For the next year I am doing a project - a different cake each week
for an entire year - following the book All
Cakes Considered: A Year's Worth of Weekly Recipes Tested, Tasted and
Approved by the Staff of NPR's All Things Considered. You can read
about the start of my project here
and look at each week to date here.
The recipe: Dorie Greenspan's Rum-Drenched Vanilla Cakes
Not bad at all. I'm not a huge fan of boozy cakes so I went a little easy on the "rum-drenching" but it seemed to get pretty good reviews all the way around. I added a 1/3 cup less sugar than the recipe called for and I think the sweetness was just about right.
Recipients: My family up at the lake this past weekend.
Verdict: They liked it but I think I'd make it sans rum next time.
Up next: Gingerbread
The recipe: Dorie Greenspan's Rum-Drenched Vanilla Cakes
Not bad at all. I'm not a huge fan of boozy cakes so I went a little easy on the "rum-drenching" but it seemed to get pretty good reviews all the way around. I added a 1/3 cup less sugar than the recipe called for and I think the sweetness was just about right.
Recipients: My family up at the lake this past weekend.
Verdict: They liked it but I think I'd make it sans rum next time.
Up next: Gingerbread
Oh yay! It worked adding less sugar. That's awesome. I'm glad you tried that.