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Cradle Cake

January 31, 2011 by Lois Britton 8 Comments

Heavenly Cake Baker Submission #34

This cake is hiding a secret. . . It’s one of the cakes that sunk.   Lisa and I enjoyed it anyway.  I had planned to take the fallen leftovers to the office on Monday, but there just wasn’t enough – it was delicious if not pretty.

The cake began with a dacquoise, a meringue dressed up with ground nuts (I used almonds) and chocolate.  The dacquoise is spread in a loaf pan. Marie told us that dacqoise comes from the French town of Dax, known for it’s spa.  That was especially interesting to us because Lisa’s dog is named Dax.

The next step is to fill the dacquoise with a buttermilk cake batter and pop it in the oven for 45 minutes.  Easy enough.
Let’s just say this isn’t what you want to see when you remove your cradle cake from the oven.  It may be that my meringue wasn’t strong enough to support the cake.  I will definitely try it again because the flavor was wonderful – the second attempt just won’t happen tonight.

Unlike my other blog posts, as part of the Heavenly Cake Bakers, I don’t post recipes from this book on the Internet. One of the reasons for this baking group is to encourage readers to purchase the cookbook. That strategy worked on me! After follow the group’s baking adventures for a couple of months, I ordered a copy from Amazon because I wanted join in.

Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.

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  1. Priyanka

    January 31, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Love your cooking…and I share ur love for food
    Please visit my blog and grab your Stylish Blogger Award 🙂

    Reply
  2. Monica

    January 31, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    A HA! Now I’m not so bumped out about my first cake collapsing on me… you, lola and me – that is 3, I’m now curious on who else had issues with it.

    But, regarless of the ugliness.. it was wonderfully delish.. right?

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  3. Vicki

    January 31, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    It sounds like it has the same issues as an angel food cake. I wonder if the weather has anything to do with it. It’s rainy and foggy here which is never good for egg whites.

    Reply
  4. evil cake lady

    January 31, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    what a bummer about your fallen cake! i wonder what happened? good thing it was still delicious 🙂

    Reply
  5. ButterYum

    January 31, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    Despite sinking, it looks very intriguing. Great write up.

    🙂
    ButterYum

    Reply
  6. faithy, the baker

    February 1, 2011 at 4:05 am

    looks great! most importantly that it tasted great too!

    Reply
  7. Priyanka

    February 3, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    Hi…..Please visit my blog an award is waiting for you ….. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Jana

    March 21, 2011 at 12:37 am

    Hello,
    I’m very happy because I found your blog and I’m loving it, so clssy, fresh, excellent photography, very good taste. Congratulations!

    Reply

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