In our newest recipe contest, we reprised our very first Food52 contest: Your Greatest Layer Cake. The unique contest introduced us simply three entries, however each has change into a Food52 customary: Amanda’s mom’s Chocolate Dump-It Cake, Abs’ Not Crimson Velvet Cake With Fudge Icing, and Eric Liftin’s Lemon Birthday Cake.
For this spherical, we requested our neighborhood members to carry us some extra inventive taste combos. We had excessive hopes for this Redux, and also you delivered. From pistachio-lychee-rose cake to a mascarpone whipped cream-topped stunner, we beloved the creativity this contest introduced out in our proficient neighborhood members. And we particularly beloved making an attempt a lot cake!
We’re Searching for Your Greatest Layer Cake (Once more!)
1. Pistachio Cake with Confiture Ispahan and Strawberry Swiss Meringue by GML
You’ll thank your self for taking the time to supply some lychee with this stunning layer cake. We beloved the mixture of the cake and pistachio flours for a lightweight but nutty texture, and the considerate instructions on the Swiss meringue. The rosewater provides a chic contact to the confiture Ispahan (that traditional French jam)—make some further and luxuriate in in your breakfast toast for an additional particular deal with.
2. Espresso Mascarpone-Crammed Fudgy Olive Oil Cake with Almond Praline Mascarpone Topping by AntoniaJames
This cake is not going to be one that you simply whip up on a random workday, however don’t let that dissuade you. Your subsequent ceremonial dinner visitors will likely be wowed by the dense fudginess of the cake, the magnificence of the 2 mascarpone topping flavors, and the gorgeous praline topping. AntoniaJames introduced us a very newfangled and super-creative layer cake.
3. Wild Blueberry Orange Ricotta Cake with Mascarpone Frosting by Henrie Marie
Henrie Marie provides us a considerate and delicate blueberry layer cake excellent for the spring. The orange zest and extract brightens up the cake that pops with fairly little pops of untamed blueberry. The frosting has the proper quantity of mascarpone cheese that offers it richness that’s excellent.
4. Black Forest Chocolate Cake by Boulangere
Boulangere has created for us a merely excellent black forest chocolate cake—no tweaks required. Given the present shortage of cherries, we actually appreciated Boulangere’s use of cherry preserves and kirsch. Plus, these cherry preserves actually give a extra intense cherry taste than what you’d anticipate in a typical Black Forest chocolate cake. We favored this cake much more after it had a pleasant relaxation within the fridge.
5. Crushed Velvet Cake by Aargersi
We’ve seen plenty of crimson velvet desserts, however this one is in a category by itself. Aargersi elevates the standard crimson velvet by utilizing olive oil and orange zest within the batter, including orange marmalade to the baked desserts, and ending issues off with a tangy crème fraîche frosting. This cake whips up with ease and you’ll want to put it on common rotation for all birthday celebrations at residence.
Give one or all of those recipes a strive in your kitchen and tell us your ideas! Simply keep in mind: Voting for the ultimate two recipes will open April 1, 2022 at 12 p.m. EDT right here.
Could one of the best recipe take the…nicely…cake!
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