Comments on: ceF’s signature caramel cake

By: visitmyflashback

visitmyflashback — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:26:31 +0000

Alright so I just discovered this recipe… I mean right now. I love the presentation. It’s so simple and rustic with a shiny blanket of caramel dressing it. I do not bake much. Baking is so scientific and precise and I always find myself wanting to change a technique or add an ingredient at the wrong time just to see what happens. I usually end up with a very undesirable product. I can’t even make cupcakes. This cake makes me want to give it swirl. It’s the caramel……yum.

By: countrymouse

countrymouse — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:45:00 +0000

Can I lick the spoon?!!
Really, just let me run my finger around the plate.
I live for caramel, not chocolate. Oct. 13.
Try these… Boehm’s Black Licorice Caramel’s…
http://snipurl.com/3s2c9 [www_boehmscandies_com]
Scary delicious.

By: Mal Carne

Mal Carne — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:38:43 +0000

Looks awesome, and possibly even I could do this without melting down into a baking induced temper tantrum.

By: zenchef

zenchef — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:19:10 +0000

It doesn’t look like you have a baking aversion to me. That right there could turn me into a Cakecriminal!

“Hand over the cake!! This is a robbery!”

You’re the best!

By: holiday grinch

holiday grinch — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:58:40 +0000

I am so totally in agreement with you on the baking thing. I pull out the flour for pizza dough, gougeres, and gingerbread, that’s about it. But I look at my beautiful Kitchen Aid stand mixer and think about baking more. The other night I was reading Julia Child’s wonderful directions for making croissants in “Mastering the Art…” (BTW the 2 vol set is now at Costco for an amazing $19.99), and being from NY, I know a good croissant, so I may try making some. Now I want to make this caramel cake too. Do you think it would taste good with some rum sprinkled on the cake before frosting?

By: kittie

kittie — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:11:55 +0000

I love the dripping glaze – I made a chocolate one recently which was quite similar (not posted yet!) Really suits me as I have the cake artistry of a wild boar…

Bookmarked!

By: lifeinrecipes

lifeinrecipes — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:27:46 +0000

I cannot make this cake until I have company.

I am SUCH a caramel girl – I would polish the entire three layers off in record warp speed time.

By: michelle @ TNS

michelle @ TNS — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:20:07 +0000

you won’t do pastry, but you’ll deal with molten sugar?

way to use the word “rustic,” the ultimate justification for messy-looking food.

(i use it all the damn time)

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:03:01 +0000

this sounds, and looks great. thanks for sharing the recipe. i’ve had cake with caramel icing, but never caramel cake w/caramel icing.

By: Jaden, Steamy Kitchen

Jaden, Steamy Kitchen — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:12:13 +0000

i WISH i was a jedi baker…but i’m just soooo not an oven girl. in fact, i’m fretting over the last chapter of the book – the dessert section b/c next week i have to start working on it!

By: Tommy Noodles

Tommy Noodles — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:21:19 +0000

Ma-dom-da-mia! And you wanted a diet manhattan special!

By: ponyboat

ponyboat — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:46:45 +0000

January 8. Same day as Elvis. Impossible to forget!! And if you do, don’t worry I will provide you with periodic reminders.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:01:53 +0000

Fret,

Yeah.

What Kim said…………..

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:58:54 +0000

Caramel and cake-I am in! And to think I have a candy thermometer already. Good job Claudia, you will be a pastry baker in no time.

By: caviar and codfish

caviar and codfish — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:49:55 +0000

Ahhh yes! A non-cake maker’s cake. This is just what I need!

I really want to eat that for breakfast.

By: jim voorhies

jim voorhies — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:35:43 +0000

yum. so I have to buy a candy thermometer, huh?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:34:06 +0000

Last November when one of my best friend’s birthdays was pending I looked all over for a caramel cake recipe.

Nothin’. Nada. Zip.

I made her a caramel cheesecake instead.

But this year…she’s getting this one!

What a beauty!

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:08:25 +0000

That is a thing of beauty.

By: AlmostVegetarian.coma

AlmostVegetarian.coma — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:40:29 +0000

You know, much as I adore sweets, I am really not fond of caramel (my failing, I am sure). But my husband is. And he has been working so hard lately. Hmmm, that gives me an idea …

Thanks for the recipe!

Cheers.

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:53:15 +0000

Turns out I love caramel and cake! No other options are necessary.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:53:07 +0000

Oh MY god. I mean…wow. Holy shit.

THIS came from a girl who doesn’t bake?? Now that is a fucking caramel cake! Not like those yellow frosted Paula Dean abortions.

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:01:01 +0000

I can totally relate, my kitchen is a disaster when I bake! But that oozing goodness would make the clean up all worth it!

By: Becky and the Beanstock

Becky and the Beanstock — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:10:16 +0000

Bloody gorgeous! It looks like you’ve found yourself a new business, like it or not. And just so you know, I have TWO birthdays every year. : )

By: MangerLaVille

MangerLaVille — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:16:00 +0000

Wow, I am obsessed with caramel cake but have never found one that I have imagine when dreaming of this cake. But when I saw your’s, I knew this was the one. I can’t wait to make it. Thanks

By: Lesley

Lesley — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:56:46 +0000

Oh, well it just so happens that my birthday is two weeks from tomorrow. Though I have been trying to figure out something cakewrecks-worthy to order from Sweet 16th to celebrate the occasion. I really like that dead clown cake. Who doesn’t love a dead clown? Though if I had a caramel cake, I would not share it. No. Go away, it’s my birthday.