Comments on: Lemon Cheese Layer Cake: Slice O’Sunshine http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/ Musings of a Southern Ex-Pat Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Leslie http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Leslie Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:43:49 +0000 http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/?p=534#comment-47 You know, I wholeheartedly agree with you on all points. At the same time, I have personally witnessed some cake "snobbery" going on ... most of it in a fun, competitive way! BTW: I just noticed your email and website. Glad to know I have a cake authority to consult when needed! Thanks again. You know, I wholeheartedly agree with you on all points. At the same time, I have personally witnessed some cake “snobbery” going on … most of it in a fun, competitive way! BTW: I just noticed your email and website. Glad to know I have a cake authority to consult when needed! Thanks again.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Leslie Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:38:51 +0000 http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/?p=534#comment-46 I'm so flattered that another Georgia Peach -- and a cake lady at that -- wrote in! I hope your community event enjoyed the injection of lemon. I sure wish I had a baking buddy like you around to show me the ropes. So much to learn ... I would love to hear any suggestions or family recipes you'd be willing to share. My next adventure in layer cakes will be a coconut layer cake from scratch -- we'll see how that goes! Thanks again for your comment. Signed, "Wannabe Cake Lady" I’m so flattered that another Georgia Peach — and a cake lady at that — wrote in! I hope your community event enjoyed the injection of lemon. I sure wish I had a baking buddy like you around to show me the ropes. So much to learn … I would love to hear any suggestions or family recipes you’d be willing to share. My next adventure in layer cakes will be a coconut layer cake from scratch — we’ll see how that goes! Thanks again for your comment. Signed, “Wannabe Cake Lady”

]]> By: Georgia Cake Lady http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Georgia Cake Lady Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:21:50 +0000 http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/?p=534#comment-44 PS Southern cakes are by not means required to be "12 layers or more". The charm of the Little Layer Cake featured in the NY Times article is its pancake thin mini layers. Three or more cake layers made from scratch are enough to induce "cake envy"... :D If you're in a hurry, a bundt cake will work too. Especially when topped with a cooked icing! PS

Southern cakes are by not means required to be “12 layers or more”. The charm of the Little Layer Cake featured in the NY Times article is its pancake thin mini layers.

Three or more cake layers made from scratch are enough to induce “cake envy”… :D If you’re in a hurry, a bundt cake will work too. Especially when topped with a cooked icing!

]]> By: Georgia Cake Lady http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Georgia Cake Lady Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:08:41 +0000 http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/?p=534#comment-43 LOVELY Cake! I'm a "cake lady" here in Georgia. I was debating about taking this cake to a community event & your thoughtful post inspired me to add "Lemon Cheese" to the line-up! Thanks for writing to keep our "cake heritage" alive! LOVELY Cake! I’m a “cake lady” here in Georgia. I was debating about taking this cake to a community event & your thoughtful post inspired me to add “Lemon Cheese” to the line-up! Thanks for writing to keep our “cake heritage” alive!

]]> By: Leslie http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Leslie Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:37:29 +0000 http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/?p=534#comment-35 Sorry your curd curdled! My mother's recipe (the one that was AWOL when I did the post) takes a different route to cooking by using the double boiler. I will still look for it, and post a follow up to this. But I agree, the cake crumb was good in this variation. Sounds like your lemon beauty was perfectly imperfect -- and delicious despite the glitch. Thanks for sharing. Sorry your curd curdled! My mother’s recipe (the one that was AWOL when I did the post) takes a different route to cooking by using the double boiler. I will still look for it, and post a follow up to this. But I agree, the cake crumb was good in this variation. Sounds like your lemon beauty was perfectly imperfect — and delicious despite the glitch. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Andrea Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:46:34 +0000 http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/?p=534#comment-34 The cake crumb was amazing. I worked with a candy thermometer, but my curd curdled a little bit. Still tasty though. I kept cooking @ 170 degrees because I didn't see the texture really change and I didn't know what to look for. Still, the curd was tasty. It took me 6 lemons to get the 3T of zest. I only needed 3 for 3/4 C of lemon juice. Thanks for the recipe. The cake crumb was amazing. I worked with a candy thermometer, but my curd curdled a little bit. Still tasty though. I kept cooking @ 170 degrees because I didn’t see the texture really change and I didn’t know what to look for. Still, the curd was tasty. It took me 6 lemons to get the 3T of zest. I only needed 3 for 3/4 C of lemon juice. Thanks for the recipe.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Leslie Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:12:20 +0000 http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/?p=534#comment-26 Isn't it a lemon beauty? So glad to know there are others out there with the same love of layer cakes ... and the fact that it's your great aunt Lucy's makes it all the more personal. You'll have to let me know if there are some other treasures in her recipe box that you can share! Isn’t it a lemon beauty? So glad to know there are others out there with the same love of layer cakes … and the fact that it’s your great aunt Lucy’s makes it all the more personal. You’ll have to let me know if there are some other treasures in her recipe box that you can share!

]]> By: Dana http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Dana Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:57:32 +0000 http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/?p=534#comment-25 I am a Alabama expat living in England and I made a lemon chesse layer cake last week to take to a women's meeting! It is my great aunt Lucy's recipe and looked just like your photo. I am a Alabama expat living in England and I made a lemon chesse layer cake last week to take to a women’s meeting! It is my great aunt Lucy’s recipe and looked just like your photo.

]]> By: Diane http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/2010/02/lemon-cheese-layer-cake-slice-osunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Diane Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:54:09 +0000 http://www.buttermybiscuit.com/?p=534#comment-14 OMG... I want this cake NOW! OMG… I want this cake NOW!

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