Ok CC:

I'm going to do some practicing this weekend with cake flavors and combos. Any suggestions on where to start.

I want to try about 2 or 3, don't want to go to crazy it's already going to be a lot of cake to eat.

Thanks Guys

I've been wanting to try out some new filling flavors, so I got caramel, coconut, banana cream, and orange oil, and I've been craving some nut flavors like black walnut or praline...I'm also liking the idea of flavored washes, so you get the cake, the wash, AND the filling. Like a chocolate cake with almond wash and cherry filling.

I have this great cake supply store that has every flavor under the sun. I mean...horehound? Tuttifrutti? Sassifrass? Champagne? hmmm...

What is a flavored wash? Sounds yummy!

I have been asked to do a "fun" wedding cake with a summer flip flop theme, and I have the design down pat, but the bride and groom want me to pick flavor combos and I am in a rut! I may do a rich chocolate with rasberry mousse filling. I think I want to do one layer very basic since kids will be there. Any ideas on combos that people love? I will be icing the cake in buttercream.

thanks!
bovaritter

Check out some websites with combos already listed on them. Here is one: http://www.acaketoremember.com/flavors-and-pricing.html

I did the butter cake with raspberry filling and white chocolate truffle. It was such a great combo...

Ugh! Now I wanna go fire up the oven!!! YUM!!!

Bovaritter,

A couple of nice combos to go along with the flip-flop theme are:
1. Key lime cake or white cake with a key lime filling
2. Coconut cake with a rum buttercream filling (my favorite!)
3 Some type of coconut - pineapple combo (think Pina coladas)

Hey everyone. Has anyone on this thread ever made an amaretto cake, and or filling? I've been asked to make one for a friend and I've never made one before. I need to be able to frost it so I don't think I can use a syrup over the top. Thank ya much...

Hey there oceanspitfire - I don't see why that wouldn't work. Geeez, why didn't I think of that? I guess I tend to over analze things Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much everyone for the great suggestions! I am very excited to start baking!

Oops, I'm late.

A flavored wash is just a simple syrup of half water, half sugar. Place in a small pan on the stove and heat just to boiling, swirl pan a bit to mix sugar and water, but I don't stir it. Then remove from the heat and add what ever flavor you like for the "wash".

Allow to cool, then sprinkle or brush on the layers of cake before the filling, so the syrup soaks the cake a bit. I used about 1/3 of a cup of water and 1/3 cup of sugar for total syrup used for a 6" cake, and used all of it.

Thus--chocolate cake, rum wash, coconut filling...