This week's TWD recipe, French Yogurt Cake with Marmalade Glaze, has grown on me to the point that I am now liking it. The description of the cake that Dorie uses in her cookbook is right on the mark - it's somewhat of a pound cake and somewhat of a sponge cake. The cake itself is moist and has a nice texture to it, but it is also sort of bland to me. I tasted a piece of it while it was still warm and really didn't care for it. I decided to give it another try once I read all of the rave reviews that it was getting from everyone else. The cake had had time to cool completely and it tasted much better. The nuttiness came through a bit more this time. I bet that it would taste really good toasted just a bit.
I didn't make the marmalade glaze to go with it. For those who did, I bet that it was great. I pureed some strawberries and sugar, and then stirred in a little of the left over almonds from the cake recipe for my topping. With the strawberry topping, it was more like a strawberry shortcake, I guess.
We have
Liliana of My Cookbook Addiction to thank for choosing this week's recipe. You can see the recipe for this French yogurt cake on her blog.
12 comments:
I'm glad you gave it another try once the cake cooled. I think it gets better after a couple of days (that is, if there is any leftover).
Great job!!!
Your cake looks yummy. Do yo think it would be good for strawberry shortcake?
I have it wrapped up tightly in hopes that it will get eaten. I'm glad that I tried it again, too. After looking at so many blogs, I want to try it with some sort of lemon topping.
Yes! If I had whipping cream on hand today, I would've made some sort of strawberry shortcake out of it. I bet it would be delicious that way!
Looks delicious Tami! I love the topping you chose. Wish I had a piece with my coffee right now.
Too bad that we're not neighbors, I'd share a piece of it! I could use a cup of coffee right now...I don't do mornings well.
That looks terrific!
Cake looks really yummy with the strawberry 'sauce'.
I love your honesty! Saw that recipe on several other blogs yesterday - it's fun to see all the variations that come from one recipe.
Looks like it would be a fabulous vehicle for strawberry shortcake!
Yum! Those strawberries look delicious. I bet they were great with the cake!
I'm glad you made it Tami! I thought it was delish, but after a couple of days it started to dry out. Might have been better kept in the fridge. Yummy with lemon curd!
Your topping looks spectacular! I will have to give this recipe a go - it looks great. I hate that some recipes tend to taste better with time.. because when your house if full of the smell of freshly-baked-goodies, you want to eat it NOW now Tomorrow or the next day! GRRR
I thought that it was the best tasting right after it had cooled down. I'm usually not a big fan of something that has set for a couple of days. I didn't store mine in the frig, either, so maybe that's why I didn't care for it on the third day. I'm the same way as Stephanie...I want to eat it when I am finished making it. lol!
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