Hi all,
Macsmom has 2 recipes listed in her "Gourmet recipes" list. I have reached out to her but I thought I would ask here as well.
Do you use ever of these? Ideally I want to use her recipe with some of the additions but do you know if either of these are sturdy for stacking and carving (like the WASC original)?
Thanks so much
Erica, I haven't used them but I can imagine carving would be tough. Stacking would be no problem. Something of interest...a member on here a while back, who is strictly a scratch baker, said that the Duncan Hines Premium (I think that's what it's called) mix has a carrot version which is quite good. You could probably make the modifications just like a regular WASC with the sour cream and sugar and stuff.
The new Duncan Hines Premium carrot cake mix is a really, really good cake. Very moist, flavorful and so very much like a scratch cake mix. I have tried many carrot cake recipes and have always been disappointed, but this one is one I will use. I haven't tried it any other way but as directed on the package since I just tried it last weekend for our personal cake for Easter dinner, but will keep reading this topic to see what others say
Luckily my carving need is rather simple, nothing intricate. I also plan to leave out things like raisins and nuts to help with the carving, and when adding carrots and such ill make sure the pieces are very small. I think I just need a good sturdy cake to withstand th wait of the fondant and added details
The Duncan Hines mix has carrots and raisins in a pouch mixed together after soaking them in water as part of the recipe. I would imagine that you could pick the raisins out, but the raisins are soft after baking, so don't think the raisins would cause a problem with carving, because there aren't a lot of them. But if you wanted to add nuts you could put then through a food processor and chop them fairly fine. Shouldn't be a problem. Hope that helps
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