Anybody have a cake recipe like bakeries use?

[DisnyMama]

Most bakery cakes and almost all wedding cakes are a "Sponge" cake. I know that is what they use at WDW because I saw it on the food network wedding show. I am sure if you just google "sponge cake recipe" you will get something. That's what I did when I was looking for "whoopie pie" recipies and I got quite a few.

 

[LisaNJ25]

Ummm, I'm not sure what's funny, but here are the cakes that I'm planning to make. The bakeries in my town don't have the doll cake in their books, and I've asked about them making the castle cake if I give them the kit and they said that they "can't" do it.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1269637348061272392tmWRyv

http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/novelties/princess/princess.htm

Did you know wilton has the mold for the doll cake.. I have one in my closet when I had a bright idea of making all of the princesses one year... It didnt work out to well for me.. Thank god for Costco's 14.99 cakes

 

[LisaNJ25]

Also check out these castle cake

I want to order an anniversary cake from the baker in May but will have to go with something that is single layer.. they get expensive

 

[arminnie]

I make a buttercream frosting MINUS the Crisco that is lick the bowl delicious. My dear departed Mom made it only on holidays. I stole her recipe and it's sooooo good.

1 stick of butter (room temperature)
1 box of confectioner's sugar
Approx 1/4 cup evaporated milk
Vanilla (REAL) to taste

Cream the butter first. Add the conf sugar and evap milk while beating. Add more sugar to make it stiffer or more milk to make it softer. Add vanilla last and mix in for a minute to taste.

This can make even the worse cake taste good!!! I put it on cupcakes, cakes, you can even pipe it to make it beautiful and it's sooooo simple.

That's the same recipe my late mother used too. Very good.

My aunts always made 7 minute (cooked) frosting - which I liked too but it didn't hold up very well for leftovers.
7 minute frosting:
1 1/2 cups sugar 1/4 cup water 2 egg whites 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine sugar, water, egg whites, corn syrup, and salt in the top of a double boiler; blend.

1. Place over simmering water.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat the mixture constantly at high speed for 7 minutes or until the mixture triples in volume and holds firm peaks.
3. Remove from heat; beat in vanilla.
4. Spread on cooled 2 layer cake.

 

[MerryPoppins]

This has nothing to do with the cake recipe, but I made several Disney cakes back when my kids were small. There is a cool Disney birthday party book with lots of ideas. I actually have two editions with some different themes. (I'm saving them for grandkids someday!) I made a castle one year for my DD that turned out really cute. Anybody want me to give them the author/title just let me know.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Anyone care to tell me how to change any of the buttercream recipes listed into chocolate buttercream? I don't like chocolate jar frosting but my family likes yellow cake with choc frosting rather than vanilla.

This isn't for buttercream, but for the recipe I posted in post #19, you can substitue sifted unsweetned cocoa powder for some of the powdered sugar. It will appear light at first, but after sitting for 15 minutes or so, it will darken. Powder works better in recipes with shortening, as melted chocolate leaves flecks. Thought I'd post in case anyone tried it with that.

P.S. Merry, I love your gopher!

 

[bytheblood]

You can also tweak a box cake to make it more like a bakery-style cake.

• Add a box of vanilla or chocolate pudding mix to your cake batter (depending on flavor of course).
• Use vanilla pudding for anything other than Chocolate.
• Use extract if you are making a flavored cake like Strawberry, Lemon or Vanilla.
• Use CLEAR vanilla for a white or french vanilla cake.
• Always make your frosting, creme or drizzle from scratch.
• You can pull out a little of the oil and substitute it for the same amount of room temperature butter.
• Let your eggs sit out for about 5 minutes before adding them to the cake batter.

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

I know you've gotten a ton of advice about making the cakes. My MIL is a professional cake decorator, and here is her advice.

1) Never use Pillsbury cake mixes. She always uses Duncan Hines.
2) Her secret to moist cake is to turn the oven off for the last 10 or so minutes of cooking it. Never overcook the cake!
3) She uses almond extract in her icing, which is made exclusively of Crisco and Powdered Sugar with no butter or milk.

People rave about her cakes. I personally don't like almond extract and could skip any icing made with it. I also don't care for icings made exclusively of Crisco and powdered sugar.

I hope your cakes turn out well. I went thru cake decorating classes and used to make cakes often. I just would rather have an incredible tasting cake that looked awful!!

 

[gina2000]

I took a cake decorating class many moons ago and the instructor told us that most bakeries use some form of boxed mix for their cakes. It's lighter than a from scratch cake.

I have to say that I gagged at the thought of Crisco in the icings I had to make. I couldn't handle it. Doesn't the thought of it bother anyone else? Not to mention the health issues surrounding transfat products. Bleech!

 

[believe]

Did you know wilton has the mold for the doll cake.. I have one in my closet when I had a bright idea of making all of the princesses one year... It didnt work out to well for me.. Thank god for Costco's 14.99 cakes

I use the Pampered Chef measuring bowls to make the dolls. They come out great.

 

[debbiedoo]

I have a recipe that I love for buttercream icing. I got it from another instructor who has her own cake decorating shop...it's fabulous and very simple. Take 1 pound of real butter and 1 pound of crisco and beat them together until smooth. Then add 2 pounds of powdered sugar (can sift, but not necessary) slowly. After all sugar is incorporated into the butter/shortening mixture, add some vanilla. (I don't have a measurement for this one...I just add a little at a time until I'm happy with the flavor). If the final buttercream is too sweet, add a pinch of salt to cut the sweetness.

Good luck!

I have use that one for years, my mom taught me This is also good for the kids and making iced sugar cookies and decorate them for school projects -- they are a hit!!

We add one teaspoon of vanilla over here and a little milk,(so not as stiff when icing) for thinner icing you add a little more milk depending on what u are icing.

 

[disneyaggie]

There is a cool Disney birthday party book with lots of ideas. I actually have two editions with some different themes. (I'm saving them for grandkids someday!) I made a castle one year for my DD that turned out really cute. Anybody want me to give them the author/title just let me know.

Oh, DO TELL! I would love their titles! Thanks!