February 8th, 2010
I first made this cake back in the fall, to satisfy a request from the guy I buy my winemaking supplies from. Of course, I didn’t have Seville oranges, then. I wouldn’t have had Seville oranges for this version either, if Vicki of Heavenly Cake Walk hadn’t been hugely generous and sent me some all the way from California. They made the trip quite well, with only one of them starting to turn green and fuzzy, and without that one, I had about 1/4 cup of extra juice, so it worked out about perfectly.
Sevilles, from Sacramento
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January 25th, 2010
This week’s heavenly cake choice is an angel food cake with a twist. Most angel food cakes I’ve made in the past have been almost flavourless, but not Rose’s recipe! This cake was really quick & easy to put together, though apparently the trick is in the baking. The most time consuming part for me was grating all the chocolate.
Completed Cake
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January 18th, 2010
This week’s heavenly cake selection was the Torta de las Tres Leches. Marie at the Heavenly Cake Place had already made this cake way back in May, long before Rose’s Heavenly Cakes was officially released. Hanaâ requested this cake especially for this week, to make for her husband’s birthday, so she’s the ‘guest host’ this week. I really expected to love this cake, based on everyone’s description. You’ll have to wait to the end of the post to hear my thoughts.
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Tags: heavenly cakes, leche, milk, whipped cream
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January 10th, 2010
This week’s ‘heavenly’ cake selection is the chocolate streusel coffee cake. The recipe makes a 6 cup bundt pan and two cupcakes. I looked at that, and thought “If the excess batter can be made into cupcakes, why shouldn’t I make the whole thing as cupcakes? Saves me finding a 6 cup pan.” Then I kept reading and realized Rose suggests the very same as an option. 
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January 4th, 2010
This week’s heavenly cakes bake-through choice was the whipped cream cake. Rose mentions in her introduction to the recipe that though this cake contains no butter, the fat content of the whipping cream more than makes up for the ‘lack’ of any other fat.
Whipped Cream Cake
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