Thursday, February 20, 2014

Lemon Velvet Squares

'Tis that time again!  Time for the Cake Slice Bakers to reveal the cake baked for February!  We are baking from Great Cakes by Carole Walter.  The cake for February is the Lemon Velvet Squares.  Mine aren't going to be very square since I elected to bake my cake in a new mini bundt pan.


This cake starts out on the right note...


Fresh citrus zest is usually a good thing and then add in butter - ok yum!


Get your sugar, eggs, liquids and dry ingredients incorporated and you get a silky smooth batter.



Even though my mini bundt pan is new and a non-stick I chose to spray (which I hardly ever do) and sugar the pan.  Put my batter into the pan and had some left over so I sprayed and sugared a nine inch round pan also.


The cakes baked up nicely with a bit of golden brown to the edges.



Let the cakes cool for about ten minutes and then it was time to unmold them.... 





Screeeeeech!!!!

Well that was not part of the plan.
Ok no problem!  The glaze will cover up the "specialness" of these minis.

Time to whip up the glaze.


Well ok, that is not a glaze consistency in my mind.  Glaze should be pour-able.  This is more like a frosting.  Spreadable, which would be fine if I had made the 9"x13" cake the recipe specifies.  But I didn't so...  time to thin it down a bit.

I added about one tablespoon of additional lemon juice and it broke.  As long as you kept stirring the glaze it was fine but as soon as you stopped it started to separate.


The glaze tasted fine and since these were served to my family I just went for it.


Still not glaze thin + not spreadable cake surface  = a quite unattractive dessert.  Well that's a bummer!

This cake and glaze combination was pretty tasty if you like citrus.  The cake crumb texture was light and soft but does need the extra kick of the glaze.
The cake would be best baked in and served from the same pan.  Spread the glaze on while still warm and enjoy!


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Enjoy!

:)


*I didn't publish the recipe because it comes from a copyrighted cookbook.

9 comments:

  1. Ditto to your comments on flavor and texture, Holly. Very fun to see that you are in the LA area, also =) I live near the ocean on the Westside =)

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  2. I thought it was: butter and flour the pans and not butter and sugar.... I will bet that I will have the same problem with the glaze like yours! Onwards to next month's cake!

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  3. Sorry your cakes didn't come out of the pans well, but the baby bundts were such a cute idea!

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  4. That's a shame your cakes got stuck and your icing split. Glad you liked the flavour though.

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  5. sad to hear that your cake didn't came out of the pan :(

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  6. Holly I would have been so upset!!!! Ugh! I hate when that happens!

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  7. I hate it when that happens :(. But when life gives you lemons, make lemon glaze! I agree that his cake did have a nice lemony flavor, and the soft crumb.

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  8. agh! Hate it when things like this happen! I guess this cake just wasn't "meant to be" ... I am glad at least you enjoyed the flavor... :)

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  9. Yikes! You are one brave lady to carry on and post the good with the bad. So sorry to see how yours turned out but glad that it tasted good!

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