Posts by littlestruedel

Hi all, On my never-ending quest to improve on my baking skills, I'd like to try out a number of different chocolate cake recipes to find my favorite. In the past I was using Hershey's Chocolate cake recipe, but I didn't love it, so I...

Thanks for clarifying Scp, I was so confused on where the heck I was putting an egg yolk! I'm assuming the corn syrup is added to the sugar and water before heating to 245? I've read that this will also help with crystalization, although...

What about using isolmalt instead? It's not as sensitive to humidity right?

Vgcea: I think it is this thread herehttp://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=747526&highlight=SCP: I just looked up Warren Brown's recipe last night and have it book marked to try! To me it looks like my recipe...

Thank you, that is great information!So I would think my best bet is to reduce the purees, alcohol etc as much as possible to concentrate the flavour so that I can get a strong enough flavour while only adding a max of 8 tablespoons.

Ya I guess the butter amount would be important, wouldn't it! I editted my original post to add the butter (907 grams/2lbs)I've used Lor-Ann flavouring, but I am trying to move toward a more natural approach and add fruit purees, white...

I have been using the same IMBC recipe for over a year and in most respects I am quite happy with it (good flavour, workability etc) however, I have a few issues with it and wonder if another recipe would be better. I would like to have...

I would use star anise!

Thank you very much, that is very helpful!

^ That's where I was leaning too, thanks mckaren!