I was looking at BC recipes & one called for the ingredient "creme bouquet"? Can you tell me more about this product? I've never heard of it before. Where I can it be purchased and how pricey is it? Thanks

Creme bouquet is a flavor enhancer, usually used in combination with vanilla, but it can be used alone.

Differ brands have different formulas, but it has a cream flavored base with slight citrus undertones.

I purchased it from my local cake decorating shop, where it was pretty price (and the biggest bottle was 16 oz. which was never in stock).

Have since discovered www.nationalflavors.com
VERY reasonably priced, with free shipping over a certain $ amount.

HTH

Thanks so much for all the info. I thought it may be some type of flavoring but had never heard of it before. Might give it a try & thanks for the web site also.

I use Creme Bouquet in all of my cake recipes, except chocolate. I use it along with other flavors such as vanilla or almond. It adds a wonderful depth of flavor that will have folks wondering how you got your cake to taste so yummy. To me it smells like the smell one gets when you open a box of vanilla cake mix. It definitely has a lemon/citrus flavor, but it doesn't make your cake taste specifically citrusy, just enhances the flavor. It's well worth the price (about $5.50 for 8 oz) because you only need a little. I use a teaspon per basic batter recipe which makes about 7 cups of batter. Some people also use it in their BC icing, but I don't care for it that way.

JanH: thanks for the tip about nationalflavors.com .

It is great but I MUCH prefer Magic Line's version over CK's. Just FYI depending on what brand you find.

This may seem like a silly question, but do you use it in your chocolate and carrot cakes as well?

Hmmm...not sure about everyone else but I wouldn't use it with chocolate or the carrot cake itself. It the icing for either it would be fine, I think, althouth I know the traditional icing with carrot cake is usuall cream cheese icing of some sort. The creme bouquet would be unexpected and throw some people off, I think.