Bakers, what’s your favorite cake to make?
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| CHeck out Sally's Baking Additiction. her website has great cakes! |
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| Opera cake. |
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I love a simple white layered with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Cover it with plain whipped cream and decorate with fresh berries. I adapted my recipe from one I found on Lauren’s Latest (baking blog) but I use more diced strawberries and way less powdered sugar in the whipped cream.
I usually go for chocolate cake but I make this frequently because my whole family loves it. |
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Barefoot Contessa’s Beatty Chocolate Cake
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/beattys-chocolate-cake-recipe-1947521 |
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Assuming this is the same recipe directly from the book...
https://thebakingpan.com/recipes/cakes/caramel-apple-cake/ A few extra steps than some other simple cakes, but not really difficult. Unique and DELICIOUS. |
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For personal reasons, a hummingbird cake.
https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/hummingbird-cake-recipe 
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My family likes jam and pudding layer cakes like this: https://www.culinaryhill.com/danish-layer-cake/
I am lazy so use instant pudding instead of the homemade. We also prefer a whipped cream “frost” but I think the buttercream is more typical. |
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Love this. Reminds me of my Granny. |
Anonymous
| The back of the Hersehys cocoa box is a great chocolate cake. |
Anonymous
Exactly.  Personal reasons -- very good memories of my stand-in grandmother.
I don't make it to impress, but it is my favorite cake to make. |
Anonymous
Interesting. Never head of this. Calls for canned pineapple though- must have to be nostalgia to want to make |
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My favorite cake to make quick and done is upside-down pineapple cake.
When I'm in the mood for more complex, I like to make a boston cream pie. Have to make layers, custard and ganache, but "frosting" is easy. When I'm in the mood for really complex, I'll either make a cake from a mold and frost it (like a bunny cake at Easter), or I'll make a springform pan cake and add layers, fillings, maybe mousse |
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You were thinking that just because that's the kind of fruit in the recipe, that you can't substitute if you want? You can! I am happy to blow your mind about that. 
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Anonymous
| Opera cake |