...but I don't know what for!! lol I want to make a cake, something super yummy, but I can't think of what, exactly, it is that I'm craving! grrrrr (don'tcha just love that part of being a woman!? ) Wondering what kind of cake all of you make when you want something yummy???

Oh, baby! Chocolate all the way!

my favorite is yellow cake. So if I can't think of the exact something it is usually Yellow cake. However I have found Golden Oreo's tend to hit the spot also

If I dont' want anything on the cake try Cake Cookies. Once you have your batter just spoon it out 12 to your sheet and bake. I think I usually end up baking them about 6-8 minutes. The DH yellow cake mix always seems to turn out with a nilla waffer taste.... mmmm.... ok now i'm hungry too!

Chocolate with peanut butter

OMG Me to i have been eating eveything in my path and still no satiisfied! So i just ordered an Itlian Sub, maybe that will do it!

Chocolate with a tunnel of coconut macroon or rum cake or twinkie type cake or lemon with raspberry swirl or..... I think Im hungry for most of them The list goes on and on.

mmmm...chocolate...lol. I think maybe I'll try the chocolate cake from epicurious.com, but what filling???

in no particular order: Hows about:

1) coconut pecan (like on German Chocolate)

2) raspberry straight or moussed

3) kaluha

4) mocha (made w/ kaluha)

5) cherry (and soak the cake w/ rum)

6) baileys

hmmmm.....seem to be vearing a bit off topic in to spirits not just fillings!

Well, I was fine till I read this post! Now you got me wanting to raid the kitchen and mix something up.

good thing we don't have smell-a-pc's (like smell-a-vision)...or you'd really start craving something! lol You could smell my chocolate espresso cake that just finished baking....and the mocha-caramel buttercream I'm going to fill it with! lol I know...I'm being soooo bad!! lol

where do you and how do you get these ideas for fillings and how do you make them? is there some great website or something with recipes on it cuz i would love to experiment on the cakes i do for bdays at work since they don't care what flavors and decorations, so basically i am getting paid to play.

It's sort of a combination of things...just playing around, really & looking at flavor menus from websites...gets me thinking...lol. One website that has some great flavor/filling combinations is www.thegrandfinale.com Sweet Suggestions is what she calls her flavors list. Plus, I just wonder if something will work and try it, sometimes. Like tonight...I had some leftover caramel (could've just eaten it all by itself ) but I started wondering if it could just be mixed into some buttercream. Well, I wanted to try making IMBC (Italian Meringue Buttercream) so I made some and then I warmed the caramel in the microwave (it had been in the fridge and was super thick) then let it come to room temp and then I added it to the IMBC, along with a little cocoa powder - made it a sort of mocha-caramel flavor...really yummy! When it was done, the texture of the IMBC resembled more of a regular BC.

Just start thinking of flavors that you like, and then think which of those flavors would go well together...make a list if it helps you to see them on paper & keep it straight in your head. The next experiment I'll do, in a few days, is a chocolate-orange-almond chunk cookie, maybe pecans instead of almonds...we'll see! Don't be afraid to play around...just write stuff down as you go in case it turns out to be great!

sounds great! thanx, i will look at that website and check it out. the most creative i have been is just incorporating fruit into whipped cream frosting or cheesecake pudding.

I just wanted to tell you all that the cake I made last night is absolutely one of the best flavor combinations I've ever had! It's definitely for the coffee lovers, as the espresso in the cake is not exactly weak...lol. It's not overpowering, but you can taste the flavor of it...very good with the chocolate. And the filling tasted even better in the cake than it did on its own! Complements the cake nicely. I used the Chocolate Layer Cake posted here in the recipes section by Tripletmom (Thanks!), but instead of using 1 1/2 cups hot brewed coffee...I used 1 cup hot coffee and 1/2 cup strong espresso (DH has a machine!)....it really kicked up the coffee flavor! It's covered in choc. ganache with a mocha-caramel filling. This one is definitely a keeper for my shop!! I just have to think up a name for it now....MochaChino? MochaMelChino? MochaChinoMel? Caramel Espresso? Caramel-Mocha-Espresso? CaraMochaSpresso? lol Chocolate Rush? with all the coffee & espresso it kinda gets ya going lol

Wow does that sound good....my two favorites....chocolate and coffee. Yummmm. How did you end up doing the filling?

JennT

How 'bout CARACHOCOCHINO?

Sounds like you're going for a work like supercalafragalistic!