"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sun 28 Aug 2005 12:39:02a, -L. wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>> I'd much rather have a pie any day than a cake, although I do like some
>>> "specialty" cakes.
>>
>> Smae here. Cake? Ho hum!
>>
>>> Our family had some traditional cakes that are rarely made today;
>>> Amalgamation Cake, Lord Baltimore and Lady Baltimore Cakes,
>>
>> Ok, what are these?
>
> First off, these are typically Southern cakes, the cake layers themselves
> rather simple white or yellow cake. The unique quality of each is
> dependent on the rich fillings.
>
> Amalgamation Cake is made with white cake layers, the rich filling is made
> with egg yolks, sugar, butter, and obscene amounts of coarsely chopped
> pecans, raisins, and coconut. The frosting is like an Italian meringue,
> made with just egg whites, sugar, and water.
>
> Lord Baltimore cake is made with yellow cake layers. The filling and
> frosting is, again, rather like an Italian meringue, with the additions of
> orange juice, lemon juice, quartered candied cherries, crumbled macaroons,
> coarsely chopped pecans, and coarsely chopped blanched almonds.
>
> Lady Baltimore cake is made with white cake layers. The filling and
> frosting, once again, is rather like an Italian meringue, with the
> additions of chopped pecans, chopped figs, raisins, candied cherries, and
> candied pineapple, all cut in small pieces.
>
>>> Fresh Coconut Cake (unlike any other I've ever had),
>>
>> Sounds delicioso!
>
> The fresh coconut cakes my grandmothers and mother made used yellow cake
> layers. The filling is actually a rather soupy mess made with the grated
> flesh of two fresh coconuts, sugar, whole milk, and a dozen or so whole
> standard size marshmallows. The mixture is cooked slowly at first to melt
> the marshmallows, then cooked at higher heat for a few minutes until very
> slightly thickened. The cake is baked in 4 layers and stacked
> alternatively with generous spoonings of the hot filling. The filling
> layers are a good 3/8" thick of very moist coconut, and the syrup soaks
> into the cake layers making a very moist cake. The frosting, once again,
> is like an Italian meringue.
>
> All the above cakes are baked in 4 layers.
>
>>> and Fresh Orange Cake.
>>> All of those are labor intensive and I rarely make them.
>>>
>>> Wellesley Fudge Cake and Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Cake
>>> are my two favorite chocolate cakes, and they're easy to make.
>>>
>>> Pies of almost any type; fresh fruit, chocolate, banana, and coconut
>>> cream pies, chess pie, pecan pie, etc. To me, all pies are easy to
>>> make.
>>
>> What is chess pie?
>
> Chess pie is sometimes referred to as Transparent Custard Pie, but it is
> far richer than a regular egg custard pie. The recipe I use contains a
> stick of butter, 2 cups sugar, 6 egg yolks, and cream or evaporated milk,
> and a spoonful each of flour and cornmeal. It's a killer!
>
>
>> I would take a piece of pie - any kind - over any cake except for maybe
>> Carrot (a good home-made one with walnuts and lots of spice) or Italian
>> Wedding Cake. Other than that, I don't care if I ever eat cake.
>
> I love Italian Wedding Cake if it's a good one. Some bakeries are making
> poor imitations these days. I used to love carrot cake, but I must have
> had a few pieces that weren't very good, as I don't care for it much
> anymore.
>
>> Cookies, OTOH...
>
> Oh, don't get me started on cookies! :-)
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*

Three things I usually don't prepare within a 6-month period: Pie, Cake, and
Cookies. I'm always picking up packages of them at the grocery/Costco/BJ's
and setting them down after I look at the ingredients, saying, "I can make
them if I want them," not wanting to eat the hydrogentated oils. About the
only thing I've bought in the last year has been Costco's Palmier leaf
cookies (all butter) and the Bon-something chocolate brownies (just couldn't
resist any longer.) They probably have oil in them. Haven't bought a
second package though.
I love pie, cake and cookies, but I have no self-control.
Dee Dee