NFT: Ranking Cakes

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Yellow cake with chocolate icing.

In comment 15026053 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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Yellow cake with chocolate icing.

duuuuude i am totally having that for my birthday tomorrow...i asked for that exact cake.

I'll eat it if its there but I never crave/want it. If I had to rank my top 3 it would be.

Chocolate Mousse
Carrot
Coffee Cake or German Chocolate
*Ice Cream Cake isn't cake but its delicious.

So 7-layer/chocolate layer will always be tops for me. Birthday cake is great.

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It's the moistest, most delicious cake I've ever had.

2. German Chocolate you're 100% right there

3. Vanilla with chocolate frosting

It really depends on the frosting. Frosting is generally way too sweet and can make or break a cake.

which is usually why cake is a turnoff. Too much or too sweet and it isn't edible.

Red velvet is somewhat overrated

Entenmann's used to make a great one but they discontinued it.

Zabar's still carries a great traditional one.

In comment 15026055 Jints in Carolina said:

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In comment 15026053 SFGFNCGiantsFan said: Quote: Yellow cake with chocolate icing. duuuuude i am totally having that for my birthday tomorrow...i asked for that exact cake.

Nice. And happy early birthday!

In comment 15026077 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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In comment 15026055 Jints in Carolina said: Quote: In comment 15026053 SFGFNCGiantsFan said: Quote: Yellow cake with chocolate icing. duuuuude i am totally having that for my birthday tomorrow...i asked for that exact cake. Nice. And happy early birthday!

thanks!

evidence of its greatness

cheesecake is my #1 but I have to admit Junior's devil's food and red velvet cheesecakes are damn close. Others in no particular order:

German chocolate
Red velvet
Carrot
Canolli
Yellow with milk chocolate icing
Lemon (I know it's 100% artificial but it tastes so good)
Pineapple upside down
Coffee

forgot strawberry shortcake

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In comment 15026088 Producer said:

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evidence of its greatness

This looks amazing! Don't think I've ever had this!

Anyone have a good recipe?

almost impossible to choose. The 7 layer chocolate truffle cake will make you need a shot of insulin

NJ, named L'Arte in northern Bergen county, that make varios Italian cakes. The crumby one made with ricotta cheese, dark chocolate morsels, lemon rind and other spices is to die for.

Maybe some Sicilians here can put a name to it, I can't recall it.

but I remember that when I was a kid, when it was someone in our family's birthday, my mome would make a simple 2-layer chocolate cake with chocolate icing (betty crocker cake mix and betty crocker store-bought frosting), and put sliced bananas in between the two layers.

I'm sure it was pedestrian (or worse), but it brings back a lot of memories. I remember how good it tasted with a nice, cold glass of milk.

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these. they're not really cakes. It's all I can add to this thread.

these Cakes, NTTAWWT

It was the best

In comment 15026207 BlueLou'sBack said:

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NJ, named L'Arte in northern Bergen county, that make varios Italian cakes. The crumby one made with ricotta cheese, dark chocolate morsels, lemon rind and other spices is to die for. Maybe some Sicilians here can put a name to it, I can't recall it.

Sounds like a Cassata cake..lots of variations.

In comment 15026136 Grey Pilgrim said:

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In comment 15026088 Producer said: Quote: evidence of its greatness This looks amazing! Don't think I've ever had this! Anyone have a good recipe?

Hey Grey.. It is an amazing cake, and even though it is chocolate on chocolate, it;s not overly sweet. The cake layers are divided by a kind of pudding. The cake was made famous by a legendary bakery in BK, Ebinger's. I never had their version but I understand the Entenmann's version was pretty close. These days I think it is hit or miss. Zabar's in NYC is very good. Fairway, not so much. I don't know baking, but here is a recipe that Politico posted about lost foods of NY.


Lost Foods of New York City: Brooklyn Blackout Cake - ( New Window )

Thanks for posting! Good Stuff!

Really good. Sweet but not too sweet.

Chocolate on chocolate.
Recipe - ( New Window )

In comment 15026486 Grey Pilgrim said:

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Thanks for posting! Good Stuff!

also NY Times had a recipe. Might be the same as the other. It is also adapted from the Ebinger's original.
Blackout Cake - ( New Window )

In comment 15026504 adamg said:

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Really good. Sweet but not too sweet. Chocolate on chocolate. Recipe - ( New Window )

nice.. that cake looks pretty "sweet". ;)

In comment 15026526 Producer said:

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In comment 15026504 adamg said: Quote: Really good. Sweet but not too sweet. Chocolate on chocolate. Recipe - ( New Window ) nice.. that cake looks pretty "sweet". ;)

Espresso in the batter and frosting *chef's kiss*

the ranking cakes and ranking pies threads both died at about the same exact time.

One of the best imo.

In comment 15026978 Grey Pilgrim said:

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One of the best imo.

I did say coffee cake, i'd consider them pretty much the same thing. Although admittedly, I don't really think its cake.

In comment 15026983 UConn4523 said:

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In comment 15026978 Grey Pilgrim said: Quote: One of the best imo. I did say coffee cake, i'd consider them pretty much the same thing. Although admittedly, I don't really think its cake.

Whoops! Missed that!

In comment 15026983 UConn4523 said:

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In comment 15026978 Grey Pilgrim said: Quote: One of the best imo. I did say coffee cake, i'd consider them pretty much the same thing. Although admittedly, I don't really think its cake.

I tend to agree. But what do you call those types of things? Crumble?

That's a weirdly specific naming...

than a cake.

I love discussions like these, my friends and I argue about it all the time. What is/isn't pizza. Is a hot dog a sandwich. Etc.

Makes boring rainy days go by.