Hello everyone

I want to try out the Champagne Cake Recipe but was wondering if anyone can suggest a Champagne to use? I know nothing about different brands, quality, etc and was hoping someone could help me.

Thanks,

Rochelle

Hi Rochelle!

I never, NEVER, use champagne in my cake. There is a fantastic candy oil, champagne flavor that is wonderful. In my experiences, the real champagne always tended to dry out the cake. This oil is just that, oil. It has to be my number one pick by all of my brides.

The brand that I have is LorannGourmet. They have almond, amaretto, raspberry, orange, lemon, lime, the list goes on and on. You simply just add to a basic white cake and bake/


Let me know if you have any further questions.
Dawn

If you really wanted to used Sparkling Wine in your cake, most any wine you can drink will work. "Champagne" is only from France and will cost more. There are many drinkable, inexpensive Sparking wines. One that would work pretty well is Asti Spumante. It is just a bit sweet, but very inexpensive.

I made a champagne cake using a white cake mix and substituted spumante(i paid $4 for the bottle) for the water in the recipe. It was subtle but very good. I bought an inexpensive extra dry champagne to try to see if there is a taste difference but haven't had time to try yet. The spumantes are sweeter.