turtle's mouth, its a trip - talk about kitty paradise | ||
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Never have had the Red Velvet Cake, but I would prefer the cream cheese frosting, please. Sounds divine  . Zoebird, your cakes were beautiful with those edible pansies. I love pansies; have not eaten one before, but I love to look at them. They are so unique and they have a cool story behind them. Cyndi, my kitties love to drink form the running water also. I can just see yours drinking from the turtle's mouth! My drink from the bathroom sink. Drives me crazy  . I hear ya on the potted plants and the litter box scene. When I was in high school we adopted a momma cat who had 4 babies: Kodak, Nikon, Olympus (Puss), and Canon (my dad had a photo shop on the side). We kept them in an enclosed glass patio overlooking the back yard. Potted plants everywhere along with the clean do-do box. Hot during the day. You know what it smelled like in that patio! Those kittens were so cute, but stinkers. Have to love 'em.Edited by namaste2 2006-03-09 10:07 PM | |||
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