Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tuesdays with Dorie: Rum-Drenched Vanilla Cakes, a Trifle and some News

This week Wendy of Pink Stripes chose Dorie's Rum-Drenched Vanilla Cakes and as usual I tweaked the recipe. Honestly I can't remember the last time I actually made a recipe exactly as stated (apart from the Raisin Swirl Bread which was utter perfection!).

After realising these cakes were a variation on a standard pound cake I immediately thought trifle! We're not huge fans of rum (although I always have a stash for my Christmas baking) so I used just 1 ts in the batter. Surprisingly this was enough to create not only a great taste but a fabulous aroma while baking.

I made half the recipe (1 cake) and ended up with a mountain of perfect little cake cubes.

While in the past I have gone all out making a trifle, this time I went simple and no-fuss ... cake, jelly, tinned peaches and custard. I made a drenching syrup using some of the juice from my drained tin of peaches and this was a fabulous addition. I recently discovered Aeroplane jelly has a 25% reduced sugar variety with natural colours and flavours so that's what I used here in raspberry.
So regular readers may have noticed my blogging has become a little sporadic recently. I'm a little embarrassed to see just how long it has been since posting anything other than TWD, Daring Bakers or Daring Cooks.

My excuse? We've been cooking up anther little project around here. Due mid-November. Oh, and it's a boy! :-)

24 comments:

  1. That trifle looks fab. Congrats on your news!!! A brother for Oscar - I bet he's excited.

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  2. Oooowhee! Congratulations!

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  3. Wonderful news! And trifle - I adore trifle. Great idea.

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  4. Congrats on the baby news! Your cake looks perfect. The trifle idea is genius. Thanks for baking along with me this week.

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  5. Congratulations!

    Your cake looks perfect, inside and out. Mine had a coarser crumb that I didn't care for, but yours looks tender and moist and delish. And trifle is a great idea.

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  6. Congratulations!! And, your trifle looks wonderful!

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  7. sooo exciting! both the baby and the trifle ;)

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  8. You are being very productive, a baby boy on the way and a beautiful trifle. Now that you have made the trifle, I think I am going to make this cake again for one.

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  9. Congrats on the new baby! How exciting. Loving your trifle idea. The texture of your cakes does indeed look perfect.

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  10. Your trifle looks so yummy! Congrats!

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  11. Congratulations!

    I'm gonna use mine for strawberry shortcake

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  12. congratulations on your happy news! this was a great cake, so i'm sure it madea a delicious trifle.

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  13. CONGRATS!! SO SO exciting!!! Hope you are feeling well and excited! Great idea on the trifle!!!

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  14. Congratulations! And the trifle was a fabulous idea!

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  15. love the trifle idea!! and congrats!! my daughter was born last year in Nov and honestly i haven't done much outside of my baking groups, either, now!

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  16. Congrats on the new addition to come. How fun.

    Trifle always works. Makes a great and beautiful dessert.

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  17. Congratulations! How exciting. Your trifle looks so good, I could dive into it right now!

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  18. Congrats...and what a great start to a trifle!!

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  19. Congratulations! Also, your trifle looks fabulous!

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  20. Congratulations on the new baby! Very excited for you. Hope you are feeling great!

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  21. A trifle! What a great idea. And congratulations on the great news!

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  22. Have not made trifle in years ; you inspire me; looks good.
    Rita

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  23. Ah congratulations! I love your new menu....
    The trifle is a great idea and I think this cake is so versatile. You just showed us. Nicely done.
    AmyRuth

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  24. I want to congratulate you for your new baby. You have a brilliant idea on making that sweet looking cake. Thank you for sharing.

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