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| Southern Cakes: Sweet and Irresistible Recipes for Everyday Celebrations | 
 enlarge | Author: Nancie Mcdermott
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 16129
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 168
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 7.9 x 0.2
ISBN: 0811853705
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8653
EAN: 9780811853705
ASIN: 0811853705
Publication Date: June 7, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Have only tried two recipes so far, but... May 12, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I took this book to my mom's house and we chose two cakes to bake - the Red Velvet and the Thibodeaux Chocolate Doberge. My mom is a serious baker who rarely allows store-bought desserts or bread into the house, so I knew she would be a good one to test out this book with. The Red Velvet cake was not terribly impressive. Our cake had a soggy, fallen middle, yet managed to be over-baked around the edges. I could also taste the chemical flavor of the red food coloring, but that could just be the brand I used. The frosting was delicious.
The chocolate cake itself was delicious, but the recipe indicates a 300 degree oven. On our first try, baking the layers at 300 for 40 minutes in 8-inch rounds (instead of 9), resulted in raw cake. We purchased 9-inch rounds as the recipe called for and baked the next cake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. All of the other recipes in the book call for a 350 oven, so I'm not sure why this one was 300. 350 worked much better. The filling turned out to be delicious - essentially a chocolate pudding. The frosting did not turn out at all, and seems like a strange recipe for frosting. After following the instructions, chilling the frosting overnight then attempting to beat it into something that could be considered frosting, we ended up with a very runny (but tasty) concoction. We made my mom's recipe for a chocolate buttercream frosting that's not too sweet and it went perfectly with the cake.
I am looking forward to trying more recipes from this book. I think the caramel cake and the oatmeal cake will be next...
A mexican review April 6, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Very good recipes, easy to follow instructions but I would have liked that it had more pictures. I think pictures are essential for recipe books
 Happy Cake Baker March 4, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've finally found the cake recipe book that I've been searching for years for. I especially like the yellow cake recipe - with chocolate icing reminds me of my childhood birthday cakes from scratch. I was always intimated by scratch cakes. Now I feel like a bonafide cake baker with this book. I haven't used a boxed cake mix since I got this book. The cakes are so moist and delicious - you can't go wrong with this one.
Southern Cakes February 13, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I highly recomend this cookbook. My favorite "NEW" cake so far is the tomato soup cake. I took it to work today and had people requesting the recipe. And they were the people that made a face when I told them that there was a can of tomato soup in the cake. Also, what is nice are the hints at the front of the book on baking. I learned a couple of things and thought I knew them all. The book also has a great selection of common recipes that anyone can use. A very good value for the money.
amazing cookbook! January 5, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is the first southern cookbook that has cake recipes that taste like the cakes I grew up with. Those cakes were made by the amazing cooks in the Black Baptist church I grew up in. I haven't tasted cakes like those for years. The White Chocolate cake and the Caramel cake are amazing! The recipes are easy to follow and produce a wonderful taste and texture.I HIGHLY recommend this book if you want authentic southern cake recipes because this is the real deal!
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