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So it seems I’ve found a new favorite scratch yellow cake. Up until now, my number one recipe was Shirley Corriher’s Magically Moist Yellow Cake which is made using something called the two-stage mixing method where you mix the butter and liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients. This cake, using ratios listed on Ochef.com, uses [...]
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Today’s recipe is another one I plan to make for Austin Bakes for Japan. Inspired by Stef and her vanilla bean buttercream (she said it tastes like melted ice cream!), I made a batch of white cupcakes which really showcase the flavor of vanilla bean paste. Why the paste instead of the bean? …
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Earlier this week I was asked if I had a scratch recipe for Funfetti Cupcakes. My friend liked the box version (Betty Crocker’s is called Rainbow Chip and Pillsbury’s is Funfetti), but she’s living in Europe where it’s hard to find. I didn’t have a scratch version, but was up for the challenge! Especially since [...]
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The yellow cake tests are done! The winner was Shirley Corriher’s cake, but if you have the ingredients on hand for any of the cakes below, they were all more than passable. If you like charts, here’s an at a glance table showing the ingredient lists. Yellow Cakes Based on 1-2-3-4 Cake Recipe Magnolia Carole Walter Paula [...]
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I was pretty anxious to test this last yellow cake – and not just because it’s last. I think we’ve had our fill of yellow cake, but at least I now have a go-to recipe. This recipe was the sixth yellow cake tested and what was interesting about it, other than that it was recommended by my [...]
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Due to an empty box of cake flour, the yellow cake experiments were delayed until this morning. Don’t worry. They’re back! For those of you just catching up, I’ve been baking and comparing yellow cakes all week. The first three, adapted from Magnolia, Carole Walter and Paula Deen recipes, were variations on 1-2-3-4 cake and [...]
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Over the weekend I baked three different yellow cakes. All were variations on basic 1-2-3-4 cake and of the three, my favorite was Magnolia’s. But I had to move on and decided to try three more recipes which were significantly different than 1-2-3-4 cake. I chose the Cook’s Illustrated Fluffy Yellow cake recipe, a recipe [...]
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This weekend I had a yellow cake bake-off. Since I don’t have a lot of people to help eat the cakes, I made 3 half batches using recipes from the Magnolia Cafe cookbook, a Carole Walter book, and Paula Deen. All 3 cakes were variations on the old 1-2-3-4 cake which calls for 1 cup [...]
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