I am brand new to the "cake world" and have been practing A LOT!! I bake a cake and frost it almost every night. The bad thing is I can not eat cake (diet) so my hubby has been taste testing all of them. He wants me to try something "new". Guess he is getting tired of the white cake with BC icing! I have looked thru the recipes but thought it would be interesting to see what your favs are. Give me your fav. cake flavor along with filling and or frosting.
TIA,
LeAnn

Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch - Fudgy chocolate cake filled with Nutella and chopped hazelnuts. I frost with rich chocolate ganache.

or

Peanut Cutter Cup - Same fudgy chocolate cake filled with creamy peanut butter filling, and frosted with rich chocolate ganache.

or

Cappucino Crunch - Mocha flavored cake filled with chocolate cappucino mousse, and sprinkled with crushed chocolate covered espresso beans

I have got a million of them....

My favorite is lemon filled with lemon icing. Not very exotic, sorry. lol!

Jayde, would you share how you make the chocolate cappucino mousse? (If you don't mind.) That sounds amazing!

Most most requested is the WASC with strawberry cream filling, and strawberry with strawberry cream filling. My favorite so far has been the coconut cake WASC with pineapple filling and coconut cream cheese icing.

JenniferL - can you post your recipe for coconut WASC (coconut variation), pineapple filling and coconut cream cheese ... I love coconut!

Forgot to add my favourite ... at the moment is vanilla bean cake with lemon curd and fresh raspberries.

Getfrosted-
I will try and post in when I get home tonight.

My fav is my chocolate mint with ganache. It's going to be an everyday one at my cupcakery.

Otherwise, Choc and Peanut Butter.

my favourites to date are:

Chocolate Raspberry Cake - chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream, raspberry jam

Strawberry Champagne Cake - pound cake with Lorann champagne extract, straberry buttercream (or regular buttercream with sliced strawberries)...haven't tried the cake with real champagne as yet

Pina Colada Cake - pineapple cake, coconut buttercream, shredded coconut (I still have to experiment with this one though...I have to try addiing some brown rum to the cake )

JenniferL~

Would you mind posting the strawberry cream filling recipe please! Thanks so much

Leslie

JenniferL~

Would you mind posting the strawberry cream filling recipe please! Thanks so much

Leslie

4 large eggs, separated
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup sweet cream butter, cut into small chunks
1/4 cup strong coffee (i use chocolate coffee)
3 tablespoons Kahula
7 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips


Whisk the egg yolks, 1/4 cup of sugar, butter, 1/4 cup of water, and the Kahula in a metal bowl to blend. Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (do not allow the bottom of the bowl to touch the water); whisk constantly until the mixture is very thick and frothy, about 3 minutes. Add the chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat.

Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites in another large bowl to soft peaks. Gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar, beating until stiff and glossy peaks form. Remove the chocolate from over the water. Fold 1/3 of the meringue into the warm chocolate mixture to lighten, then fold in the remaining meringue.

Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until set, at least 3 hours or overnight.

Wow!! My hubby will be so happy!! I may have to "break" the diet for some of these. Thank you all very much!

Thanks Jayde! That looks awesome!

For the WASC I just use the regular recipe except substitute coconut extract and Princess cake and cookie flavoring for the vanilla and almond extracts.

I also use the Decorators Cream Cheese Frosting (below) and use the coconut and Princess cake and cookie flavorings there also. I like this one because it crusts well:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-4153-Decorators-Cream-Cheese-Frosting.html

You can buy the pineapple filling in a sleeve or make it fairly easy with this recipe from ladycakes.com:

3 Tbsp flour
1/2 c sugar
2 Tbsp butter
20 oz. can crushed pineapple, undrained

Combine flour and sugar in a saucepan. Add butter and pineapple; cook and stir until bubbly and thickened. Cool before using.


The strawberry filling that I use is this whipped cream frosting, but only 1/2 cup of sugar:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-901-Whipped-Cream-Frosting.html

To give it the strawberry flavor, I to add the strawberry icing fruits from countrykitchensa.com. It's a great way to really add a true strawberry flavor. I just keep adding it until it tastes right.

I hope this helps.

Thanks JenniferL!

Here's a link to a post that was on a while back regarding the same kind of thing. HTH!

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-580649-.html

Everyone here likes WASC with strawberry filling.

Ok, now I have two more.

Moon Pie - Graham Cracker flavored cake (vanilla with different flavors added) with marshmallow filling and frosted with chocolate ganache

Cinnamon Bun - Vanilla cake swirled with a mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and nuts and frosted with a light cream cheese icing.

Oooh, I just found a recipe for graham cracker cake... I'm going to try the Moon Pie idea this weekend! Yummo!!!

Hi everyone I have been off the site for awhile new job....
I wanted to ask do this filling need to be put in the referater or can the cake stay out ?

Mvigil - Which filling? Some of mine dont, but a couple do. Which one were you asking about?

MVigil - A good rule of thumb is that if it has cream or eggs in it, it probably should be refridgerated.

How does everyone get their peanut butter filling? I'm doing a peanut butter cup cake coming up and I worry that a pb filling would be gummy.

I use the Silky Peanut Butter Filling Recipe in the recipe section.