{"id":5442,"date":"2017-04-20T01:21:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T01:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/?p=5442"},"modified":"2017-04-20T01:50:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T01:50:03","slug":"american-cake-delta-caramel-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2017\/04\/20\/american-cake-delta-caramel-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"American Cake: Delta Caramel Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flipping through the book, this cake caught my eye. \u00a0That caramel frosting spoke to me. \u00a0Though it was delectable in the end, I had some trouble with this one. \u00a0Surprise! \u00a0A recipe from the sea-level land in the humid Delta region\u00a0didn’t translate well to the dry mountains of Colorado!<\/p>\n

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This cake comes from the chapter “1946 to 1962: Tupperware, Bake-Offs,\u00ae & a new domesticity.” \u00a0The frosting is described\u00a0as difficult, but completely worth it.<\/p>\n

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Things started off ok. \u00a0Beautiful batter, two greased tins, and a preheated oven. \u00a0Sam-interference was minimal.<\/p>\n

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The cakes puffed up, over-browned on the edges, then deflated while cooling. \u00a0Dang it.<\/p>\n

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Then I tore the cake while getting it out of the pan. \u00a0My bad. \u00a0I rushed extraction to get to school-pick-up on time. \u00a0Also, Sam was thrusting Duplo’s in my face while I tried to flip the racks. \u00a0\u00a0At this point I let the cakes completely cool and started the frosting later. \u00a0Frosting can cover many sins.<\/p>\n

Hmm. \u00a0The frosting. \u00a0So you make a milk and sugar mixture on the stove. \u00a0Then take it off the heat and melt sugar into caramel in “4-5 minutes.” \u00a0Mine took over 15 minutes. \u00a0I don’t know if that was because of the altitude, the pan choice, or my stove’s burners. \u00a0Either way, when I added the caramel to the milk mixture it clumped into solid gobs. \u00a0“Stir until smooth” wasn’t going to happen. \u00a0I think my milk mixture cooled too much while I made the caramel.<\/p>\n

Feeling like a participant in the GBBO technical challenge, winging it on a recipe with only a vague idea of my\u00a0target, I put the pan back on low heat and stirred until the caramel re-liqified and could blend.<\/p>\n

The recipe said to put the pan in a bowl of ice water and stir constantly until it thickens to a consistency almost as thick as peanut butter. \u00a0I had no idea how long it would take to \u00a0set up. \u00a0I thought I reached the right thickness when it ribboned on itself and didn’t reabsorb easily. \u00a0The instructions warned about needing to reheat the mixture if it sets up while frosting the cake. \u00a0My cake was so fragile, I decided to err on the soft side. \u00a0Wrong decision:<\/p>\n

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I spent the rest of Captain America: Winter Soldier scooping the icing off the sides and back on top. \u00a0Eventually it solidified. I swirled the icing to try to cover all the crumbs, broken edges, and sunken top.<\/p>\n

I made some more caramelized sugar to fill in the crater. \u00a0It ended up quite nice considering all my struggles.<\/p>\n

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I served the cake to friends and it was well received. \u00a0Jack particularly liked the frosting. \u00a0I agree! \u00a0For all its trouble, that caramel icing is a new favorite of mine. \u00a0I’ll definitely be putting that on more cakes. \u00a0The cake was buttery and delicious and I thought it had a faint caramel flavor to its crumb. \u00a0But I’ve been eating salads and I quit dairy,*\u00a0chips, fries, and candy, so the slice I ate tasted AMAZING.<\/p>\n

In summary: Two thumbs up, with experience would recommend.<\/p>\n

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*Turns out I’m lactose intolerant. \u00a0Was having a lot of GI problems, getting worse over the last year. \u00a0Tried Beano, Devrom, Activia, etc. Finally tried a week of no dairy\/taking Lactaid with small servings. \u00a0Symptoms completely resolved! \u00a0I feel so much better. \u00a0Aging sucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flipping through the book, this cake caught my eye. \u00a0That caramel frosting spoke to me. \u00a0Though it was delectable in the end, I had some trouble with this one. \u00a0Surprise! \u00a0A recipe from the sea-level land in the humid Delta region\u00a0didn’t translate well to the dry mountains of Colorado! This cake comes from the chapter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5442"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5502,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442\/revisions\/5502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}