Since I work at a church, the staff doesn’t have a Christmas party; everyone is too busy! So we’ve been trying to get together sometime in January for an Epiphany party. This year we celebrated with a pot-luck cookout. Paul, our host, grilled burgers and hot dogs. We had a delicious assortment of salads, baked beans, nacho cheese dip; I could go on and on! Sarah and I volunteered to bring dessert. I thought these individual cakes would be a cute addition to our table, even though I was baking (a double recipe) in cupcake pans rather than the adorable mini-pineapple pan. Sarah knew of my plans and brought vanilla and butter-pecan ice creams with caramel sauce which paired beautifully with the cakes.
The double recipe made 24 cupcakes. I loved the texture and flavor of the cake – much better than the one I usually make. Was it the yogurt or the turbinado sugar that made such a difference? In comparison, my usual recipe is almost bread-like.
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. You can too.
Hanaâ
Lois, your muffin size cakes look beautiful. Good to know that that worked as well. I too had way more caramel at the bottom of the ramekin (instead of on the cake) than I would have liked. That was my only minor disappointment with the recipe. It tasted great though. I love pineapple and orange together so I added orange zest to the batter. Loved it!
ButterYum
Very cute, and the perfect size! Thanks for letting us know one recipe makes 12. I was going to make a 6-inch layer cake, but now I’m leaning more towards cupcakes.
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ButterYum
Monica
They look great and I’m glad they worked for the intended purpose of your function. Like Hanaa and you, the caramel stayed also in the pan..I think its because its thicker than the usual caramel? I get to try it again this coming weekend for my boyfriends birthday, who specifically requested this as his birthday cake, so we will see.
Nicola
My caramel completely disappeared!
Your cakes look fantastic. Perfect little morsels and there looks to be quite a good amount of caramel on their tops.
Vicki
Little bit of the caramel stayed in only a few ramekins but I figured all’s fair and grabbed a spoon for the baker-me!
Marie
I didn’t have trouble with the caramel sticking to the pan, I think because I was so afraid that the whole cake would stick to the pan that I Baker’s-Joy’d it to within an inch of its life.
Lois B
Thanks everyone.
Vicki – you’ll notice that I only photographed half of my 12 cupcake pan to show the caramel left in the pan. That’s because the other 6 spots had already been “cleaned up.” YUM!
faithy, the baker
Great idea to bake in cupcake pans! And your cakes looks delicious! 🙂
Mhel
yummy! sounds like a softer version of Tatin for me…. This will be perfect.. U