happy weekend everyone!

want to do a cake for friends LO and after testing the hershey recipe last night I want to make it again (and again, and again...)
If I baked a hershey's choc cake tonight, and frosted and decorated tomorrow, would it be ok for a party on tuesday??? Im actually subbing the milk for soya milk too so hoping that doesnt affect it?
thanks

I think it would be fine. I made one on Tuesday and had a piece last night and it's still good.
I have never used soy milk in this recipe. I have used rice milk before with no problems.

excellent, Thanks! Would have preferred to use rice milk but our local store isnt great. im lucky they had any dairy free milk at all.

That is my go to chocolate cake recipe - so good! It is very moist, so I think you will be okay.

oooooh not sure about how the cake has turned out! I made it exactly like the last one except for the soy milk and it's not risen very much. Layers are just over an inch high. bummer!
Wish I had planned ahead better. we dont have a local health store but there is one 30 minutes away which I could have gotten rice milk from. Dont even know what it tastes like because i dont want to trim the already height challenged layers! aaaaarrrrrggghhhhhhh! lol

(Uniqueask - I noticed that thread and used the coffee recommendation. Great thread )

[quote="eve81"]oooooh not sure about how the cake has turned out! I made it exactly like the last one except for the soy milk and it's not risen very much. Layers are just over an inch high. bummer!
Wish I had planned ahead better. we dont have a local health store but there is one 30 minutes away which I could have gotten rice milk from. Dont even know what it tastes like because i dont want to trim the already height challenged layers! aaaaarrrrrggghhhhhhh! lol

(Uniqueask - I noticed that thread and used the coffee recommendation. Great thread )[/quote

Did you use hot or cold coffee? I use cold or room temp coffee. The one time I used hot coffee the cake sank in the middle. I just figured since the recipe calls for boiling water that the hot coffee would work, but it didn't.
That may be why it didn't rise as much.

@ Tiffany. I used boiling hot coffee! lol I think i'll pour the cup of coffee and let it sit for a while the next time then to see if there's a difference.
When I tasted the cake the next morning it was yummy so I used it anyway A bit like a mudcake!

That was probably it! I sometimes put the coffee in the fridge or freezer if I don't want to wait for cool off.
This happened to me when I made my mom's b-day cake. I was still able to use mine, I just cut the tops of the cakes off. It tasted good.

Good luck next time!