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Vanilla Cake with Apple Pie Filling and Vanilla Italian Buttercream

October 13, 2016 No Comments

Vanilla Cake with Apple Pie filling and Vanilla Italian Meringue Buttercream

A fall cake because there are apples everywhere and you’ve got to buy bags of apples and put them in everything. So I sandwiched a classic apple pie filling in between layers of simple vanilla cake and covered it up with a rich silky vanilla Italian meringue buttercream. If I have not sufficiently expressed my love for fall on Instagram with ‘lovingfall’ hashtags, I will say it again here! I am totally #lovingfall. It is now officially my most favorite season and I can’t get over how pretty the trees look and how many shades between yellow and red can be seen. Are there North Americans who have grown up with all the fall colours and still find it breathtaking? Toronto trees have been slow on the colour update and seeing how excited it made me to see an occasional fashion forward tree in its full blazing glory, Steve took me to Gatineau Park for a hike during our stay in Ottawa for the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. And it was stunning! Although fall seems to be late everywhere and the leaves were still turning, the park offered some beautiful views and some very red leaves. And while I was taking […]

Pound Cakes – Part 1

I decided to start from the basics. Is there a better way to start a cake blog than with a rich buttery classic – the pound cake! Wikipedia and other sources say that traditionally a pound cake means a cake baked with equal proportions of flour, butter, eggs and sugar. Nobody follows tradition anymore. The pound cake has evolved; although most recipes still employ the 1:1 ratio for the basic ingredients, often there is an additional form of fat or diary such as cream cheese, buttermilk, milk or the use of cake flour for that fine texture. How could I know which one tastes better? On my quest for that buttery scrumptiousness, that rich, dense, moist deliciousness, with sweet, brown aromatic crust, I had to try them all, it was the only way! I tried a few recipes and some did not turn out very well. I will not get into details of disasters. However I will mention some learning. Follow recipe strictly – not just the ingredients and measurements but also the equipment, baking temperatures and cooking time. In my opinion, till one gets comfortable enough with baking cakes, it is not really wise to tamper with above mentioned […]