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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a lot of experience with this, as I chose to bake my way through a published list of 30 cakes as a pandemic project. What you need is a roster of your friends, family, neighbours, coworkers, etc. Seriously, make a spreadsheet if you need to. The number of people in each family (because this determines the size/portion you’ll give them) and what their preferred flavour choices are. I have one couple that gets everything because one of them likes chocolate, the other lemon flavours, and they’ll eat nuts, raisins, you name it. Another family won’t take anything they contains nuts. One person hates citrus in desserts, so he’s out where any of those are concerned. If you have a big enough group, you’ll be able to distribute it all without overwhelming people/giving them things they don’t enjoy.

Since then, I’ve learned that the hospices in my area also accept baking for their staff and volunteer break rooms. [/quote]

Can I ask what list of 30 cakes you baked through? This sounds like a project I would enjoy.[/quote]

Sure - I’ve talked about it on here before, in fact a few of the people on this board and I now follow each other on Instagram because that’s where I’ve documented the cake project. It was the Southern Living list of 30 Vintage Cakes that Deserve a Comeback, although when I’d finished 28 cakes they added to the list, so now it’s: 48 Vintage Cakes that Deserve a Comeback https://www.southernliving.com/food/desserts/cakes/vintage-cakes[/quote]

DP.  What did you think of the cakes?  Some of them sound horrible - like the lemon and chocolate Doberge cake.  I also didn't like the Texas Sheet Cake recipes.  I've got my grandmother's recipe for that - at least, it's the cutting from the newspaper with the recipe and it is completely different!  Ain't no soda or oil in Gma's cake!  [/quote]

I chose this particular list because I've never had a Southern Living recipe fail - and none of these did. There's an element of personal opinion, of course, but some were more effort than they were worth (the Doberge was one of those, as was the Apple Stack) and others were spectacular.  None were horrible, all had fans among myself and my tasters. Re: ingredients - yes, several of the cakes use soda, and while I hadn't baked any that did before this list, all of these turned out. Likewise I'm not put off by oil in a cake recipe - as all chiffon cakes contain oil - but YMMV.[/quote]

Thanks for the feedback![/quote]

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