cake - sweet= bread
cupcake-frosting=muffin
butter cream- sugar = crisco

So if it's something less sweet the customer wants give them a piece of bread, a muffin and a spoonful of crisco, oh and don't forget to throw in a birthday candle, make sure its one thats less "waxy"

Those of you talking about oreos should try this:

http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/01/wafer-wonderland/

It's like an oreo for grown-ups and it's divine!!!

Ditto! yourstrulytx
I love this I think this might be the only time I've ever wanted a tatoo!

Who in their right mind would scrap the icing off of Oreos?! I buy the doublestuffed Oreos.

ha ha ha I used to eat the filling and not want to eat the cookies (my mom would make me, or she wouldn't let me eat Oreos at all)

Double Stuff??? EEEEEEEEEEEW!!!

I used to give my brother the 1/2 with the cream filling. I can eat them whole dipped in milk sometimes.. I actually prefer the Back to Nature brand "oreo" cookies.

I do think that there is a fine line between just enough sweet and too sweet.. it's hard to dance on it at times.

"Back to Nature brand of Oreos"... you are joking right. What do they put in them? Tofu? You sound like a health nut.

OK, that was funny, Yourstruly.

And this chick over here gladly scrapes the icing off Oreos. Double stuff....double barf!

I'll give you the icing, you give me the cookie part.

I'm a sweets addict, if they made triple stuffed oreos I would buy stock in them!
For me there is no such thing as "too sweet"!

Oh i feel your pain. The 'it's too sweet' phrase is used alot at my inlaws. My father in law almost always feels the need to point out that most of what i make is too sweet. He has even gone as far, to have my MIL ask me to make my thanksgiving pie with the crust on top instead of my usual crumble topping. Yet he is the first to say, "i always have to have something a little sweet after dinner. Just a square of chocolate or something." Huh!! As others have mentioned..maybe it's a european thing. They are european. I try and not take it too personal anymore, but it does push my buttons each and everytime he brings it up. Kinda insulting because it seems most don't have bad things to say about my baking. Goes to show you, you can't please everyone.
suz

Hi here is the WBHB recipe... I did post it in the recipe forum but it never came up and then when I tried again it would not let me.

YUMMY YUMMY!

Whimsical Bake House Buttercream
In Mixer bowl, stir together:

6 Cups Confectioners' Sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Using whip attachment, add and whip on low speed:

1 cup boiling water (3/4 cup on hot days)

Whip until smooth and is cool.

Add and whip until smooth again:

2 3/4 cup Hi-Ratio* or regular vegetable shortening
6 ounces (1 1/2 sticks) butter; slightly chilled and cut into 1" pieces

Turn up mixer to medium-high. Whip until double in volume and is light and fluffy. About 10-20 minutes. Recipe will almost fill a 5-quart mixer bowl when done.

Makes 9 1/2 cups


For chocolate Buttercream exchange 1 cup of icing sugar for powdered Cocoa.

I am so not a health nut.. we eat butter and bacon and all that jazz. I just like to buy the stuff that doesn't have anything added into it that it doesn't need. No tofu for this beeotch. [/quote]

Butter is healthy!!! What are you talking about???
I am actually going to try to find those. My DD and DS LOVE yummy things that are too sweet (they get it from me! Thanks for that tip!

Sorry jkalman for talking about your tofu oreos . I'm actually game for ingredients that you don't need a PhD to read. However, I think some things taste better with the stuff I can't pronounce - for example, the Kraft Catalina French Dressing. The new stuff sucks and I told them so. Sorry I went off on a tangent.

In any event, I think it's odd when people say cake, cookies, etc are too sweet. We use "sweets" as a synonym for baked goods. Duh...

mommyp... I'll be waiting for your verdict on the tofu oreos.

Don't worry at all. I wasn't *really* offended.. I had a good chuckle hearing the words health nut and my name in the same sentence though..

The natural oreos are really good. I wouldn't eat them if they weren't. Their chocolate chip and "nutter butter" type cookies are good too. I hate Chips Ahoy cookies and most other store bought chocolate chip cookies, but the Back to Nature brand is actually pretty good.

I agree that with somethings you just can't match the flavor without the bad stuff.. and we eat things that aren't all natural sometimes too. I love me some Cinnamon Toast Crunch.. and Cheetos.. we just don't eat them too often.

I swear to you though.. on the life of my gumpaste lilac .. the "tofu oreos" (that aren't really made of tofu at all) are one thing you don't miss the bad stuff in one little bit.

I don't mind things that are sweet, but I am a savory snack kind of a person. I'd rather have chips/veggies and dip than cookies/cake anyday.

CranberryClo,

Holy cow I found the Nabisco Chocolate Wafers at a local store (called around). I am going to pick them up in the morning so I can make this cake ASAP.

I've really gotta stop trying to figure out what a post is about just by reading the subject line...I was picturing a conversation with a client, "I really shouldn't spend this much...but this cake is really sweet (as in awesome)!"

Wow - so many replies since I last checked! I wonder why CC is not sending me e-mail notices when new posts are added ... anybody having the same problem?

Anyway, now is OREOS! I love OREOS! Thanks for the link to that recipe!!!!!