Hi guys,
I just got feedback regarding a cake I delievered yesterday - Wed. It was a 2 layer (12x15), torted with buttercream, pillow cake w/ tiara. I baked this on Sunday using DH box mixes with an extra box of pudding and some of the eggs were double yokes. Wrapped in alum and plastic wrap and froze through Tuesday night - torted with BC, iced in BC, wrapped in fondant.
They said it looked great, tasted great, but was dry? Hmmm... I have never had a dry cake. With the pudding and extra yolks one would think it wasn't. Now I know that people's tastes are different but darn.... that bugs me.
The ONLY thing I did differently was lighten up on the BC inbetween the layers because of some buldging issues that I had in the past and feedback that I am a heavy icer.
Not sure what to think, anybody have this happen before? The cake when I worked it was dense and firm, but not dry looking.... hmmm, I am stumped. I don't want it getting out there that I am producing dry cakes you know....
Many Thanks,
Valere
I'm not really sure about the double yolks that might be the culprit. I do know some people have been complaining about DH, where some still swear by it. Do a search on DH mixes on this site, you might run into someone who had the same problem especially in the cake disaster forum(not saying yours was a disaster of course). I just seen one yesterday in either the how do I or cake decorating forum. Sometimes I can't get on cc as much as I like (connection issues) and I usually go through the first five pages of each forum to see what I've been missing.
Try not to stress over this; they did say it was great and your right, people do have different taste.
I'm not really sure about the double yolks that might be the culprit. I do know some people have been complaining about DH, where some still swear by it. Do a search on DH mixes on this site, you might run into someone who had the same problem especially in the cake disaster forum(not saying yours was a disaster of course). I just seen one yesterday in either the how do I or cake decorating forum. Sometimes I can't get on cc as much as I like (connection issues) and I usually go through the first five pages of each forum to see what I've been missing.
Try not to stress over this; they did say it was great and your right, people do have different tastes. I just posted a topic "Need help asap! I saw yours after I submitted mine and went back to the forum, nobody has answered or read mine yet and I need immediate responses. Could you check it out for me maybe you could help? Thanks!
I have never, in my entire life, and all the years I've been baking, seen a cake that was made from a mix turn out dry. Scratch cakes - yes. Box mix cakes - no - unless of course, the cake is left out without being wrapped, and that would have to be for quite a while. And the double yolks add richness and moistness to a cake. If anything, that would help.
I think these people have no idea what they are talking about.
may i suggest something that i've decided to start doing...make a small cupcake out of every mix that you make. just one. that way you know how their cake is going to taste without having to mar theirs by taking a sample, etc. i keep taking cakes with different flavors or from new recipes i'm trying to events/clients and i'm sitting there on pins and needles wondering if it's good or not, and wishing i could taste it cause it seemed yummy, etc. just one cupcake would not take too much batter, but it would allow me to taste it, and also save me some potential embarrassment, if i screwed the recipe up.....i have a 3 yr old...you just never know!!!
I just tried the adding pudding and extra egg recently and my official cake testers didn't like it. I'm normally a mix-only baker. I'll bet the cake wasn't dry .... but I'll bet the texture (made different by the pudding and extra egg) made it look "different", ergo they "thought" it was dry. One of my testers said it tasted like a cake you could get anywhere and yes, one person said it wasn't as moist.
Sometimes the visual look of something will influence on people perceive the taste.
Thanks for all of your replies!
You know Deb, that may be it. I spoke with the girl today and she said her friend took it to work and they all fell over it asking if I do cakes and/or wedding cakes. Couldn't have been all that bad I guess.
Thanks again 
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