Mexican Vanilla And Regular Vanilla?
Decorating By icingonthecupcake Updated 11 May 2006 , 5:25am by icingonthecupcake
What is the difference and does anyone use one over the other? My mother just came home from a Disney cruise to Mexico and on her return she brought me home a bottle of Mexican vanilla, well I decided to give it a try and the taste was very different with Mexican vanilla in my buttercream then with regular vanilla. I like the taste but it gave my buttercream more of a vanilla ice cream taste over the whip cream taste I get from my regular vanilla. I am not sure if I want to switch. Anyone else have a vanilla dilema?
There has been a ton of discussion on vanilla in the past. It is a matter of personal taste. There are preferences from imitation vanilla (tastes great and much cheaper) to Madagascar vanilla (quite expensive). Each one has their favorites and some choose different vanilla's for different recipes.
Go to www.penzeys.com you will find a list of spices and you can look at the the differences.
I have some and I like to use it in icing sometimes. However, I use less than the recipe calls for because it's "different" taste is really strong. For the most part, I use Madagascar Bourbon vanilla- it has a wonderful flavor.
I buy mexican vanilla everytime I go to cozumel on a cruise( about 3 times a year) and just remember that mexican vanilla is very very strong. It is double strength; so you use half the amount. Which is good for icing; b/c it won't color as much for a pure vanilla. But I don't use it in icing for that reason. But it makes baked goods wonderful. I personally think it is better than Madagascar vanilla; part of the reason is b/c it is sooo much cheaper. But it is a wonderful vanilla and will only color icing slightly b/c it only takes half the amount.
Thanks for all the replies. I just whipped up a fresh batch of buttercream with the Mexican vanilla and I am with you Kim I am hooked it is so yummy!!
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