Happy Belated Birthday Macsmom!!! I havent been in to read this thread in a while and I can spnd hours rerading everything. I have a question maybe u can answer for me...........I cant seem to find Bettercreme so can I substitute this for dreamwhip? Im not sure but have seen some posts where cc'ers are discussing dreamwhip? That my grocery store carries, or am I better off with cool-whip? Thanks so much for all your devotion to this thread.
Macsmom, do you have a good recipe for 'limoncello cake' ??? or anyone???
Cbya
Oh Yes! I would love a Limoncello recipe I have friends who make their own and a b-day cake in this flavor would be right up their alley!!
Macsmom
I don't think your Lemon Drop recipe has been posted, but could that be converted to a limoncello cake???????
Took me about four and half hours (when I should have been doing my college hw...midterms next week 
) but i read through this entire thread! Everything sounds sooo amazing!
I had an idea for a cake...not sure how to make it a reality though...
My favorite ice cream is chocolate chip cookie dough. Any ideas on how to make it a cake?
I was also thinking, (this idea is similar to the mint cake already posted but)
I was thinking mint cake, tinted green (like the ice cream) with chocolate chips, with the bettercream filling with the thin-mint cookies crushed in it. Any ideas on this too?
Making it green reminds me more of creme de menthe And when Thin Mints are no longer avaliable, the Keebler grasshopper are pretty much the same. Sounds good to me!
Anku--regarding poppyseed cake. My grandmother used to make this incredible poppyseed cake. She insisted that the poppyseeds be ground ( I do this in my food processor). It really releases the flavor. If I have time tomorrow I'll look for and post the recipe.
Aquamom
Okay, so like so many others I managed to make the Orange Dreamsicle and it was awesome!
Now, however, I am on holiday and need to make a birthday cake for my sis-in-law. Nevermind the nightmare of not having my normal tools for cake decorating, I don't have my normal ingredients. I want to make the banana cake, but have some questions:
I can't find banana cake mix, so am asuming using white cake mix all the way through will be fine? I have banana essence I can add too.
Speaking of cake mix, I don't have Betty Crocker or any of the american brands, but is it fin to use another brand?
I can't find normal banana yoghurt, just banana drinking yoghurt, can I use that?
And finally, I can't find vanilla creamer, what can I use instead?
Thaaaanks!
Did we ever establish how much of the compounds and extracts from Amoretti we are supposed to use in a recipe? In tablesppoons and teaspoons???
MACSMOM, if we use the wasc recipe and just sub the extract or use compound how much would be use>.
Anyone?
I was wondering the amounts also. I got my box from Amoretti last night and I already have a strawberry cake in the oven . I am trying Macsmom's Strawberry Fields but without the vanilla creamer. I just used 2 2/3 c of water. I got a sample of Wild Strawberry Compound so I put 1 1/2 ts of it in the batter and I will be putting some in the strawberry cheesecake filling and buttercream as well. I will post how it came out. But I am to wondering on the measurements.
Did we ever establish how much of the compounds and extracts from Amoretti we are supposed to use in a recipe? In tablesppoons and teaspoons???
MACSMOM, if we use the wasc recipe and just sub the extract or use compound how much would be use>.
Anyone?
It says it on the samples. Each one is a bit different and you're supposed to weigh them so that you put the correct amount in. So instead of thinking in ts and TB, it's weight... and ya gotta go a bit of math. So if the extract says "1%".. you would take the total batch weight (you'll need a food scale), and divide it by .99, which would equal the total finished and flavored batch weight.
They give an example when they send you the samples:
"1lb unflavored batch weight divided by .99 equals 1.91lbs total batch. Therefore, if you have 1lb. of unflavored batter, and the total batch eight should be 1.01 lbs, you need to add .01lbs of the Amoretti extract.
Hope that helps. You can probably eye ball it after you weight it once and have a better vision on how much .01lbs of an extract is.
MACSMOM WHAT ABOUT THESE TROPICAL FLAVORS
Mango Key lime Cheesecake
Orange Mango Cheesecake
Would you attempt this by making a key lime cake, mango filling or glaze with cheesecake filling? On the Second one what about Orange cake, mango filling or glaze with cheesecake filling? What flavor frosting would you use? Who makes mango nectar? I am so excited about this thread. I look forward daily to reading it, my mind is on overdrive to learn more. 
Okay, so like so many others I managed to make the Orange Dreamsicle and it was awesome!
Now, however, I am on holiday and need to make a birthday cake for my sis-in-law. Nevermind the nightmare of not having my normal tools for cake decorating, I don't have my normal ingredients. I want to make the banana cake, but have some questions:
I can't find banana cake mix, so am asuming using white cake mix all the way through will be fine? I have banana essence I can add too.
Speaking of cake mix, I don't have Betty Crocker or any of the american brands, but is it fin to use another brand?
I can't find normal banana yoghurt, just banana drinking yoghurt, can I use that?
And finally, I can't find vanilla creamer, what can I use instead?
Thaaaanks!
I also am not able to find banana cake mix or banana yogurt. Since you can find banana drinking yogurt this is what I'd do:
2 - white cake mix
2 c flour
2 c sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 2/3 c half and half
1/4 c oil
2 tsp banana flavoring
2 tsp vanilla flavoring
2 boxes of banana pudding mix
2 c banana drinking yogurt
2 mashed bananas
6 eggs
I made a banana cake this way last week, but with vanilla yogurt instead of the banana drinking yogurt, and it was very good. Although it wasn't as light as I would like it, maybe adding a tsp or two of baking powder would help that out? Hope that helps! Good luck!
You could probably cut down on the oil too. Fruits like bananas & applesause kinda replace the oil
Boy that Banana cake sounds really delicious!! 
Champa, your cake sounds really delicious! What do you think I could use to substitute if I don't have the compounds? Thanks!
Champa, your cake sounds really delicious! What do you think I could use to substitute if I don't have the compounds? Thanks!
GrandmaG,
It was very good. I ate it because the smell was so tempting. 
If you use part of the liquid in the cake as coconut milk (coconut cream), you should be able to get similar effect.
I just updated the google page. Let me know if I missed any. the coconut pistacio cardamom sounds amazing. I tried a pistachio cake with some leftover batter I had and it turned out really good. I'll deffinantly be making it again. I had to bake a large 12'' a few days ago, and 1 batch of cake mix wouldn't have been enough batter, so I multiplied the recipe by 1.5 and it fit in my mixer just perfectly. My point - I was carving this cake, and normally to make a cake more sturdy I would do half milk half sour cream in place of all milk, but since I had a larger amount of milk this time, I "MacsMomed" it up and used some vanilla yogurt. Boring flavor, but hey, it's what the customer wanted.
I also started my own baking blog this week, just for fun, for anyone that wants to see pictures of how the batter comes together.
Happy Baking -
Thanks for the response alexandrabill!
I am, however, devoid of two things. Math skill and a food scale! I guess it will be trial and error for me!! LOL!
I've got the math skill.. but i've also got the LAZINESS skill.. meaning I doubt i'll weigh it out for some time either 
Okay, so like so many others I managed to make the Orange Dreamsicle and it was awesome!
Now, however, I am on holiday and need to make a birthday cake for my sis-in-law. Nevermind the nightmare of not having my normal tools for cake decorating, I don't have my normal ingredients. I want to make the banana cake, but have some questions:
I can't find banana cake mix, so am asuming using white cake mix all the way through will be fine? I have banana essence I can add too.
Speaking of cake mix, I don't have Betty Crocker or any of the american brands, but is it fin to use another brand?
I can't find normal banana yoghurt, just banana drinking yoghurt, can I use that?
And finally, I can't find vanilla creamer, what can I use instead?
Thaaaanks!
I also am not able to find banana cake mix or banana yogurt. Since you can find banana drinking yogurt this is what I'd do:
2 - white cake mix
2 c flour
2 c sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 2/3 c half and half
1/4 c oil
2 tsp banana flavoring
2 tsp vanilla flavoring
2 boxes of banana pudding mix
2 c banana drinking yogurt
2 mashed bananas
6 eggs
I made a banana cake this way last week, but with vanilla yogurt instead of the banana drinking yogurt, and it was very good. Although it wasn't as light as I would like it, maybe adding a tsp or two of baking powder would help that out? Hope that helps! Good luck!
Thank you, that's excellent! Can't wait to try it out.
Mom23girls I just wanted to let you know that my catalog was right in the box with my samples.[/code][/center][/url][/list][/list]
Thanks Pastrychef - guess I'll have to give them a call 
wonder what happened? The girl said she'd send out a box of samples.....
It's been two weeks now call amoretti this past friday talk to nyree she said my samples were mail out a week ago so the waiting game is on. I am no math whiz so I really would like to know about the compounds. Thanks to all involve in putting this great thread together cannot wait to see the recipes using the wasc base of mango key lime cheesecake and orange mango cheesecake. Macsmom you are the greatest looking forward to everyones input
Question: What exactly is "banana drinking yogurt"? I've never heard of it.
I just updated the google page. I also started my own baking blog this week, just for fun, for anyone that wants to see pictures of how the batter comes together.
Happy Baking -
sayhellojana, I got way behind on this thread. Would you post the link to the google page and to your blog - or pm me? I have too much going on to read the second half and I would love to have easy access to all of macsmom's recipes along with everyone else's ideas. Thanks!
By the way, I had made macsmom's Orange Dreamsicle Cake with the White Chocolate Truffle Filling. I got paged out to a fire and stuck it in the freezer when I got home four hours later. Took it to work on Thursday and it was a HUGE success. Thanks again, macsmom! 
~Martha
Here's the google page link:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df4f9hbq_46cs9f28fs
Bob, there is a yogurt that comes in a short little bottle. It's still in the yogurt section but you drink it instead of eat it. It's just a thinner consistency. I'm not sure if the fat content is different or not.
sayhellojana, I got way behind on this thread. Would you post the link to the google page and to your blog - or pm me?
~Martha
No prob 
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df4f9hbq_46cs9f28fs
And my blog:
http://butterfairybakes.blogspot.com/ - tell me if you think it's too cheesy
I'm probably going to be making cupcakes tomorrow, just a small batch for a friend who wants to learn how to pipe borders and roses. I have TONS and TONS of lemons, grapefruit (yeuk) and tangelos from my Aunts trees. Any ideas other than lemon/orange cake? I was thinking maybe banana cupcakes with orange curd filling. Would that go?
Thanks so much, Jana. The google page must have been an unbelievable amount of work and it is greatly appreciated! Your blog is great and is now on my igoogle page.
As far as orange curd goes, I love it and I think it would be yummy with banana cupcakes. Be sure to let us know!
Thanks, mbt
I guess I'll get some bananas later today.
Happy baking, everyone!
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