HELP! Gourmet flavors???? - Page 14

I just read this post from start to finish and all I can say is WOW I am sooooooo hungry now!! I cant wait to start trying all of these flavors, and I will be contacting Amoretti very soon! Thank you so much Macsmom, you are most amazing! And thanks to everyone who has contributed to this amazing post!!!!

Anybody have a Vanilla Rum Buttercream recipe?

I am in absolute awe!! WOW. I just spent the last hour pasting and copying and dying to experiment.

Macsmom and Chef Stef... you ladies are awesome.

Here is a list of my flavors...incase any of those were missed:

Chocolate Decadence- A delicious Mexican Chocolate cake with a hint of cinnamon and Kahlua with layers of caramel and chocolate Kahlua buttercream.

Strawberry Shortcake- A spongy white vanilla cake with layers strawberries and cream icing.

Dreamcycle- Reminiscent of the orange push up pops as a child, Dreamsicle has a distinctive summery orange flavor which can be combined with traditional vanilla buttercream filling, pineapple or a combination of both that is melt in your mouth delicious.

Carrots are Better in Cake- Deliciously fresh, lightly spiced carrot cake finished with layers of fresh cream cheese frosting just like grandma used to make.

Italian Cream Dream- A delicious blend of vanilla, coconut, and nutty pecans,with cream cheese icing. Filled with your choice of cream cheese icing and/or raspberry.

Southern Red Velvet- A rich distinctive red cake that has a history of it own. Layered with cream cheese icing, it is every southerners dream.

The German Experience- A light German Chocolate Sour Cream cake with coconut praline fillings and melt in your mouth chocolate icing.

Raspberry Cream Dream- A light White Almond Sour Cream Cake with raspberries and cream sandwiched between the layers.

Buttery Rum with a Twist- A buttery yellow cake soaked with a Rum syrup layered with your choice of Rum Infused Chocolate Buttercream or Rum Infused Vanilla Buttercream.

Super Sweet Toothache Cake- A dense chocolate brownie type mud cake with layers of sweet chocolate ganache and caramel with mini chocolate chips and peanuts

Take me to Hawaii- A White Almond Sour Cream cake with layers of pineapple, mango, coconut and finely chopped banana chips.

Mexican Vanilla Kahlua- A robust Vanilla cake with Kahlua and a hint of cinnamon that tickles the          taste buds. Layered with Cinnamon Kahlua buttercream

Peanut Butter and Jelly- Silky smooth peanut butter cake with layers of your choice of grape,          strawberry, raspberry, or any preserve flavor that tickles your fancy.

Elvis Wants Cake- Peanut butter silk cake with layers of bananas and peanut butter buttercream

Quadruple Chocolate Fudge- Chocolate Mud Cake with layers of chocolate ganache, chocolate chips, in chocolate buttercream... a chocolate lovers dream.

Lemon Raspberry Zinger- A deliciously light Lemon Cake layered with Raspberry preserves and lemon buttercream


Baileys® Irish Cream- Wonderful layers of chocolate Irish Cream cake with Baileys Irish Cream buttercream


I also use the WASC as my base recipe

Thanks so much MacsMom. I'll look for it at the grocery store (no target near me). I'm not a fan of chai lattes and those kind of drinks, but I love hot chai tea and really, isn't everything better in cake form?!

mbt - If you have a Smart & Final, and their everywhere, they carry both Frostin' Pride and Pastry Pride, and chocolate bettercream (not not vanilla bettercream. strange). In my opinion, whipped cream doesnt taste much like frostin or pastry pride. I'm sure that it would still work though!

Thanks, sayhellojana. No Smart & Final here either. I've never heard of S&F until I found this site. We have WalMart, Target, Sam's Club and grocery stores. I'm thinking that Cool Whip would work better than whipping cream, but I can't quite wrap my brain around how it will work. I'll have to just try one and see.

It is possible that the bakery at Sam's Club uses Bettercreme. I haven't asked them yet, but I looked online and it is not available retail here.

mbt - Just go to the bakery dept at Sam's and ask whomever is decorating cakes. They might only sell it to you in large buckets or pre-whipped, though.

Thank you so much for all your help!

I was fishing around trying to get information on the Pastry Pride and Frostin Pride along with the Bettercream and here is some information I found about it for those of you who use it or those of us who want to try it.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060911153314AA0uXw8

talks about how its frozen and how to thaw and coloring... etc. Hope this helps someone....

Im on a quest to get it here to Texas!!!

mbt - I'm sorry. All Sam's use bettercream and from what I hear on CC, many will sell it to you. maybe thats an option?

I'm off to look for chai spice

I just called Sam's & they have it there.The lady from Sam's told me that it's about $20.00 for a bucket, I guess I'll be running there in a while.I'm going to be making a cake for my son b-day this weekend.I was wondering if I use bettercream for icing,can I put a buttercream transfer on the cake?Will it set like a buttercream so I can apply the transfer on it without messing up the cake?Sorry I'm a newbie.I want to try the WASC withe cheesecake & raspberry puree.Can't wait.Thanks for the help!

Chef_Stef... These two you listed sound absolutely fabulous! Can you share any recipes or point us in a direction? I'm dying to try these!

**Lemon Meringue Coconut Cake-with lemon curd and real coconut baked inside, filled with layers of lemon curd, coconut flakes, and crisp/chewy coconut meringue. This amazing confection will make lemon meringue pie lovers swoon!

**Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake-one of my personal favorites--Chocolate cake filled with delicious peanut butter mousse that will actually make you say, "Wow!"

I don't know for sure, I only use it to ake fillings with, but I would assume since buttercreamis fat-based it would be fine to place on Bettrecreme. But Bettercreme doesn't set like buttercream - it's a whipped frosting - it will form a skin as it dries, kinda like uncovered pudding in the fridge. But it isn't unappetizing, it is supposed to do that.

I just wanted to state that for one month now, I have been trying desperately to find something to demo at my cake club meeting in April. My demo was moved up to March because of the cake show and other issues. So this added to the urgency of finding something soon. I could not for the life of me think of anything original because I am up against some pretty experienced decorators & shop owners.
This thread has given me the idea to offer the flavour combinations not only for icings but cakes as well instead of doing a demo. I will bring in some flavours to taste but will combine a list on fancy paper for reference.
Thank you so much for helping me with what I thought was a huge problem for me to over come.
Thank you all so very much for the constant inspirations.

Noyhoward
I hope I recalled your handle correctly, you can use the Whimsical Bakehouse's version of buttercream which ends up like a whipped frosting but is in fact a buttercream.
I have tried unsuccessfully to post that frosting recipe here in the past (maybe back log) but if you need it let me know. It should take a buttercream transfer no problem

MacsMom,when you do your WASC filled w/cheesecake & raspberry puree what do you use for icing?Do you think I can use buttercream?Will that taste ok with the fillings or is there something else that I should use?Thanks so much for your help!