Cake Review

[indiana_j]

Because I promised to tell deathpixie how the margarita cake came out and I decided to tell everyone and be all proud.  I've never had something I made in the past go over that well before.  Everyone who tried some was raving about it and asking what was in it, and no one cared that it was a little sad looking.  It was too delicious.

One of these days, I'll try to make a cake by scratch but, really, I didn't have the time on Friday night and since I was trying something new anyway I was glad I stuck with the box.  I took a box of white cake and followed the instructions on the back except that instead of water I put in 12 ounces of frozen margarita mix and stirred that all up.

Then, I added 1/4 cup of tequila and 2 tablespoons of triple sec (I've never had this stuff before but YUM, I like triple sec) which got added to the mixture.  From there, again, just as normal - I poured it into two baking tins and cooked it for half an hour.  Once they were cooled, I frosted them with a butter cream frosting.

It turned out fantastic beyond belief.  The cake was nice and light, incredibly moist and fluffy.  The taste was citrus-y, almost like a lemon cake but not that strong at all and you could taste the alcohol but only lightly and it inhanced the flavor a lot.  It was like eating a margarita in cake form.

A++++ and I'm very proud of myself.  Next time, I might try a pina colada cake (pina colada mix and rum instead of tequila).  These also would do very well without the alcohol, which is good because it means I can make them for my mom.

Comments

[frito-kal.livejournal.com]

do me a favor? Write that up and throw it to me in email? Tell me margarita cupcakes don't sound AMAZING to you?

Also cakes from scratch are really easy.

Oh, and you've had triple sec - at Nute's bday, in the margaritas with the tequila I got.

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

Will do! And oh my god, this in cupcake form? To diiiiieee. Seriously, out of an entire cake last night I had one slice left - which I just ate. :D

They're the next step for me but I'd wanted something simpler since I've never done one from scratch before.

Oohhh. We had triple sec in seltzer water the other night and *that* was nice and refreshing.

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They sound amazing. Email it to me, too, if you can?

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

*grins* I just put it up on the cooking comm.

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Thank you!

[deathpixie]

*grins* Many thanks. So glad it turned out well. Sounds like you need to post this on the foodie comm, actually, given how many people you have asking for recipes. ;)

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I think you're right.

My favorite part about this cake was that it wasn't *too* sweet. Very light, nice and tart - refreshing, actually.