Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter.
So far, this has been my favorite pound cake that I’ve baked out of Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More. The cake was dense and moist, and the cream cheese perfectly complimented the lemon. In fact, I think it could have used more cream cheese. I’m going to play around with this recipe’s ingredients and methods; the directions seemed overly complicated and I think they can be streamlined. But this cake has a lot of promise . . .
And that’s a pattern I’m beginning to see with Walter’s recipes. Her directions are very specific (which is good), but she doesn’t tell you why she wants you to do things a certain way (which is annoying, for me). For example, when adding sugar to the cream cheese, Walter tells you to add it a tablespoon at a time, taking five or so minutes. Why? What happens if you just dump it all in?
Not that I’ve done that.
Most experienced bakers will probably understand why she wants you to do things a certain way, but not novice bakers. And even though I consider myself to be an experienced baker, there have been a couple of times I was left scratching my head in puzzlement over Walter’s directions.
Okay, this is the one, and why didn’t I get a piece of this. We have to work out something that you could stand on freeway and watch for someone headed my way and ask them to bring it to me. Dang, this sounds good.
Well, duh! Of course this was the best one. (forget the “so far” bit) It’s LEMON! Need I say more? I just know you faxed me a slice of this. Lemon anything without sharing it with me just wouldn’t be as good.