[Sca-cooks] Favorite dessert?

[Lilinah]

Adamantius's description of a nasty cake surprise reminded me...

I generally don't care much for cake. More often than not, the cake's 
too dry and is nothing but a support for massive amounts of sugary 
frosting that no matter what the color all tend to taste the same. Or 
it has such a suspiciously light crumb that one knows it is a 
chemical compound with only enough flour in it to be called a cake.

I was actually fond of the chocolate layer cake from the now no 
longer accessible Just Desserts. I'd get a little one for my birthday 
to share with my daughter and some friends. The cake was moist enough 
and there wasn't too much frosting. Sigh of longing.

But a couple years ago, my consort and i spent a week in Vancouver in 
February. There i discovered a shop with cakes i actually liked. They 
towered, they were so tall, that i was a bit fearful. Turned out the 
cakes had 4 layers, and the amount of cake and of frosting were 
nicely balanced. And thankfully they were sliced relatively thin. But 
i didn't feel cheated because it was just the right amount, along 
with a cup of coffee. I don't think we ever ordered the food there, 
just cake. I tended to get the lemon. And, what the heck, it had a 
great name.
http://www.trueconfections.ca/

-- 
Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita

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