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Decorating By ChunkyMonkey Updated 7 Mar 2007 , 3:00pm by yh9080

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ChunkyMonkey Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 10:52pm
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A bride wants a surprise rehearsal dinner cake for her fiance. They are serving BBQ, Ribs, and normal sides. (Yes it is a southern thing icon_lol.gif )

What flavor cake would you suggest? Something light but rich.

I will be carving it into a school mascot so it can't be to flaky.

Thanks!

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Doug Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 11:04pm
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how well does carrot cake carve?

of course there's the ever popular chocolate cake

(i sometimes mix on box DH french vanilla w/ 1 box DH Butter recipe chocolate (and use butter to replace oil called for w/ FV and milk for all water) to make a "milk" chocolate cake.

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deester Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 11:16pm
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Aren't red velvet cakes a big southern thing?

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ChunkyMonkey Posted 7 Mar 2007 , 2:36pm
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Yes but I hate Red Velvet Cake. URGH!

She emailed back about a Marble cake but I have never made one. Any thoughts?

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heathery13 Posted 7 Mar 2007 , 2:43pm
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I am with you red velvet cake lacks flavor. A good chocolate cake would be much better.

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Kitagrl Posted 7 Mar 2007 , 2:43pm
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My favorite "carving recipe" is one box of yellow Duncan hines to one box of Betty Crocker pound cake mix. Then add some pure vanilla and it turns out a nice sturdy and very moist yummy cake! I use that almost every time I do 3D stuff.

Otherwise what I use that is as good is I use either yellow Duncan Hines or chocolate DH and then use the side of the box where you add an extra egg and a box of pudding in it. It makes a nice moist cake as well, very yummy, and I dump vanilla in that too.

You could use the yellow and then swirl in some chocolate...don't buy the premade marble cake though, I tried it and its not very good.

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flavacakes Posted 7 Mar 2007 , 2:45pm
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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. I'm a schizophrenic, and so am I.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You crack me up deester!!


Chunky, what about the White Almond Sour Cream Cake?? It's really good! The recipe is on here.

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yh9080 Posted 7 Mar 2007 , 3:00pm
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Chocolate is always safe. Or perhaps a lemon cake.

I am a Southerner and we always like something lemon icebox or lemon merinque pie with our BBQ.

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