When making sculpted or 3 dimensional cakes, what is the best kind of cake to use and why?
I am finding that regular cake mix cakes are far too crumbly and tend to crack. I'd love to have some recipes for your favorite cake for sculpting, please share!
Happy Cake Making!
Cristen 
Here are a couple very recent threads on the subject:
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-689937.html
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-689629.html
I use my normal recipes, I just probably won't do Italian Cream or Carrot Cake because of the texture. I've carved WASC, Chocolate, even strawberry.
I just tried 2 new recipes today in a search to find a good cake that is easy to sculpt They both turned out really yummy. Very dense and great for carving.
I used the cake boss recipe that I found on an older thread for vanilla cake:
HIS IS THE ACTUAL CAKE BOSS RECIPE. i didn't see one with cream cheese. hope it helps!
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup butter (lightly salted)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1. Beat eggs in large mixing bowl with paddle attachment for 4 minutes. Do not skip this step!
2. Add sugar, and continue beating for another 4-5 minutes until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and stir on low until just combined.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Add to eggs and sugar on low speed until just combined.
4. In a saucepan, heat milk and butter on low heat just until butter is melted. Add to batter, beat just until combined.
5. Pour into two greased and floured 8" round cake pans.
6. Bake at 325 until the middle springs back when touched, or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let stand in pans for 10 minutes. Then turn out onto wire cooling racks and cool completely.
Hint: Cakes are close to being done when you start to smell them.
And for chocolate I made this chocolate Pound cake recipe:
http://southernfood.about.com/od/poundcakes/r/bl30425v.htm
I think the key for me is to find a pound cake or similiar that still tastes really yummy
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