I Love Cake

This lens is devoted to cake. Chocolate cake, lemon cake, sponge cake, fruit cake, Christmas cake, Birthday cake and any other sort of cake you can think of.

Of course I may have to let the odd cookie, bun or even piece of pie in! MMMMMmmmmmmmm

The History of Cakes

The dividing line between bread and cake is hard to draw. Cakes now are distinguished by the large amount of sugar in them, by the high fat content which gives them a rich, melting texture, and by the fact that they are raised by eggs instead of yeast. They developed from the enriched breads that have been written about since Roman times.

Milk, honey, sugar, butter, egg yolks, spices, and currants and raisins were added to enrich bread dough. Recipes for cakes as we know them scarcely appear before the 17th century, but as oven baking became more widespread, the baking of richer mixtures became easier and more popular. By the end of the 17th century gingerbread was being made of flour, sugar, butter, eggs, black treacle, ginger, cinnamon and preserved fruits to produce a cake much as we would expect it to be today.

One of the earliest large cakes to be raised with eggs was seed cake, which became very popular during the 18th century. By the mid 18th century, fruit cakes raised solely by eggs had joined the cook's repertoire, and cake-making as we know it was established.

My favourite Chocolate Cake recipes!

What could be better than a scrumptious chocolate cake!

Irish Chocolate Cake: Recipe for Irish Chocolate Cake
Vegan Chocolate Cake: Recipe for Vegan/Vegetarian Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Cakes & Cookies: Recipes for Chocolate Cakes & Cookies galore!

Baby Cake

The Making of Sculpted Baby Cake

The Making of a lifesize Baby Cake for sculpted cake competition, Cake 2006 at NEC Birmingham, UK by Michelle Wibowo. http://www.michellesugarart.co.uk Michelle Sugar Art

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Cake Decorating Secrets

WARNING: "95% Of People Who Start Cake Decorating Will Fail Miserably... Here's How You Can Succeed!"
Who Else Wants To Discover The Secrets To Successfully Baking & Decorating Georgeous Cakes?

My wife Sue didn't want me to write this.

She begged me not to tell anyone. She said it would ruin her reputation.

You see, Sue thinks she is the world's greatest cake decorator.

Whenever people tell us how georgeous her cakes and pastries are, Sue likes to brag that she just has a natural flair.

But Sue isn't a cake decorating expert. Not even close. She's a retired dressmaker.

In Fact, Just A Few Weeks Ago She Was Ready To
Give It All Up and Throw Away Her Utensils
That's what it had come to. Sure everything started out great - Sue had a great time buying all the ingredients, designing the stencils, and getting everything ready for her masterpiece cakes. But all that excitement came to an end when her cakes didn't turn out quite the way she had planned.

What did Sue do? Click Here to find out!

How to make a Buttercream Rose

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Cake Book of the Month!

Romantic Wedding Cakes (Merehurst Cake Decorating)

by Kerry Vincent

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Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 05/17/2008)

Introducing Cousin Irmas Café Vienna Chocolate Chip Nut Cake

Cousin Irma's Chocolate Cake: Recipe For Chocolate Cake Lovers. Now you can eat chocolate cake, not worry about your cholesterol level and support a great cause too!

Spring & Summer Cakes on Amazon

Wedding Cakes You Can Make: Designing, Baking, and Decorating the Perfect Wedding Cake

by Dede Wilson

Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 05/17/2008)

The Confetti Cakes Cookbook: Spectacular Cookies, Cakes, and Cupcakes from New York City's Famed Bakery

by Elisa Strauss, Christie Matheson

Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 05/17/2008)

Pretty Party Cakes: Sweet and Stylish Cakes and Cookies for All Occasions

by Peggy Porschen

Amazon Price: $19.80 (as of 05/17/2008)

Enchanted Cakes for Children (Merehurst Cake Decorating)

by Debbie Brown

Amazon Price: $16.29 (as of 05/17/2008)

A Baker's Field Guide to Cupcakes: Deliciously Decorated Crowd Pleasers for Parties and Holidays

by Dede Wilson

Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 05/17/2008)

Angel Food Cake - Low-Carb Version

By Deanna Applegate

I adore Angel Food Cake. I just can't stomach all the sugar that you have to add to it to make it taste like the recipes of old. The recipe below uses Splenda instead of refined sugar so that you can indulge your sweet tooth without having to worry about all the carbohydrates you're taking in.

Angel Food Cake

Serving Size: 12

1 cup whey protein Isolate, vanilla; sifted

2 tsp baking powder, sifted

1/8 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

5 large eggs, separated

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp grated lemon rind, finely grated

1 tsp lemon extract

1/2 cup heavy cream

1/4 cup water

7 tbsp Splenda, or other sweetener

Glaze:

2 oz heavy cream

2 tbsp butter

1 tsp vanilla extract or lemon extract

3 oz cream cheese

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 300°F-150°C.

Spray a Bundt pan with cooking spray very well. Sift protein powder, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In a large bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff. In another bowl, beat egg yolks, artificial sweetener, extracts and lemon peel. Beat in water and cream, and then beat in dry ingredients.

Fold into whites very carefully, and then spoon into a prepared Bundt pan. Bake for 45 minutes, then let cool 10 minutes before inverting and removing (this is the tricky part, just do your best).

For the glaze, beat the cream, butter, cream cheese and extracts well. If this is too thick, add more cream, 1 tablespoon at a time.

Drizzle over cooled cake. Makes 12-15 servings in a standard Bundt pan.

Per Serving: 124 Calories; 12g Fat (85.0% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 111mg Cholesterol; 173mg Sodium

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Splendid Cake Toppers on eBay!

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Wedding Cake Toppers

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Mrs. Beasley's Six Month Cake Plan

Mrs. Beasley's Six Month Cake Plan

Under each plan, a classic Miss Grace cake is delivered to your recipient during the second week of each month in the 12 month plan and every other month in the 3 or 6 month plans.

Mrs. Beasley's Six Month Cake Plan

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QuantumTraveler

Just reading your lens makes my mouth water. Thanks for putting together this yummy stuff.

Posted May 15, 2008

SimonRoth

That baby cake is quite the work of art. Not sure I'd want to cut it though :-)

When you get time, take a look at the wedding cake toppers on http://www.MagicalDay.com

Posted February 29, 2008