Real Baking with Rose Levy Beranbaum

Chloe- re dying the white batter orange there is an alternative way which i experimented in marble cake with success. try to replace some of the sugar in the All- occasion Downy recipe with good-quality orange/pineapple/mango jelly crystals(preferably powdered in the grinder or food processor). bonus will be the fruit flavor. hope you report back.

Reply to this      Posted by: Anonymous | October 7, 2007 9:30 PM #

I think you'll be fine... for best the best color, be sure to use a white cake base (no egg yolks). Do you have a checkerboard pan? Hope the birthday boy likes his cake! (I know he will if you use Rose's recipes)

Reply to this      Posted by: Patrincia | October 5, 2007 4:18 PM #

yes i do - thanks for your help his birthday 10/16 and could try a test run weekend before.. i have never made a checkerboard cake or tried to dye a cake recipe before..so was a little scared

Reply to this      Posted by: chloe | October 5, 2007 4:00 PM #

Hi Chloe - I'm not Rose, but I think your idea of using a white cake recipe and coloring some of it orange is a good one. I would use Rose's Mousseline buttercream frosting. Do you have time to do a test layer before you have to complete the cake?

Reply to this      Posted by: Patrincia | October 5, 2007 3:52 PM #

Dear Rose,

I have a question for you if you have some time...I am the birthday cake provider at work and a very dear elderly co-worker of mine saw a picture of your checkboard cake picture in my cake bible and would like me to make him one for his birthday -- only he wants me to use white and bright orange cake instead of the yellow and chocolate -- so that on the inside it will match the end zone of his favorite football team - University of Tenessee.. My question is - Should I use white cake and then dye a second batch of white orange? And if i did which icing would complement?
I am not sure if this would work or not and still taste okay but I'd love to indulge him if i can.

Thanks for the wonderful Spike Cake recipe and Congratulations on Million Mark!
- Chloe

Reply to this      Posted by: Chloe | October 5, 2007 3:01 PM #

Congratulations, Rose. I am very pleased to be one of your million fans.

Reply to this      Posted by: Melinda Pickworth | September 12, 2007 3:08 PM #

Congratulations, Rose!
u can't imagine how grateful i am to this site; my life would just be incomplete without The Cake Bible and like many others from the other part of the world i could never know about you or your book if "realbakingwithrose" were not here.

I am eagerly waiting to see an autobiography from you(it would be a real treasure). Please don't disappoint me.

Reply to this      Posted by: nushera | September 12, 2007 1:56 AM #

Rozanne - funny you should mention that... I just made myself one this afternoon (handwritten though).

Elicia - glad your test turned out well. I'd be careful about storeing your precious cupcakes in the fridge/freezer that way with anything that might have a strong ordor though... you know how dairy can absorb off flavors. I'm super obsessed with replacing my box of baking soda in the fridge and freezer every 30 days (I know they say it's good for 3 months, but I say 30 days max).

Reply to this      Posted by: Patrincia | September 11, 2007 9:43 PM #

Hi Rozanne - great idea! I too sometimes flip back n forth to reconfirm something I've read somewhere!

On freezing, I stuck one iced cupcake into the freezer drawer unwrapped for a week (just testing), then thawed it overnight in the fridge and it was just as delicious! The frosting didn't run either!

Reply to this      Posted by: Elicia | September 11, 2007 8:30 PM #

Congratulations Rose and thank you for being so accessible. You are the BEST.

Patricia, I can relate to your situation about finding info in the Cake Bible. I have done an index on a Word document (eg amount of syrup for cakes pg xxx, substitution chart pg xxx etc.) and taped it on the inside of my kitchen cabinet. It helps when I need to do a quick reference.

Reply to this      Posted by: Rozanne | September 11, 2007 8:04 PM #

Thank you Hector. I don't have a foodsaver, and I decided I wasn't patient enough to do them individually, so I wrapped them in packages of two, in foil, with drugstore closure, and then put all the little packages into a large zip bag as well.

Reply to this      Posted by: Amy | September 11, 2007 4:53 PM #

Amy, wrap each one individually and tightly with the least air pockets, with either 2 sheets of plastic wrap, or with one sheet of aluminum foil. If you can, when using aluminum foil, do the drugstore wrap.

Of course, if you have the Tilia foodsaver, then THAT IS the best way to do it. The point is to remove as much air as possible and to keep things airtight. I like to refrigerate/freeze my cupcakes first until they become firm, before freezing, so the vacuum won't smash them.

Reply to this      Posted by: Hector | September 11, 2007 1:48 PM #

Hi Rose~

I just made your zucchini cupcakes. I could probably eat them all (!!), but to discourage myself I was planning to freeze them. What's the best way to wrap cupcakes & muffins? Do I have to wrap them individually?

Reply to this      Posted by: Amy | September 11, 2007 12:54 PM #

Congratulations on reaching the one million mark. Thank you for all you do!

Reply to this      Posted by: Theresa | September 11, 2007 10:00 AM #

Hi Rose - I wonder if it's too late to add a suggestion to your new cake book (or any other book you do). It would be nice to have all your Master Charts listed in the index. There are so many and I find myself constantly thumbing through TCB trying to find them (this is me, "now where did I see that chart for such and such... I know it's in here somewhere?!!")

Reply to this      Posted by: Patrincia | September 11, 2007 9:37 AM #

Congrats - just goes to show what a fabulous site this is!

Reply to this      Posted by: Elicia | September 10, 2007 9:53 PM #

Congratulations on the million mark. It is one billion the number of wonderful things that come from you!

Reply to this      Posted by: Hector | September 10, 2007 4:46 PM #

Remember the days when an unsuspecting customer would walk into the grocery store and be bombarded with confetti, balloons, and a years worth of free groceries because they were the xth customer to walk through the doors? You never see that any more :)

Congratulations Rose - couldn't have happened to a nicer person, and wouldn't have happened if you weren't so nice, generous, and accessible to all! You're the best!

Reply to this      Posted by: Patrincia | September 10, 2007 3:31 PM #

Brava!

Reply to this      Posted by: Gregory Lyons | September 10, 2007 3:12 PM #

Congrats Rose on your million+ postings,
I guess tasting the valrhona is your prize.
I know you are still recovering from the new cake book, but is there a new bread book in your future??

Reply to this      Posted by: Barbara | September 10, 2007 2:46 PM #